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		<title>Retro-spamming techniques and the rise of spam in 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>According to the Official Google Enterprise Blog:</p>
<p>&#034;<span style="FONT-SIZE: 100%">Last quarter we reported on the trend toward larger message sizes, measured in bytes. The trend has continued into this quarter, making 2009 a year of resurgence in old techniques such as image spam and payload viruses<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">. </span>When considering the spam bytes processed per user, growth has been steep in 2009, with Q3&#039;09 rates up 123% from Q3&#039;08.&#034;</span></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to the Official Google Enterprise Blog:</p>
<p>&#034;<span style="FONT-SIZE: 100%">Last quarter we reported on the trend toward larger message sizes, measured in bytes. The trend has continued into this quarter, making 2009 a year of resurgence in old techniques such as image spam and payload viruses<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">. </span>When considering the spam bytes processed per user, growth has been steep in 2009, with Q3&#039;09 rates up 123% from Q3&#039;08.&#034;</span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 100%">For anyone who&#039;s wondered why spammers consider to spam, consider this from the Google report:</span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 100%">&#034;The majority (55%) of these viruses are messages like the one you see below, a fake notice of underreported income from the IRS (<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><a id="a3sf" title="which the IRS distributed an alert on earlier this week" href="http://www.us-cert.gov/current/#malicious_code_spreading_via_irs">which the IRS distributed an alert on earlier this week</a></span>). Another large contingent (33%) have come in the form of fake package tracking attachments, which were already on the rise in Q2. <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">You might think a spoofed IRS notice or package tracking email is obviously spam, and wonder who would fall for it and actually click on the attachment.</span></span></p>
<p>However, at these volumes, it takes only a tiny fraction of the recipients being fooled for the spammers to add hundreds of computers to their botnets every day.&#034;</p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 100%"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><strong><a title="Spam on the rise" href="http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/search/label/spam%20and%20security%20trends">Click here to read the full report at the Official Google Enterprise Blog</a></strong>.</span></span></p>


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		<title>Dennis Yu and ShoeMoney succeed in taking people&#039;s eyes off the ball.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>They couldn&#039;t have planned it any better. When questions came up about Dennis Yu and Shoemoney and what kinds of activity they were engaging in on Facebook, a post by ShoeMoney about Dennis Yu succeeded magnificently in taking people&#039;s eyes off the ball.  People have stopped thinking about the substance of what Dennis Yu was alleging and offering and instead continue to write about Dennis Yu and Shoemoney.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They couldn&#039;t have planned it any better. When questions came up about Dennis Yu and Shoemoney and what kinds of activity they were engaging in on Facebook, a post by ShoeMoney about Dennis Yu succeeded magnificently in taking people&#039;s eyes off the ball.  People have stopped thinking about the substance of what Dennis Yu was alleging and offering and instead continue to write about Dennis Yu and Shoemoney.</p>
<p>I fell for the trap at first, too, until Michael Webster who runs <a href="http://www.bizop.ca">http://www.bizop.ca</a> pointed out the fact potential significance of information Dennis Yu was willing to share.</p>
<p>Now, what Dennis Yu has shared publicly to date about shady Facebook tactics has been pretty mundane, but he did at one time offer to provide more interesting details privately.</p>
<p>Well, let&#039;s get back to the substance.</p>
<p>Even though it&#039;s still pretty basic, Bob Sullivan at MSNBC <a title="Bob Sullivan writes about FaceBook scams" href="http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/06/my-entry.html">wrote a great article here</a> on June 2, 2009 giving the framework that scammers operate out of and gives insight into scamming on FaceBook has been so successful.</p>
<p>At the time of article, Sullivan notes that FaceBook had one practice that is amazingly disturbing from a security standpoint:</p>
<p>&#034;Worse yet, some of the techniques Facebook employs fly directly in the face of accepted security practices.  Facebook regularly sends e-mail to users with links in the message.  &#034;To follow the comment thread, follow the link below,&#034; reads a typical note.  Clicking on the link then prompts users to log in.&#034;</p>
<p>What&#039;s most amazing about this, is the scammers don&#039;t need to use the slightly more sophisticated technique of gaining control of FaceBook accounts via stealing users&#039; cookies.</p>
