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chi flat iron scam?
I’ve done research on the “chi flat iron scam” and I don’t think its a scam. Its just a shoddy product that typically breaks after several months of use. Then once you attempt to get your money back, you can’t unless you’re a salon.
My family went thru 5 CHI in 3 yrs. I purchased all of them from a professional salon. Chi breaks within a few months and you have to pay $35 plus shipping to get one repaired. Their warranty is worthless!
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission just announced a recall of Chi flat irons due to fire and burn hazards:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtm…
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/24…
I have used the chi (it died after a year)
Chi flat irons are breaking, but customers can’t get a refund
The Chi flat Iron seems to be a hit or miss product (mostly miss). I would call a bad product a scam. After all the Chi Flat Iron Works for longer than a year SOMEtimes.
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Graham Ernest Gill Fraud
In January 2005, Graham Ernest Gill’s fraud caught up with him. He was involved in a £14m investment scam. The elderly York, England man was wanted in the US for an alleged £14m investment scam.
Graham Ernest Gill, 73, was caught at Madrid airport. He was set up in a sting operation set up by the FBI, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Interpol.
He was charged with violating Colorado’s crime control laws in which he’d siphoned $28 million in fraud investment schemes. It is now commonly know as the “Graham Ernest Gill Fraud”.
Graham Ernest Gill is now awaiting extradition back to Colorado.
Fraud Funds
The great Graham Ernest Gill Fraud involved taking £175m to create the “Colorado Mint casino” in Black Hawk, which was never built.
“He went to the public, American and European, and promised to pledge his assets as collateral for projects,” Robert Brown, agent for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, said.
Gill was arrested by the authorities after a sting involving the fake delivery of 370,000 euro.
Graham Ernest Gill, has dual British American citizenship. He was arrested in Spain on January 13, 2005.Alleged investing
scam marred
project’s early days
In 2002, Graham Gill allegedly led a
scam that duped investors out of
millions while pitching the Colorado
Mint casino project and phony
financial guarantees. Here is a list of
the people who were indicted on
fraud charges with Gill, and the list
of key players in the project being
developed now.
THEN:
Graham Gill – charged with
racketeering stemming from
allegations of bribery, wire and
securities fraud, tax evasion and
theft. He fled the country after
hearing about the charges, but was
captured this year. Arraignment is
scheduled for Nov. 4.
Thomas Sassone and Andrew
Mulgrew, both of New York –
indicted on the same charges as Gill,
but acquitted of all charges after a
Colorado jury decided they had been
duped by Gill.
Linda Lewis of Arizona and Charles
Scarboro of Monument – pleaded
guilty to misdemeanors and received
probation.
Edmund Curriden of San Diego –
pleaded guilty to commercial bribery
and received 6 months’
unsupervised probation.
NOW:
Sherwood Weiser, CEO, Continental
Hospitality Holdings LLC
Donald Lefton, vice chairman,
Continental Hospitality Holdings LLC
Steve Boulter, CEO, Black Bear
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Nigerian Dating Scams
*also under dating scams*
BEWARE OF DATING SITE SCAMS. There are a lot of false profiles out on the dating sites. The false ones are typically free member parasites and not usually paying members. Many of the false profiles are harmless member stealer’s. They are on there to flirt with you and try and get you to come to some other dating site. But some are trying to steal your heart to get to your money.ONLINE DATING SCAM TACTICS:
Step 1) Take the Bait
You meet someone on a dating site (Adult Friend Finder, Match, okcupid, etc). This person has posted a picture of themselves and they are gorgeous!
Their profiles says something like:I am a caring ,loving, honest, respectful and i believe in god and real people to hop to meet meet my real love here
There profile seems perfect. They sounds sweet, loving and caring. Their picture (if they have one) looks incredible. They seem to live pretty close.
What’s really going on? More than likely it is some ugly dude from a third world country who just learned to use a computer. They found a hot picture and posted it on the dating site. They are the exact opposite of what ever they said on their profile: they are uncaring, dishonest and don’t respect anyone… not even themselves.
