Scam or not?

Swagbucks.com

2010-07-13T03:26:00.001-07:00

RSS to text Free

2009-05-17T07:13:00.000-07:00

Genuine tweek for forwarding texts from Gmail account to your cell phone.

Please read the ehow link for a step-by-step detailed procedure:

RSS to Text

or

http://www.ehow.com/how_5026634_rss-feed-updates-via-text.html

Original source: http://www.notepage.net/smtp.htm

More Carriers.

Alltel
[10-digit phone number]@message.alltel.com
Example: 2125552555@message.alltel.co
Web Form

AT&T Wireless (now part of Cingular)
[10-digit phone number]@mmode.com
Example: 2125552555@mmode.com

Boost Mobile
[10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com
Example: 2125552555@myboostmobile.com
Web Form

Cingular
[10-digit phone number]@mobile.mycingular.com OR
[10-digit number]@cingularme.com
Example: 4152555555@cingularme.com

Nextel (now part of Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com
Example: 7035552555@messaging.nextel.com
Web Form

Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Example: 2125552555@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Web Form

T-Mobile
[10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net
Example: 4252555555@tmomail.net
Web Form

Verizon
[10-digit phone number]@vtext.com
Example: 555255555@vtext.com
Web Form

Virgin Mobile USA
[10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com
Example: 5552555555@vmobl.com
Web Form