<p>Admittedly, the information Dennis Yu covered in his TechCrunch article involves more sophisticated scamming than what Bob Sullivan covered, but what you may NOT realized is there is yet another level of <strong>potential</strong> scamming on FaceBook that is significantly more sophisticated than what either Bob Sullivan or Dennis Yu discuss&#8230;</p>
<p>For example, <strong><a title="FBController - The Ultimate Utility to Control FaceBook accounts" href="http://www.darknet.org.uk/2009/05/fbcontroller-the-ultimate-utility-to-control-facebook-accounts/">DarkNet.org.uk</a></strong> announced &#034;FBController &#8211; the ultimate utility to control FaceBook accounts) on 5/12/2009 and noted this impressive feat of the creator(s):</p>
<p>&#034;There are many APIs available to write apps and 3rd party Tools for FB in Java, Perl, .NET, etc&#8230;.FBConTroller was entirely written without knowing any of Facebook’s Dev API’s.&#034;</p>
<p>I couldn&#039;t determine if FBController was ever successfully used to scam FaceBook members, and according to <a title="CNET article on FBController" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10234720-83.html">this CNET article</a>:</p>
<p>&#034;Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt said the company is aware of the tool and that it does not impact the firm&#039;s ability to detect potentially malicious behavior.&#034;</p>
<p>The creator of FBController, <a title="QuakerDoomer" href="http://my.opera.com/quakerdoomer/blog/">Azim Poonawala (QuakerDoomer)</a> stated, &#034;His intention in creating FBController was not to allow control of multiple accounts, although &#034;it can definitely be misused by bad guys to achieve that since it is free.&#034;</p>
<p>However, it&#039;s still interesting to note that one security expert identified a <a title="Website Cookie Stealing" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/04/website_cookie_stealing/">security weakness that could be used to steal cookies</a>  &#034;which dictates that browsers must allow subdomains (think www.google.com) to set and read cookies for their parent (google.com). The specification also states that if a cookie for a subdomain doesn&#039;t already exist, the browser should use the cookie belonging to the parent instead.&#034; &#8211; <a title="RFC2965" href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2965">geeks can read this about RC2965</a>.</p>
<p>Not long after that, Dan Goodin, the author of that article wrote another article in titled <a title="Internet Explorer Security Flaw" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/internet_explorer_security_flaw/">&#034;Major IE8 flaw makes &#039;safe&#039; sites unsafe&#034; </a>in which he stated &#034;The latest version of Microsoft&#039;s Internet Explorer browser contains a bug that can enable serious security attacks against websites that are otherwise safe.&#034;</p>
<p>What might be the ultimate wake-up call to the dangers of FaceBook and other social networks is the fact that according to <a title="Hackers Facebook Cash Security" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/29/hackers-facebook-cash-security">this article in The Guardian </a>&#034;Mikko Hyppönen, who regularly works with Scotland Yard, the FBI, the US National Security Agency and Interpol&#034; refuses to use FaceBook.</p>
<p><strong>Recent FaceBook scams and vulnerabilities:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>12/4/2009 &#8211; <a title="New Phishing Scam Spreading via FaceBook" href="http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/12/new-phishing-scam-spreading-via-facebook-chat/">New Phishing Scam Spreading via FaceBook</a></li>
<li>11/20/2009 &#8211; <a title="Internet Explorer Security Flaw" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/internet_explorer_security_flaw/">Major IE8 flaw makes &#039;safe&#039; sites unsafe</a></li>
<li>11/4/2009 &#8211; <a title="Website cookie stealing" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/04/website_cookie_stealing/">Newfangled cookie attack steals/poisons website creds &#8211; Google, Facebook risk</a></li>
<li>9/15/2009<a title="FBController - The Ultimate Utility to Control Facebook accounts" href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/101/506561/30/390/threaded"> - FBController &#8211; The Ultimate Utility to Control Facebook accounts without the<br />
Password.</a></li>
<li>5/12/2009 &#8211; <a title="FBController announced at DarkNet" href="http://www.darknet.org.uk/2009/05/fbcontroller-the-ultimate-utility-to-control-facebook-accounts/">FBController announced at Darknet</a></li>
<li>4/30/2009 &#8211; <a title="FBConTroller [ FACEBOOK CONTROLLER ] - The Ultimate Facebook Controller (without the Password)" href="http://my.opera.com/quakerdoomer/blog/fbcontroller-facebook-controller-the-ultimate-facebook-controller-without-the-pa">FBConTroller [ FACEBOOK CONTROLLER ] &#8211; The Ultimate Facebook Controller (without the Password)</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Related:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a title="The Affiliate Summit Facebook Smackdown Continues" href="http://www.bizop.ca/blog2/due-diligence/badges-of-authority/the-affiliate-summit-facebook.html">The Affiliate Summit Facebook Panel Smackdown Continues</a></li>
