Maybe not, but claiming that you work for a news organization when someone attempts to lazy their way out of making a business deal right is an easy way to get the service you should have received in the first place.

I was in the middle of getting scammed by a company out of Lithuania when I mentioned that I was going to turn this information over to a reporter at a company I work for, and the tone of the CS person changed from "I can't help you" to "yes, we will give you an immediate and complete refund."