Other Carriers:
3 River Wireless phonenumber@sms.3rivers.net
ACS Wireless phonenumber@paging.acswireless.com
Advantage Communications 10digitpagernumber@advantagepaging.com
Airtouch Pagers 10digitpagernumber@myairmail.com
Airtouch Pagers 10digitpagernumber@alphapage.airtouch.com
Airtouch Pagers 10digitpagernumber@airtouch.net
Airtouch Pagers 10digitpagernumber@airtouchpaging.com
AlphNow pin@alphanow.net
Alltel 10digitphonenumber@alltelmessage.com
Alltel PCS 10digitphonenumber@message.alltel.com
Ameritech Paging 10digitpagernumber@paging.acswireless.com
Ameritech Paging 10digitpagernumber@pageapi.com
Ameritech Clearpath 10digitpagernumber@clearpath.acswireless.com
Andhra Pradesh Airtel phonenumber@airtelap.com
Arch Pagers (PageNet) 10digitpagernumber@archwireless.net
Arch Pagers (PageNet) 10digitpagernumber@epage.arch.com
Arch Pagers (PageNet) 10digitpagernumber@archwireless.net
AT&T PCS 10digitphonenumber@mobile.att.net
AT&T Pocketnet PCS 10digitphonenumber@dpcs.mobile.att.net
Beepwear pagernumber@beepwear.net
BeeLine GSM phonenumber@sms.beemail.ru
Bell Atlantic phonenumber@message.bam.com
Bell Canada phonenumber@txt.bellmobility.ca
Bell Canada phonenumber@bellmobility.ca
Bell Mobility (Canada) phonenumber@txt.bell.ca
Bell Mobility number@txt.bellmobility.ca
Bell South (Blackberry) number@bellsouthtips.com
Bell South phonenumber@sms.bellsouth.com
Bell South phonenumber@wireless.bellsouth.com
Bell South phonenumber@blsdcs.net
Bell South phonenumber@bellsouth.cl
Bell South Mobility phonenumber@blsdcs.net
Blue Sky Frog phonenumber@blueskyfrog.com
Bluegrass Cellular phonenumber@sms.bluecell.com
Boost phonenumber@myboostmobile.com
BPL mobile phonenumber@bplmobile.comCable & wireless, Panama cellnumber@cwmovil.comCarolina Mobile Communications 10digitpagernumber@cmcpaging.com
Cellular One East Coast phonenumber@phone.cellone.net
Cellular One South West phonenumber@swmsg.com
Cellular One PCS phonenumber@paging.cellone-sf.com
Cellular One 10digitphonenumber@mobile.celloneusa.com
Cellular One phonenumber@cellularone.txtmsg.com
Cellular One phonenumber@cellularone.textmsg.com
Cellular One phonenumber@cell1.textmsg.com
Cellular One phonenumber@message.cellone-sf.com
Cellular One phonenumber@sbcemail.com
Cellular One West phonenumber@mycellone.com
Cellular South phonenumber@csouth1.com
Central Vermont Communications 10digitpagernumber@cvcpaging.com
CenturyTel phonenumber@messaging.centurytel.net
Chennai RPG Cellular phonenumber@rpgmail.net
Chennai Skycell / Airtel phonenumber@airtelchennai.com
Cincinnati Bell phonenumber@mobile.att.net
Cingular 10digitphonenumber@cingularme.com
Cingular Wireless 10digitphonenumber@mycingular.textmsg.com
Cingular Wireless 10digitphonenumber@mobile.mycingular.com
Cingular Wireless 10digitphonenumber@mobile.mycingular.net
Clearnet phonenumber@msg.clearnet.com
Comcast phonenumber@comcastpcs.textmsg.com
Communication Specialists 7digitpin@pageme.comspeco.net
Communication Specialist Companies pin@pager.comspeco.com
Comviq number@sms.comviq.se
Cook Paging 10digitpagernumber@cookmail.com
Corr Wireless Communications phonenumber@corrwireless.net
Delhi Aritel phonenumber@airtelmail.com
Delhi Hutch phonenumber@delhi.hutch.co.in
Digi-Page / Page Kansas 10digitpagernumber@page.hit.net
Dobson Cellular Systems phonenumber@mobile.dobson.net
Dobson-Alex Wireless / Dobson-Cellular One phonenumber@mobile.cellularone.com
DT T-Mobile phonenumber@t-mobile-sms.de
Dutchtone / Orange-NL phonenumber@sms.orange.nl
Edge Wireless phonenumber@sms.edgewireless.com
EMT phonenumber@sms.emt.ee
Escotel phonenumber@escotelmobile.com
Fido phonenumber@fido.ca
Galaxy Corporation 10digitpagernumber.epage@sendabeep.net
GCS Paging pagernumber@webpager.us
Goa BPLMobil phonenumber@bplmobile.com
Golden Telecom phonenumber@sms.goldentele.com
GrayLink / Porta-Phone 10digitpagernumber@epage.porta-phone.com
GTE number@airmessage.net
GTE number@gte.pagegate.net
GTE 10digitphonenumber@messagealert.com
Gujarat Celforce phonenumber@celforce.com
Houston Cellular number@text.houstoncellular.net
Idea Cellular phonenumber@ideacellular.net
Infopage Systems pinnumber@page.infopagesystems.com
Inland Cellular Telephone phonenumber@inlandlink.com
The Indiana Paging Co last4digits@pager.tdspager.com
JSM Tele-Page pinnumber@jsmtel.com
Kerala Escotel phonenumber@escotelmobile.com
Kolkata Airtel phonenumber@airtelkol.com
Kyivstar number@smsmail.lmt.lv
Lauttamus Communication pagernumber@e-page.net
LMT phonenumber@smsmail.lmt.lv
Maharashtra BPL Mobile phonenumber@bplmobile.com
Maharashtra Idea Cellular phonenumber@ideacellular.net
Manitoba Telecom Systems phonenumber@text.mtsmobility.com
MCI Phone phonenumber@mci.com
MCI phonenumber@pagemci.com
Meteor phonenumber@mymeteor.ie
Meteor phonenumber@sms.mymeteor.ie
Metrocall 10digitpagernumber@page.metrocall.com
Metrocall 2-way 10digitpagernumber@my2way.com
Metro PCS 10digitphonenumber@mymetropcs.com