<li><a title="Withdrawal from the affiliate summit facebook panel" href="http://www.shoemoney.com/2009/12/03/withdrawing-from-the-affiliate-summit-facebook-panel/">Withdrawing from the affiliate summit FaceBook panel</a></li>
<li><a title="Shoemoney just won't give up" href="http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/shoemoney-just-wont-give-up/">Shoemoney just won&#039;t give up</a></li>
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		<title>Scammers using my name?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I just got a very disturbing unsubscribe message that stated:</p>
<p>&#034;Please don&#039;t send me anymore emails.  Why?  I just learned that Paul is involved in a scam  business that is cheating those of us who have trusted and believed in him. Too bad.  I&#039;m disappointed.&#034;</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just got a very disturbing unsubscribe message that stated:</p>
<p>&#034;Please don&#039;t send me anymore emails.  Why?  I just learned that Paul is involved in a scam  business that is cheating those of us who have trusted and believed in him. Too bad.  I&#039;m disappointed.&#034;</p>
<p>Obviously this isn&#039;t true and obviously it&#039;s alarming.</p>
<p>It appears that one of the email addresses used in the scam was Mystery.<a href="mailto:shopper@sify.com" target="_blank">shopper@sify.com</a> although there may be others. Emails from <a href="http://mail.sify.com/">http://mail.sify.com/</a> - which is an Indian email provider seem to be commonly used in these scams as you can see here:</p>
<div id="attachment_3726" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 372px"><img class="size-full wp-image-3726 " title="Scams Using Sify.com Email Addresses" src="http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ScamsUsingSifyEmailAddresses.JPG" alt="Scams Using Sify.com Email Addresses" width="362" height="351" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Scams Using Sify.com Email Addresses</p></div>
<p>In fact one commenter in <a title="Sify spam" href="http://groups.google.com/group/news.admin.net-abuse.email/browse_thread/thread/7e514deafd101f68?pli=1"><strong>this discussion</strong> </a>stated:</p>
<p>&#034;A complaint to abuse at sifycorp.com bounced today with something &#034;Over<br />
quota&#034;&#8230; After abuse at sify.com seems not to accept complaints via<br />
Gmail since months. They did before, and ever so often I even received<br />
feedback that they terminated accounts of Nigerian spammers.&#034;</p>
<p><strong>It appears I&#039;m in good company though, because the SAME sort of thing happened at the great site WhyDoWork as discussed here:</strong></p>
<p><strong><a title="Beware of Data Entry Scammers Pretending to Work Here" href="http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/1288/">Beware of Data Entry Scammers Pretending to Work Here</a></strong></p>
<p>Matt from WhyDoWork cautioned, &#034;As we are probably the largest legitimate work at home job search engine on the web, it can be easy to believe the posting. I’m glad five people came forward to let us know of the scam. I’m hoping no one got taken in by it.&#034;</p>
<p>If you are aware of any scammers or scam that is using my name or the WorkAtHomeTruth site name please let me know about it here.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>


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		<title>Will the Google Biz Kit addiction rise to level of alcohol, porn, and drugs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The BBB has issued yet ANOTHER warning about Make Money from Home with Google kits. Google Kits are becoming so widespread now &#8211; like alcohohol, drugs, and porn &#8211; it&#039;s almost like they are just becoming part of our culture.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The BBB has issued yet ANOTHER warning about Make Money from Home with Google kits. Google Kits are becoming so widespread now &#8211; like alcohohol, drugs, and porn &#8211; it&#039;s almost like they are just becoming part of our culture.</p>
<p>I can see the political debates now arguing for the legalization of Google Kit scams, Acai Berry scams, Teeth Whitening scams, and all other forms of hidden negative option scams.</p>
<div id="attachment_3686" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 260px"><img class="size-full wp-image-3686   " title="People protesting to reclaim their false hope" src="http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Protesting.jpg" alt="People protesting to reclaim their false hope" width="250" height="173" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People protesting to reclaim their false hope</p></div>
<p>Regulators will go too far and people will cry out loud together in mass: <strong>&#034;Give us back our right to be scammed!&#8230;Give us back our false hope!&#034;</strong></p>
<p><strong>The poet-protestors will quote Michelangelo:</strong></p>
<p>&#034;False hope is harboured only by that love when<br />
beauty is worn away;<br />
Sweet hope is found in a chaste heart; it does not fail<br />