Step 2) The Out of Country Story
You send them a message. They reply and tell you that they’d rather talk to you on email (usually hotmail or yahoo). They then proceed to tell you that they are currently in another country (Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, England), but they have some sort of connection to the states in your local area. They’ll say they’re relatives are there or they do business their and they’d love to meet you sometime.
What’s really going on? They really are outside of whatever country you are (usually Nigeria, Ghana, West Africa – this is one of the top scams in that region).
Step 3) Relationship Deception
What they do next is get a steady relationship with you. They will send more pictures. They will want to know more about you so they can cater to your ego. They will tell you they love you, tell you how good you look, how great you are. Basically, anything get the relationship going.
What’s really going on? They are lying to you and 20 other people on 5 or 6 different dating sites.
Step 4) A Crisis: they Need Money
There are various lies they may use to get money. They will ask for cash to buy the ticket to come visit you or they will tell you a tragedy has occurred and they need your help maybe even with a promise to pay you back.
What’s really going on? They are attempting to take your money and spend it on bullshit.
Clues to Spot Dating Scams:
– Pictures look too professional. Magazine quality photos should be a dead give away. If they send a series of pics and each one looks like a “model posed” photo shoot, be suspicious.
– BAD GRAMMAR & SPELLING. They are typically not very well educated and it will sometimes come through loud the clear via very choppy English and slight stupid logic. Sometimes it is as bad as a 3rd grader (a dumb 3rd grader).
– Western Africa. Be suspicious of ANYTHING from from Ghana, Mali and especially Nigeria.
– Too much love, too fast. They will almost immediately start talking about “I love you”, “I miss you” – don’t be flattered… they don’t love you… trust me.Disclaimer: Miracles do happen. Maybe you’ve just met a West African supermodel, with bad grammar, who has fallen madly in love with you in the course of two or three emails.
Conclusion:
I’ve dealt with these scammers on ebay, email, dating sites and in chat rooms and one thing I’ve noticed is that they are actually not very smart. They are just ruthless. They take advantage of people’s trust, kindness and generosity. They are not so much predators as they are parasites that jump from host to host. They feed on the infrastructure and wealth of Western Civilization and have nothing at all to contribute to humanity but ignorance and greed. The sad thing is that these few greedy, idiots are giving ALL West Africans a bad name on the Web and these nations (particularly Ghana & Nigeria) are among the richest nations in Africa with the greatest potential of having great success in any and all endeavors. Its a real shame.Richest African Countries 2006: GDP Per Country
1. South Africa … $606.4 billion in international$ (up 8% from 2005)
2. Algeria … $262.2 billion (up 8.5%)
3. Nigeria … $181.8 billion (up 10.2%)
4. Morocco … $150.8 billion (up 4.8%)
5. Sudan … $98.8 billion (up 11.2%)
6. Tunisia … $91.4 billion (up 7.4%)
7. Ethiopia … $78.4 billion (up 12%)
8. Ghana … $59.4 billion (up 9.1%)If you are looking for real relationships online, here are some good resources on how to make it happen!
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Poetry Scam
The dream of every artist from painter or poet is to create something that communicates to others. For a writer, publishing a successful piece is a joyous dream reserved for very few. Poets are perhaps some of the most courageous writers. It takes a lot of guts to put your rawest feelings into words and distribute them for all to see.
As a writer, I was horrified to find out that there is a HUGE scam that targets us. As a security guy who is always researching scams, I am not surprised that there are scams targeting writers, but I am amazed that there is one that is doing so well.
There is a poetry scam that legally swindles people out of their money. Its called poetry.com. Poetry . Com is not a URL that you’d associate with “scamâ€, so it is easy to see why many might be attracted to this wolf in sheep’s clothing. So how does poetry . com scam people “legallyâ€?
Poetry . com actually misleads aspiring poets into thinking that they have won acceptance into a poetry book. The catch is that you must BUY the book to be put in it. Unfortunately, these poets, hungry for a break go for this. What they need to realize is that poetry . com offers the SAME thing to EVERY one who writes them a poem. That is how they scam you.
