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Trend Micro Announces 30% Discount On Internet Security Products
December 24th, 2009. Published under Fraud. No Comments.
Everybody wants to feel safe and secure when surfing the internet and the best way to achieve that goal is through having quality products protecting your computer. That means an antivirus program at the very least and quite possibly a full internet security suite. One of the most notable security vendors is Trend Micro who have today announced a 30% price reduction on many of their products. Make it a Merry Christmas for both of us by bagging a great discount whilst earning me a commission To benefit from this great discount just use the coupons below between December 25th and January 10th – For United States customers Save 30% off Trend Micro Internet Security! Coupon Code: shoptrendm Save 30% off Trend Micro Antivirus plus AntiSpyware 2010! Coupon Code: shoptrendm Save 30% on Trend Micro Internet Security Pro! Coupon Code: shoptrendm For my fellow Brits Save 30% on Trend Micro Home & Home Office products! Coupon Code: shoptrendm For everyone else Spar 30% av Trend Micros hele linjen av Home og Home Office-produkter! Coupon Code: shoptrendm Bespaar 30% van de gehele lijn van Trend Micro’s van Thuis en Thuiskantoor producten! Coupon Code: shoptrendm Sconto del 30% della intera linea di Trend Micro Home & Home Office prodotti! Coupon Code: shoptrendm Économisez 30% de toute la ligne de Trend Micro of Home & Home Office produits! Acheter maintenant Sparen Sie 30% der gesamten Linie von Trend Micro Home & Home Office Produkte! Coupon Code: shoptrendm Trend Micro Announces 30% Discount On Internet Security Products is a post from: Scam Types dot Com Check out The Best Internet Security Programs Of 2009
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Mann Bracken Out of Business in Georgia?
December 20th, 2009. Published under Business Scams, Fraud, Scams. No Comments.
I had just heard rumors that Mann Bracken of Atlanta Georgia had closed their offices in November of this year.
Lawsuit Filed Against Portfolio Recovery Regarding Unfair Arbitrations
December 17th, 2009. Published under Fraud, Scams. No Comments.
Lawsuit claims that Portfolio improperly filed claims against consumers with an arbitration service it knew to be biased in its favor.
NCO Financial Group Inc to Buy Axiant (aka Mann Bracken)
November 21st, 2009. Published under Fraud, Scams. No Comments.
Accretive is a big hedge fund that “owned” Axiant and Mann Bracken (which I believe is actually one and the same, Axiant being a shell company in my opinion). NCO Financial (part of NCO Group) has had it share of Federal lawsuits against them for FDCPA, FCRA and other violations . Now that they own even more of the debt collection industry I am betting the consumer abuse will only get worse. In that respect maybe the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will finally wake up and take more notice of the debt collection industry. —- The NCO – Axiant official press release Axiant LLC, a leading provider of integrated legal collections services, announced today that it has signed a binding agreement to be acquired by NCO Group, Inc. (“NCO”), a leading provider of accounts receivable outsourcing services. Kevin Keleghan, CEO of Axiant, stated that, “Combining our resources with the litigation services already offered by NCO will create a dominant force in the legal collections market. Axiant’s unique working relationship with Mann Bracken, the largest collection law firm in the United States, in conjunction with NCO’s technology driven Attorney Network platform should maximize our clients’ performance and create opportunities for many of our associates.” Michael Barrist, Chairman and CEO of NCO, stated, “Combining Axiant, which has a strategic relationship with Mann Bracken, to our company enhances our suite of service offerings and furthers our strategy of expanding our litigation capabilities. This combination, in conjunction with our recently announced purchase of Total Debt Management, clearly defines NCO as a leader in the consumer litigation arena.” To facilitate this transaction, Axiant has today commenced chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in Delaware, in which the sale of Axiant’s assets to NCO will be subject to higher and better offers at an auction and to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court. Closing is expected in the first quarter of 2010 and is subject to satisfactory completion of due diligence, the execution of a definitive agreement and other conditions.
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Without A Shot Being Fired, A Dictator Has Taken Over the United States – Canada Free Press
October 17th, 2009. Published under Political Scams. No Comments.
Without A Shot Being Fired, A Dictator Has Taken Over the United States Canada Free Press … cap and trade , with industry killing legislation through the fallacious global warming scam proffered by the world's leading oaf, Al Gore, …
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The Constant Misuse and Misquoting of Economists Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Milton Friedman
October 10th, 2009. Published under Economic News. No Comments.
Over the last year and a half we’ve heard a number of political and economic pundits on our television sets talking about the economy. And during that same time you could not pick up a single newspaper in the United States, which didn’t have a story that was economic based, and I’m not talking about
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What Makes A Hacker Hack And A Cracker Crack?