because of changes in the husk.&#034;</p>
<p>And the singer-songwriter bards and rock bands will&#8230;</p>
<p>Oops. Sorry about all that. I think I might have started getting carried away. Anyhow, back to that ol&#039; BBB warning thingy&#8230;</p>
<p>Here&#039;s what the latest BBB alert had to say. It includes many of the sites that had write-ups at WorkAtHomeTruth and other sitess over the past year or so, including:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Google Money Tree -</strong> <strong><a title="Warning about Google Money Tree" href="http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2008/11/19/google-money-tree-complaints/">November 18, 2008 Warning about Google Money Tree and Google Treasure Chest is here</a></strong></li>
<li><strong>Various Google Kits put out by Pacific Webworks &#8211; many of the <a title="Pacific WebWorks Google Kits" href="http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2009/09/13/profitcenterlearning-review-revisited/">Pacific Webworks Google Kits were discussed here</a></strong></li>
<li><strong>Impact Wealth Solutions &#8211; <a title="EasyFortune500Profits complaints" href="http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2009/01/13/easyfortune500profits-complaints/">EasyFortune500Profits was discussed here</a>. </strong></li>
<li><strong> </strong><strong>Google Success Kits &#8211; the particular one that the BBB references is called <a title="Earn Cash Fast With Google" href="http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2009/01/01/earncashfastwithgoogle-complaints/">EarchCashFastFastWithGoogle &#8211; discussed here</a>.</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Of course it&#039;s always the same scenario of people getting hit with hidden charges:</p>
<p>&#034;While the schemes go by many different names and are found on many different Web sites, the complaints to BBB tell a similar story. Complainants state that they signed up online to receive a free trial of a CD or access to information that would show them how to make money from home using Google. Consumers had to provide a credit or debit card number to cover shipping — which is typically only a few dollars.</p>
<p>Complainants to BBB state that they were billed before their trial ended — or never even received the CD — and continued to be billed after they had cancelled their order. Complainants also found mystery charges from several other businesses for services they didn’t realize they were signing up for with their “free” trial. One Georgia complainant’s bank account was debited $433 by various entities including Grant Finder, Web Training, Powersale, Safelock, Google Chest, Search Chest, A1Member and Auction Support.&#034;</p>
<p>You can <a title="Working from Home With Google BBB warning" href="http://www.bbb.org/us/article/make-money-from-home-with-google-not-so-fast-warns-bbb-13245">read the full BBB alert and warning here </a>- or you can just wait until another one just like it comes out from about another ten thousand news agencies, consumer advocacy groups and law enforcement agencies just about every single week.</p>
<p><strong>Here&#039;s a short list to get you started:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Recent MSNBC article &#8211; <a title="Twitter Phishing Ploy goes for Direct Messages" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33835046/ns/technology_and_science-security/">Twitter phishing ploy goes for &#034;Direct Messages&#034;</a></strong></li>
<li><strong>11/9/2009 article at ChicagoNow.com &#8211; <a title="Lawsuit: Work from Home Ads are a Scam!" href="http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-bar-tender/2009/11/lawsuit-work-from-home-ads-are-a-scam.html">Lawsuit: Work from Home Ads are a Scam!</a></strong> (Class Action lawsuit against Pacific WebWorks)</li>
<li><strong>11/8/2009 article at the Chicago Tribune</strong> &#8211; <a title="Scams Prosper even if economy doesn't" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/sns-yourmoney-1108scams,0,4938678.story"><strong>Scams Prosper even if economy doesn&#039;t</strong></a></li>
<li><strong>10/6/2009 Pioneer Press Article &#8211; <a title="Work at home offers? Beware of the scams" href="http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_13631151?nclick_check=1">Work-at-home offers? Beware of the scams</a></strong></li>
<li><strong>11/6/2009 <a title="Master Internet Profits" href="http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=13547">Central Valley Business Times article warns about Master Internet Profits &#8211; a.k.a. &#034;Portal to Success&#034;</a></strong></li>
<li><strong>11/4/2009 BBB alert -</strong> <strong><a title="Arizona Work-From-Home Company Claims to Show Consumers How to Make Easy Money With Google" href="http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2009/11/04/arizona-work-from-home-company-claims-to-show-consumers-how-to-make-easy-money-on-google/">Arizona Work-From-Home Company Claims to Show How to Make Easy Money With Google</a></strong></li>
<li><strong>11/2/2009 News story at CNET - <a title="Spammy Scams surfacing on Twitter and Facebook" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10388715-83.html">Spammy Scams surfacing on Twitter and Facebook</a></strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Do a few seconds of searching and you can find hundreds, if not thousands more published within the last week.</p>