Poetry Scam Steps:
1) Poetry . com advertises the prize of being published to all the best aspiring poets.
2) They send ALL who submit the same letter of acceptance:
a. It is my pleasure to inform you that after reading and discussing your poem, our Selection Committee has certified your poem as a semi-finalist in our Open Poetry Contest.Your poem will automatically be entered into the final competition held in Spring. As a semi-finalist, you have an excellent chance of winning one of 70 cash or gift prizes. You may even win the $1,000,000 Grand Prize.
3) Poetry .com Offers to publish the poets work if they pay X dollars.
No matter what you write to them, your reply will be this.
It is my pleasure to inform you that after reading and discussing your poem, our Selection Committee has certified your poem as a semi-finalist in our Open Poetry Contest.Your poem will automatically be entered into the final competition held in Spring. As a semi-finalist, you have an excellent chance of winning one of 70 cash or gift prizes. You may even win the $1,000,000 Grand Prize.
i have been victim of an online poetry contest hoax, organized by poetry.com. i entered a very personal poem and did not expect to have any response so far. of course i felt very excited when I received a letter of acceptance full of praise. a french native who writes in english, i felt so proud of my accomplishment. so i accepted to buy two copies of the book my poem was going to be published in, and even payed to have a short bio published.
My husband was suspicious, but did not want to hurt my feelings, and eventually let me buy the copies of the book, one for his mother, the other one for us. in the short bio, i wrote that the poem was a tribute to my father-in-law who recently passed away. my two bright and creative children were so proud of me. This happened a week ago. i have been calling my credit card company to try to put a stop payment, but the transaction has not been registered yet. it was only yesterday i realized all of this was a scam from clicking on an internet link. I am horrified by the idea that a an intimate, well-crafted poem might appear online, among a lot of trash. I feel violated and humiliated. I want to get the poem they stole and tainted, back, and to be able to submit it to serious and reputable publications.
Anastasia
Waltham, Massachusetts
U.S.A.Poetry.com poetry scam, I entered a poetry contest online, it was to my own standards and to other poets and writers’ standards a good poem So I did believe them when I received their quite outrageous letter of acceptance, and of course agreed to buy two copy of their book, payed an additional fee to include a short bio. This was a week ago. Owings Mills Maryland
www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/284/RipOff0284117.htm
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Big Brother data snooping will ‘ruin British way of life’
Plans for a massive database snooping on the entire population were condemned yesterday as a ‘step too far for the British way of life’. In an Orwellian move, the Home Office is proposing to detail every phone call, e-mail, text message, internet search and online purchase in the fight against terrorism and other serious crime.
HELLO Patriot Acting – FISA -
IRS REBATE CHECKS economic stimulus *scam mail*
Some body should tell the IRS that some one is pretending to be them. Emails have been going around phishing for credit card numbers. They send you an email requesting that you click on a link (phished site). Then they ask for your credit card info claiming that they want to give you a direct deposit. MORE HERE —> IRS SCAM.
PHISHED OUT IRS SITE:
**http://221.194.128.174:84/irs/online_form
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The Most Spammed Country In The World is Switzerland.
You may be complaining about the number of spam emails finding their way to your email account every day, but it may come as a surprise to you that the U.S. is actually not the most targeted country by spammers: According to a report released to today, Swiss users receive 10% more of spam than the average Internet user, and 23% more than U.S. users
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It’s Confirmed: Congress Gives Telecoms Immunity for Spying
The Democratic-led Congress this afternoon voted to put an end to the NSA spying scandal by approving a bill to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, terminate all pending lawsuits against them, and vest whole new warrantless eavesdropping powers in the President. The vote in favor of the new FISA bill was 69-28.
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Finally one down! Nigerian scammer jailed for 376 (!!) years
That is one Nigerian less to bother people with those scam-mails. Let’s hope that by the time he gets out, spam/scam will be no more.