October 8th, 2009. Published under Fraud, Scams. No Comments.
There are as many reasons for hacking as there are hackers . Personality traits of a hacker It’s hard to pin down just a few personality traits that define a hacker. A typical hacker profile is a male, age 14 to 40, with above-average intelligence, obsessively inquisitive with regards to technology, non-conformist, introverted, and with broad intellectual interests. A hacker is driven to learn everything he can about any subject that interests him. In fact, most hackers that excel with technology also have proficiency in no technological hobbies or interests. Hackers tend to devour information, hoarding it away for some future time when a random bit of technical trivia may help them solve an intriguing problem. Hackers seem especially fond of complex intellectual challenges and will move on to a new project once the challenge and novelty wears off. Personality traits of a cracker Contrast this with the following cracker/script kiddy profile and you start to get an idea of why hackers resent being lumped in with crackers. The average cracker or script kiddy (in the United States) is a 14- to 28-year old white male, usually intelligent but academically underachieving, who lives in his parents’ basement and collects comic books (OK, I added those last two). Cultural and behavioral distinctions between groups can help identify a cracker because they often leave clues when they deface a Web site or break into a computer. Crackers and script kiddies differ from ethical hackers. They often lack social skills, are loners (most hackers I know love company), and show poor judgment and impulse control. Where a hacker may work for days or weeks to solve a particularly difficult problem, a script kiddy lacks the discipline to even begin to become a competent programmer and so depends on code written by real hackers. Financial gain motivates some crackers. Credit card and bank fraud present opportunities to use cracking to increase personal wealth. Cracker/script kiddy culture sees stealing from large corporations as a kind of Robin Hood game. While major financial crimes involving crackers are not commonplace, there have been instances of theft on a grand scale by the more talented among them. In 1994, a Russian computer programmer stole millions of dollars from Citibank accounts. The cracker, Vladimir Levin, was part of a group that created a complicated scheme of wire transfers and pickup all over the world.
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Tiring of Trade Wars and Chickening of Chinese Disputes on Dumping
October 8th, 2009. Published under Economic News. No Comments.
Apparently, the United States and China are on the verge of reciprocal trade war tariffs. The United States is accused of starting the trade war by putting the tariff on imported Chinese tires. Many think tanks in the United States believe that this was a political move by The Obama Administration on behalf of the
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The Recession and Future Employment Prospects
October 3rd, 2009. Published under Economic News. No Comments.
OUR CURRENT RECESSION In the United States and many other locations around the world there was a massive recession declared during the autumn of 2008. This meant fewer jobs and less money all round. Everybody should have been prepared for this economical meltdown, but nobody, including experienced business leaders could have predicted the vast scale of
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We the People
September 28th, 2009. Published under Tea Party. No Comments.
The entire Congress of the United States is , at best inept, if not corrupt. I mean both Houses and I mean both major parties; include the Independents and Socialists too. As a group, they are pr
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City Downtown Revitalization Idea Worth Exploring
September 20th, 2009. Published under Economic News. No Comments.
If you travel down many of the international retail business districts in the major cities in the United States, you will see “For Lease” signs, and empty storefronts. Nothing could be more detracting for a commercial property owner trying to lease their building, especially when you have neighboring buildings empty. Not only does this drive down
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against NAF, Mann Bracken, Accretive and Others
September 15th, 2009. Published under Business Scams. No Comments.
NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 09/15/09 — The law firm of Milberg LLP has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of all persons who used NAF’s arbitration services during the period from June 1, 2006 to the present, inclusive (the “Class Period”). The complaint is available from the Court or can be viewed at Milberg LLP’s website at www.milberg.com . Until recently, NAF held itself out as a leading forum for consumer arbitrations, which is how many consumer debt disputes are resolved. An arbitration forum must above all be impartial, so that consumers can be confident that their disputes with creditors (e.g., banks, credit card companies, phone companies, etc.) will be heard fairly, as would be the case if the dispute was resolved by a court of law. The class action lawsuit filed against NAF and related parties alleges that NAF has misled consumers for years in this regard because it was owned by and/or beholden to a debt collection agency and debt collection law firm, such that in reality it was a debt collector, not a neutral forum for resolving disputes by the debt collection industry against consumers. The result of these alliances was near perfect success rates by debt collectors against consumers in NAF arbitrations. More specifically, the complaint alleges that NAF, National Arbitration Forum, LLC (“NAF LLC”), Mann Bracken, LLP (“Mann Bracken”), Accretive LLC (“Accretive”), Agora Fund I GP, LLC, Axiant, LLC, and Forthright Solutions (collectively “Defendants”), falsely held NAF out to be independent and unaffiliated with any persons or entities within or outside the collections industry and falsely presented its arbitration services as neutral. According to the complaint, Mann Bracken is a law firm that claims to specialize in consumer debt collection matters, but is a debt collector in its own right. NAF and Mann Bracken are both owned by Defendant Accretive who owns and controls both NAF and Mann Bracken, and their related entities. According to the complaint, NAF is now “under siege by local and state prosecutors for working alongside creditors, rubber-stamping illegitimate arbitration awards against consumers, deceiving the courts and the public, and undermining the integrity of the arbitration system.” The complaint specifically alleges that NAF maintained a near perfect success rate — ruling in favor of business entities — by engaging in improper, deceptive and corrupt acts, including: (a) establishing incentives for arbitrators to favor debt collectors over consumers; (b) disregarding consumers’ evidence and/or arguments; (c) overlooking and violating its own Code of Procedure to benefit debt collectors, and ultimately, large creditors; (d) disregarding creditors’ lack of evidence; and (e) failing to provide the bona fide arbitration services it promised to consumers. The complaint also alleges that NAF breached its contractual obligation to provide arbitration services to consumers, and that NAF directly benefitted from, and was unjustly enriched by the contractual breaches. About Milberg Milberg LLP has been representing individual and institutional investors for nearly 40 years and serves as lead counsel in federal and state courts throughout the United States. Please visit the Milberg website ( http://www.milberg.com ) for more information about the firm. If you wish to discuss this matter with us, or have any questions concerning your rights and interests with regard to this matter, please contact the following attorneys: California Office: Jeff Westerman or Sabrina Kim New York Office: Peter Safirstein or Andrei Rado Milberg LLP Phone number: (800) 320-5081 Email: contactus@milberg.com (Principal Office): One Pennsylvania Plaza New York, NY 10119
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Malware That Changed The World – The I Love You Virus
September 2nd, 2009. Published under Fraud. No Comments.
The ILOVEYOU virus surfaced on the 4th of May 2000. By the 13th of May some 50 million systems had been infected at a cost estimated to be in the region of $5.5 billion. During a period of just 5 hours the virus spread across Asia, Europe and the United States via email messages that came with the title, “ILOVEYOU.” ILOVEYOU spread so quickly that corporate IT managers ended up shutting down their email systems and entire Web servers became clogged. This virus was received via an email with the subject line, “I Love You”, which carried an attachment named, “Love-Letter-For-You.txt.vbs.” As I’m sure you are all aware, opening attachments in emails you know nothing about is not a good idea. A great many people, however, did just that and so they became infected. When the ILOVEYOU virus managed to infiltrate a system it would scan the machine’s memory, looking for passwords. These were then sent back to the virus creator’s website in the Philippines which was soon shut down after the outbreak occurred. It would also corrupt any files it found that ended with .vbs, .vbe, .js, .css, .wsh, .sct, .hta, .jpg, .jpeg, .mp2, .mp3 by overwriting them with a copy of itself. The ILOVEYOU virus would then replicate and send itself to anyone listed in the Outlook address book of the infected machine. Heres more in my short series on malware that changed the world – The OSX/RSPlug Trojan The I Love You Virus
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National Health Care Reform – A Convoluted Prostitution of our Constitutional Rights
July 30th, 2009. Published under Fraud, Scams. No Comments.
I am one of the nations uninsured. Back in November 2008 my wife broke her foot, the healing process was quite long (about 6 months). We paid out of pocket for the physicians care, x-rays and the walking cast boots she had to wear. Being uninsured we found that everyone we dealt with gave us a very nice cash discount for not using insurance. What a blessing that was. For the last two years my family has lived below the national poverty line. Things are tough. Both my wife and I are self-employed and we felt the economy going downhill nearly three years ago. In fact last year my wife closed her business (hair salon) and went to work for another salon. Closing the salon got rid of a huge amount of overhead. However, our combined income dropped because consumers were spending less and doing without. So far June and July has been the worst for us than we can ever remember in the past. We are just barely squeaking by, if you can even call it getting by. More like doing without many, many things. The main point of this is, I and my family cannot afford to buy insurance, nor do we want to have someone decide for us. It’s either pay our house payment, food and utilities or purchase health insurance. I bet you can guess where our money goes. If I don’t buy insurance, according to H.R. 3200 ( 1,017 page Bill in PDF format ) I could be penalized. Hey congress, just exactly where are you going to get money from me if I don’t? Are you going to force me to default on my home in order to pay, or are you going to garnish my bank account (then I can’t pay my bills or buy food for my family). Just exactly what are you (Congressional) idiots thinking? Congress can’t even (or won’t) fix Medicare or Social Security. Try fixing the things that are broken before you legislate more things that you will break and can’t fix. Put that in your pocket for a while and think about it. I don’t want anyone to dictate how, when or where I and my family get healthcare. I am a citizen of the United States and I have a freedom of choice. It doesn’t matter how much honey and perfume you pour over this bill, it still stinks as bad or worse than the TARP bailout from earlier this year.
