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More renting scam goodness!

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

Refer to the previous post for a description of renting scams common today. With that knowledge in mind, it’s time to play the “Can You Spot the Problems?” game!
Name: Mary Erdman
Age: 24
sex: female
Country: United Kingdom
Education: MSCE
Religion: Christianity
Marital Status: Single
Kids: No Kids
Languages spoken: English
my annual income is $55.000 USD
Who gives out their annual income that easily? [...]

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Renting scams

Friday, July 6th, 2007

I get a few of these messages every day:
Hello ……
I need a place to rent……is any available?
I like a house that will be a home because a home is a place where you find peace, understanding,joy and happiness.A home far away from home is what i want so i can say home sweet home. And [...]

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When marketing goes wrong

Friday, June 1st, 2007

I’m no [tag]grammar[/tag] king, nor do I preach proper technique to the likes of Grammar Girl. However, browsing to [tag]Seagate[/tag]’s site when I was checking out new hard drives makes me head hurt.
Here’s what their marketing campaign says: “[tag]FreeAgent[/tag]: [tag]Your On[/tag]“.
Now, perhaps it’s some clever pun or wording, and the joke’s far over my head. [...]

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F***Off

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

As if to make matters worse, Facebook API widget “FaceOff” has only one purpose: to compare the number of “friends” you have online against other FaceOff users. That’s right — the only use of this program is to see who’s a bigger social network whore. There, I said it.
“How does your friends list stack up? [...]

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It. Gets. Me. PUMPED!

Monday, March 5th, 2007

Recently, I’ve come across many of the [tag]V-Cast[/tag] [tag]commercials[/tag] where some random guy is listening to music, sees you, decides that you deserve to listen to their [tag]music[/tag], and then has to go because someone else is calling.
Yes, we get it, your [tag]phone[/tag] also happens to play music. So does everything else out there. What [...]

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