Metro PCS 10digitphonenumber@metropcs.sms.us
Microcell phonenumber@fido.ca
Midwest Wireless phonenumber@clearlydigital.com
MiWorld phonenumber@m1.com.sg
Mobilecom PA 10digitpagernumber@page.mobilcom.net
Mobilecomm number@mobilecomm.net
Mobileone phonenumber@m1.com.sg
Mobilfone phonenumber@page.mobilfone.com
Mobility Bermuda phonenumber@ml.bm
Mobistar Belgium phonenumber@mobistar.be
Mobitel Tanzania phonenumber@sms.co.tz
Mobtel Srbija phonenumber@mobtel.co.yu
Morris Wireless 10digitpagernumber@beepone.net
Motient number@isp.com
Movistar number@correo.movistar.net
Mumbai BPL Mobile phonenumber@bplmobile.com
Mumbai Orange phonenumber@orangemail.co.in
NBTel number@wirefree.informe.ca
Netcom phonenumber@sms.netcom.no
Nextel 10digitphonenumber@messaging.nextel.com
Nextel 10digitphonenumber@page.nextel.com
Nextel 10digitphonenumber@nextel.com.br
NPI Wireless phonenumber@npiwireless.com
Ntelos number@pcs.ntelos.com
O2 name@o2.co.uk
O2 (M-mail) number@mmail.co.uk
Omnipoint number@omnipoint.com
Omnipoint 10digitphonenumber@omnipointpcs.com
One Connect Austria phonenumber@onemail.at
OnlineBeep 10digitphonenumber@onlinebeep.net
Optus Mobile phonenumber@optusmobile.com.au
Orange phonenumber@orange.net
Orange Mumbai phonenumber@orangemail.co.in
Orange - NL / Dutchtone phonenumber@sms.orange.nl
Oskar phonenumber@mujoskar.cz
P&T Luxembourg phonenumber@sms.luxgsm.lu
Pacific Bell phonenumber@pacbellpcs.net
PageMart 7digitpinnumber@pagemart.net
PageMart Advanced /2way 10digitpagernumber@airmessage.net
PageMart Canada 10digitpagernumber@pmcl.net
PageNet Canada phonenumber@pagegate.pagenet.ca
PageOne NorthWest 10digitnumber@page1nw.com
PCS One phonenumber@pcsone.net
Personal Communication sms@pcom.ru (number in subject line)
Pioneer / Enid Cellular phonenumber@msg.pioneerenidcellular.com
PlusGSM phonenumber@text.plusgsm.pl
Pondicherry BPL Mobile phonenumber@bplmobile.com
Powertel phonenumber@voicestream.net
Price Communications phonenumber@mobilecell1se.com
Primco number@primeco@textmsg.com
Primtel phonenumber@sms.primtel.ru
ProPage 7digitpagernumber@page.propage.net
Public Service Cellular phonenumber@sms.pscel.com
Qualcomm name@pager.qualcomm.com
Qwest 10digitphonenumber@qwestmp.com
RAM Page number@ram-page.com
Rogers AT&T Wireless phonenumber@pcs.rogers.com
Rogers Canada 10digitphonenumber@pcs.rogers.com
Safaricom phonenumber@safaricomsms.com
Satelindo GSM phonenumber@satelindogsm.com
Satellink 10digitpagernumber.pageme@satellink.net
SBC Ameritech Paging 10digitpagernumber@paging.acswireless.com
SCS-900 phonenumber@scs-900.ru
SFR France phonenumber@sfr.fr
Skytel Pagers 7digitpinnumber@skytel.com
Skytel Pagers number@email.skytel.com
Simple Freedom phonenumber@text.simplefreedom.net
Smart Telecom phonenumber@mysmart.mymobile.ph
Southern LINC 10digitphonenumber@page.southernlinc.com
Southwestern Bell number@email.swbw.com
Sprint 10digitphonenumber@sprintpaging.com
Sprint PCS 10digitphonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
ST Paging pin@page.stpaging.com
SunCom number@tms.suncom.com
SunCom number@suncom1.com
Sunrise Mobile phonenumber@mysunrise.ch
Sunrise Mobile phonenumber@freesurf.ch
Surewest Communicaitons phonenumber@mobile.surewest.com
Swisscom phonenumber@bluewin.ch
T-Mobile 10digitphonenumber@tmomail.net
T-Mobile 10digitphonenumber@voicestream.net
T-Mobile Austria phonenumber@sms.t-mobile.at
T-Mobile Germany phonenumber@t-d1-sms.de
T-Mobile UK phonenumber@t-mobile.uk.net
Tamil Nadu BPL Mobile phonenumber@bplmobile.com
Tele2 Latvia phonenumber@sms.tele2.lv
Telefonica Movistar phonenumber@movistar.net
Telenor phonenumber@mobilpost.no
Teletouch 10digitpagernumber@pageme.teletouch.com
Telia Denmark phonenumber@gsm1800.telia.dk
Telus phonenumber@msg.telus.com
TIM 10digitphonenumber@timnet.com
Triton phonenumber@tms.suncom.com
TSR Wireless pagernumber@alphame.com
TSR Wireless pagernumber@beep.com
UMC phonenumber@sms.umc.com.ua
Unicel phonenumber@utext.com
Uraltel phonenumber@sms.uraltel.ru
US Cellular 10digitphonenumber@email.uscc.net
US Cellular 10digitphonenumber@uscc.textmsg.com
US West number@uswestdatamail.com
Uttar Pradesh Escotel phonenumber@escotelmobile.com
Verizon Pagers 10digitpagernumber@myairmail.com
Verizon PCS 10digitphonenumber@vtext.com
Verizon PCS 10digitphonenumber@myvzw.com
Vessotel phonenumber@pager.irkutsk.ru
Virgin Mobile phonenumber@vmobl.com
Virgin Mobile phonenumber@vxtras.com
Vodafone Italy number@sms.vodafone.it
Vodafone Japan phonenumber@c.vodafone.ne.jp
Vodafone Japan phonenumber@h.vodafone.ne.jp
Vodafone Japan phonenumber@t.vodafone.ne.jp
Vodafone Spain phonenumber@vodafone.es
Vodafone UK phonenumber@vodafone.net
VoiceStream / T-Mobile 10digitphonenumber@voicestream.net
WebLink Wiereless pagernumber@airmessage.net
WebLink Wiereless pagernumber@pagemart.net
West Central Wireless phonenumber@sms.wcc.net
Western Wireless phonenumber@cellularonewest.com