Many Questionable Debt Collectors, One Man and a Hedge Fund to Rule Them All
July 24th, 2009. Published under Business Scams, Fraud, Scams. No Comments.
It kinds of sounds like the beginning of a J.R.R. Tolkien movie… Apparently in the debt collection business having a lot of money keeps regulators, law makers and industry enforcement out of your hair. Hopefully with the true nature and operation of Accretive Technologies being exposed and publicized perhaps regulators, enforcement and law makers will take swift action. Slowly but surely opaque layers are being peeled away and exposing just who and what are behind the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) and several national debt collection law firms. Namely Mann Bracken LLC / LLP, Wolpoff and Abramson and Eskanos and Adler. All of which are “owned” by Axiant, which is in turned owned by a hedge fund, Accretive Technologies, which in turned it owned/run by one man. His name is J. Michael Cline.
Mr Osas Henry Wants $290.00
February 15th, 2009. Published under Scams. No Comments.
Here’s the latest scam email to hit my inbox. Strangely, this one is quite open about requiring an advanced fee before, supposedly, passing on a fortune in return – Greetings! I have been waiting for you to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $800.000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since that time. Then I went and deposited the Draft with FEDEX COURIER SERVICE, West Africa, I travelled out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till end of December. What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country. Contact Person:Mr Osas Henry Email Address sas.dispatchofficer.henry2@googlemail.com Telephone: 009 234 802 626 2996 The only money you will send to the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE to deliver your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($290.00 US) Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far. Again, don’t be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $290.00US Dollars. I would have paid that but they said no because they don’t know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage. You are to make the payment to the information below by western union or money gram. Receiver Name: Mr Osas Henry Receiver Address: #10 Old Obasanjo Road Lagos, Nigeria. Once you forward the necessary details to the Representative Mrs. franka isibor ujeh and once your payment is been confirmed by them they will issued your Tracking Number. Sender’s Name:……………………. ……………… Sender’s Address:…………………. ……………….. Amount To be Sent:$290 Text Question to be used: WHO CAN HELP US? Text Answer: OUR LORD ONLY. Money Transfer Control Number (M.T.C.N). Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address() and Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address. Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $290.00 US Dollars for their immediate action. You should also let me know through email as soon as you receive your Draft. Yours Faithfully, MRS.Elizabeth Gate The most obvious giveaway with this one is the fact that it promotes urgency yet the dates are messed up – it’s February already so we’re a bit lit with this one arn’t we! Mr Osas Henry Wants $290.00 is a post from: Scam Types dot Com Check out The Best Internet Security Programs Of 2009
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Never Mind The Modalities
June 16th, 2008. Published under Fraud. No Comments.
I remember that a Major Fadi Basem left me a huge amount of money last year after being killed in Iraq. Having spent it all, I was delighted to hear from Hang Seng Bank again, through this email that says I have another inheritance to collect – Good Day, Let me start by introducing myself. I am Mr. Patrick K.W. Chan (Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer) of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd. I have an obscured business suggestion for you. Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client Gen. Abbas Radhi Ismail who was with the Iraqi forces and also businessman made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months, with a value of (Twenty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only) in my branch. Upon maturity several notices was sent to him, even during the war which began in 2003. Again after the war has subsided, another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later find out that the General along with his wife and only daughter had been killed during the war in a bomb blast that hit their home. After further investigation it was also discovered that Gen. Abbas Radhi Ismail did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Twenty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of 5 years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Gen. Abbas Radhi Ismail so that you will be able to receive his funds. MODALITIES: I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful. I have an attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to Gen. Abbas Radhi Ismail, all that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full Names and Address so that the attorney can commence his job. After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also file in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by you.There is no risk involved at all in this matter, as we are going adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue.Once the funds have been transferred to a nominated bank account we shall then share in the ratio of 70% for me, 30% for you. Should you be interested please send me the following: 1. Full names 2. Private phone/fax 3. Current residential address And I will prefer you reach me on my private email address below and finally after that I shall provide you with more details of this operation. Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated. Kind Regards Mr. Patrick Chan. E-mail: hchan_88@yahoo.com.hk – I only hope that the unexpected fees this time do not exceed the size of the inheritance as they did last year… Never Mind The Modalities is a post from: Scam Types dot Com Check out The Best Internet Security Programs Of 2009
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