Scam Lister

Blog restored

2008-09-30T02:20:00.000-07:00

Only hours after I emailed Entrecard, my EC account was restored. Great support!

Entrecard deleted

2008-09-29T23:46:00.000-07:00

One of the ways I get traffic from this little known blog is by using Entrecard. It seems that Entrecard has been hit lately by Entrecard credit farms and the way they are battling this is by weeding out blogs that they think are splogs or blog farms.

This inactive blog was hit by Entrecard's action in mass deletion of blogs that fall below their quality standard. For one, my blog posts total prior to deletion was only four. Entrecard requires a minimum blog posts of 5 to meet it's quality standard.

A good thing too as this forces me to be less lazy and make this blog more active.

I just wrote an email back to Entrecard asking to be reinstated into Entrecard. Will post about further developement.

How to spot scams

2008-09-29T23:28:00.000-07:00

Tell tale signs:

Work at home scams that require you to pay to be registered first
You get charged to sign up for a newsletter
The marketing company has no contact phone number
No contact forms on their website but they list a direct email link

Of course there are more points to add but the simplest of all is do a Google website search or a Google Blog Search and see what others have said about the company.

Advertlets: More positive posts?

2008-09-29T23:26:00.000-07:00

Didn't realise that Josh Lim actually replied to my previous post and gave URLs to more positive blog feedbacks. Anyway, I open this blog post to more feedback about Advertlets. Good or bad? Have your say ...

As for me, my own Advertlets income has come to an almost screeching halt. 'Almost' because my income is like 0.1 cents a day! :D

One positive post on Advertlets

2008-08-01T04:36:00.001-07:00

Jerry Ong received his advertlets cheque two days after the infamous post at LiewCF.com complaining about late or non-existent payment from Advertlets.

After all the negative blog posts that has appeared in local blogs, it is only fair to also highlight those rare ones that commend Advertlets for payment. Granted that this is payment for April (3 months ago!!). Also, it is suspiciously coincidental that the cheque payment was made promptly after Jerry got to meet the founder and CEO Josh Lim at barcamp.

Still, not to take away anything from Advertlets, a positive blog post is a positive blog post. Heaven knows they need more of it..

Is Advertlets a scam too?

2008-07-26T13:00:00.000-07:00

Many blogs have taken pot shots at this Malaysian based ad company and the latest salvo is from a guest blogger at LiewCf.com. It's a guest post from Wong Tech Jung who blogs on duller.kuluchew.com. He claims that Advertlets have been dragging their feet and delaying payments for months now. From the deluge of comments received, it seems almost all are negative. Poor PR or bad payment system may be the death of Advertlets yet.

You can read the post titled "Advertlets, You are Fired!" here.

OnlyInMalaysiaMah.com is a scam!

2008-03-22T19:20:00.001-07:00

Jason Tan (if that is his real name) is selling an ebook that promises to help you make money online beyond your wildest dreams. This scammer has also invested in advertising using Google Adwords so you can see some of his adverts on Adsense pages.

I discovered the secrets of NOT having to go to work for the rest of my life and just watch Astro all day long... Best thing is I just need to turn on my Streamyx only 2 hours every week!

Well it's definitely a scam! I have a friend who bought his ebook that was full of rubbish and isn't anything you cannot find on the net. My friend is new to making money online but he says whatever in the ebook he already knows. In short, the ebook is totally useless.

But wait I'm not being fair. You can make money in this program.

Yes, and that's by reselling his empty promising e-book by being an affiliate! Hey if you are cheated, go cheat someone else to recover your money.

I'll post some screen shots of the websites so you don't have to visit the URL.

Going to OnlyInMalaysiaMah.com website you are greeted with a sexy popup to encourage you to sign up using your email.

Pictures of a new Merz and luxurious condo is what you should look out for in other similiar internet scams.

The total cost of the ebook? Only RM 90 (USD 27.50)

Even Malaysian first problogger LiewCF has exposed this site as a scam.

Update: http://www.adsensetaiko.com/index.php is another one of Jason's 'project'.

Related blog opinion on that site: http://www.noktahhitam.com/adsensetaiko-fradulence-in-disguise.html

NetMovieDownloads.com is a scam

2008-03-22T18:41:00.001-07:00

Netmoviedownloads charges USD 35 for letting you download full DVD quality movies off the internet. They are no different than using bittorrent clients to get movies off the net.

The only difference is that they give you a "special software" that is customised to download movies together with a search feature.

Taken from their FAQ section:-

The software is completely free of charge. What you pay goes towards supporting our technical team and paying for the creation of more user guides. If you're unsatisfied, you can always cancel your membership and keep the software.

Yeah right. Payment for user guides. Of course, no where in their website do they mention about copyright issues. Hollywood won't take kindly to websites selling their entire content for USD 35. If they are shut down, your 35 dollars goes down the drain too.