Phishing Scams - An Introduction

2009-05-02T09:14:00.001-07:00

New Video Scam Awareness

2009-05-02T09:08:00.000-07:00

Hi guys,

I decided to make things a little more interesting and thus add videos to this blog so reader can get more infrmation by not only reading but also, yes you guessed right, watching videos.

Leave feedback if you like them.

Thanks!

Scour

2009-04-28T13:20:00.000-07:00

Scour was founded in 2007 with the aim to bridge the gap between searchers and relevant results. By providing a platform for the user to vote and comment on relevancy, searchers connect with one another creating a true social search community, attained through innovative solutions to meet the needs of today's web searchers.

Another point of discussion is that it pays to search; well they say pay you earn reward point and then you get a selected gift.

Here is the trip make money by searching. You have 100 search limit cap per day. You get 1 point per search, 1 point per comment and 1 point per vote. Do the maths that, 3 points per search itemised and a 100 search cap that 300 points a day. You have to get 65000 points to get paid in the form of a gift card, visa gift card that is.

What's more Scour encourages participants only in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, U.S., and U.K.

Participants from other countries have to wait till they have accumulated around 50,000 reward points for which they get $5 in return!!

The search guideline details some key elements participants have to keep in mind whilst performing search.

A quick search online shows that Scour have kept up to their word by paying participants as promised. Looking at their website also shows current users payouts. Moreover, the site is currently nominated for the CNET Webware Awards 2009.

All good!!

Well then again we should look closer. On inspection, I found users who were either banned or have had their points reduced hammer their complaints towards the strict regulation system. Some users have also complaint on having their points reduced unnecessarily. The response time to complaints have also been criticised for being too slow. Moreover, with the existing payment system, payments are expected to take a processing time of 2-4 weeks.

I believe since it is a relatively new site (the search engine bit) we should be giving Scour.com some breathing space and watch how it performs. Also, keeping a close watch for its future plans is a good idea.

Un''scam'' youself? Pyramid scheme

2009-04-16T07:36:00.000-07:00

The Pyramid scheme is a luring scheme that invites its participants to believe in an easy money making formulae. It involves either in making one-off payments or buying a product to initially enter the scheme. Now, to start making money the participant invites others to join the scheme and takes a share of their investment as commission.

''A person (the originator) starts by sending a message to several people. Usually people he/she knows. The message in some round about way, will tell everyone to send him $5 or so...and then send the message to someone else. All the while adding names to the list, and each new recipient must send money to the first person, second person...etc''

(Source:http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/7045/online_business/mlm_pyramid_schemes_and_matrices.html)

However, there is no real product being sold. Hence, basically you unscam yourself by scamming other, not necessarily knowing that you might be scamming others. There are other names and forms of this scam such as the Multi Level Marketing, Ponzi scheme, and High-yield investment program.

