Microsoft and Best Buy -- Alleged scam? I'll admit I'm a tiny bit surprised hearing about Best Buy, but Microsoft? Not in the slightest. A snippet from the article:

Plaintiff Samuel Kim said he unwittingly became a victim in February after making a purchase at a Best Buy store in Los Angeles with his debit card.

At checkout, a store employee scanned Kim's debit card and, without any explanation to him, scanned a trial MSN compact disc and placed it in his shopping bag, the lawsuit said.

When Kim asked why the compact disc had been scanned, the employee allegedly said it was to keep track of inventory.

But Best Buy apparently sent Kim's debit card information to Microsoft, which activated an MSN service account in his name without telling him, the lawsuit said.

The moral of the story? Don't let ANYONE scan anything that's FREE unless you really want what may come attatched to it. This is a crappy tactic, but you CAN protect yourself. Let's hope this guy wins his lawsuit.