Well what I aim to focus on here is the Ponzi scheme. Why? Because I believe this scheme is currently prevalent, in practice and has gone unnoticed. First an introduction:

''A Ponzi scheme is closely related to a pyramid because it revolves around continuous recruiting, but in a Ponzi scheme the promoter generally has no product to sell and pays no commission to investors who recruit new "members." ''

(Source: http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/other/dvimf16.shtm)

Major companies such as Vodafone, talktalk, etc... use this scheme under the label ''recommend a friend''. Here you’re encouraged to sell a product, or be it service, to you mate because you are lead by the greed to recuperate the cost of you initial payment. In a competitive market, we have to agree there might be better alternatives. Hence, encouraging to selling a product which might not really benefit your mate and is indeed, I believe, misleading.

So please let me know whether you think that ‘’recommend a friend’’ scheme flows in the same vein as the Pyramid scheme or its akin? Is it a scam? If so shouldn’t something be done about it?

Quantitative investing Scam or not?

2009-04-12T17:08:00.000-07:00

After all the recent credit crisis, most of us must be aware of quant’s or at least quantitative trading. If not Wikipedia is always there to help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_analyst

Well in short graphs, figures, models and formulae's help us finding out what the future could possibly hold, with reference to the stock market of course! Arghm, the thought is a bit dubious, but yes it has been in practice since 1992 and has been working wonders for some. Many companies began using them, banks, hedge funds, private equity management firms and most financial institutions. Watch dogs and rating agencies where aware of the practice and accepted the use of them too. However, much lately (2006) major institutions placed huge bets against these models, which predicted that the market in any case wouldn’t fall a certain amount in a day allowing companies to withdraw their money and prevent them from further losses.

Quant’s or Quantitative analysts are professionals who are trained to use such formulae's or sophisticated software’s. Lets fast forward a bit, 2008 post-credit crisis. One of the causes for the crash we have witnessed has said to be this method. Because of its numerous weaknesses they have always been irrelevant (Prof. Talib 2007, The Black Swan) Thier reliance on historic data, sensitivity to data used in calculation, disregard of tail risk, and assumption of a normal distribution are but a few.

So after being aware of all its weakness should we allow these methods to be continued to be used by our banks? Does it really help in doing what it is supposed to do?

And finally is it scam or not?

Learning from home scam?

2009-04-11T06:07:00.000-07:00

Recently I was browsing the net for some courses of vb.net and came across this:

http://www.homelearningcollege.com/

at first I was quite impressed. All their listings, such as course outline, actually matched my requirements. I filled an online application with my details such as phone number and shortly was contacted by one of the lecturers. He required a meeting at my place to discuss further details. But before that I had to clear some doubts on whether the course was really suitable for me.

But this is where things began getting a little dodgy. Since there were no details on their site of their tuition fees, upon asking him he seemed quite hesitant and refused to give me the details. Since I wasn’t comfortable with his tone and approach I cancelled the appointment.

Soon after I researched a little more on the college and found very interesting results. One commentator stated that the accreditation claimed to accompany some of the courses where actually falsely claimed. Meaning after you complete your course the degree might actually not be recognized! Moreover, some courses tutors, after providing the course material and obviously taking payments didn’t provide the degree and simply disappeared. Although these are claims that cannot be fully verified, however through my experience I was convinced that this is a potential scam.

If anyone has more details please be kind and fill us in.....

Oola Moola

2009-04-09T05:32:00.000-07:00

Making moola (money) online is'nt easy. So moola.com have made it easier, however only for people in the US.

However, I have researched and found this:
http://www.oolamoola.co.uk/

wonderfull site for our British audience. Not really gambling, but the viewer is asked to take up challanges. ''Challenge us with your budget dilemma via this form. Every week, we’ll post the most interesting ones on the blog so you get to vote for the one you’d like to see us take on.''

So!! back to our question is it a fake, an imposter???!! or is it really worth the try????!!
let the bogging begin....

Is yougov.com a scam?

2009-04-08T14:23:00.000-07:00

Any one interested in making money online will br aware of yougov.com, however, new fellow geezers might still be warry. Please comment why you think yougov.com is a scam or why not?