<p>Related information:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a title="Make Money Posting Links on Google Scam" href="http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2009/04/17/make-money-posting-links-on-google-scam/">Make Money Posting Links on Google Scam</a></strong></li>
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		<title>Digging deeper into hidden negative option scams</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Warning: this particular post contains EXTREMELY loosely connected thoughts and observations</strong></p>
<p><strong>Some of the things I&#039;ve been thinking about and trying to connect:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Not Kevin&#039;s informaton at StrangelyPerfect.tv  showing many negative option scams set up companies in the UK (<a title="Scammers setting up companies in the UK" href="http://strangelyperfect.tv/4308/google-revolution-different-name-same-scam/?cid=1664">details here</a>)</li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Warning: this particular post contains EXTREMELY loosely connected thoughts and observations</strong></p>
<p><strong>Some of the things I&#039;ve been thinking about and trying to connect:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Not Kevin&#039;s informaton at StrangelyPerfect.tv  showing many negative option scams set up companies in the UK (<a title="Scammers setting up companies in the UK" href="http://strangelyperfect.tv/4308/google-revolution-different-name-same-scam/?cid=1664">details here</a>)</li>
<li>The recent Trend Micro paper detailing a cybercrime hub operating out of Estonia which extends into Europe and the United States (<strong><a title="Trend Micro report on Estonian Cybercrime Hub" href="http://us.trendmicro.com/imperia/md/content/us/trendwatch/researchandanalysis/a_cybercrime_hub.pdf">pdf available here</a></strong>)</li>
<li>The potential significance of hidden negative option &#034;bizop kit&#034; victims alleging the presence of  trojan horses on the CDs they received in the mail</li>
<li>The economic relationship between Estonia and The Isle of Man</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>AGAIN &#8211; these are very loosely connected thoughts&#8230;or maybe not even connected at all&#8230;in fact I don&#039;t even present any possible conclusions</strong></p>
<p>Today I was asking Lynndel Edgington of Eagle Research Associates about a comment <strong>Not Kevin</strong> made over at <strong><a title="Strangely Perfect" href="http://www.strangelyperfect.tv">StrangelyPerfect.tv</a>:</strong></p>
<p>&#034;Setting up a UK Ltd company at Companies House is very easy and no they don’t ask for proof of id or anything. You only need to register for Vat if/when your turnover exceeds a certain amount, so that comes after registration (if at all).<br />
There are however quite strict regulations about your obligations as a Director, filing accounts on time etc. See:<br />
<a href="http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1073870537">http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1073870537</a></p>
<p>Not sure how these companies would get their stuff from Companies House if they are using false addresses, filing accounts for all those companies would be a nightmare too (if done properly) – which is another reason it’s odd that there are so many of them which just multiplies the work and could make it very confusing! Perhaps they are not planning to stick around long enough to bother with legalities like filing accounts!? (Allegedly) (You can be in business for around 18 months I think before your first years accounts are due).&#034;</p>
<p>I suggest you <strong><a title="Google Revolution - different name, same scam" href="http://strangelyperfect.tv/4308/google-revolution-different-name-same-scam/">read the full discussion here to get the full context</a></strong>.</p>
<p>As Lynndel pointed out, Not Kevin really answered his own question:</p>
<p>(Lynndel): &#034;They don&#039;t plan on being around long enough to worry about reports/accounts are due.  This is get in quick, get the cash and get out before the authorities come calling.  The only ones who get caught are those who get greedy and try to milk it longer than they should.  They forget they can wait a couple of months, and then do it all over with a new name and a slightly different look and do it all over again.&#034;</p>
<p><strong>Seemingly related to all of this is the </strong><a title="Offshore Transparency" href="http://www.step.org/attach.pl/2596/5699/Onshore%20secrecy,%20offshore%20transparency.pdf"><strong>fascinating research</strong></a><strong> recently performed by </strong><a title="Griffith University's Jason Sharman" href="http://www.griffith.edu.au/business/centre-governance-public-policy/staff/jason-sharman"><strong>Griffith University&#039;s Professor Jason Sharman</strong></a></p>
<p>Which appears to indicate that the U.S. and the U.K. themselves may be the &#034;dirtiest tax havens&#034; which is fascinating as Sharman concludes:</p>
<p>&#034;&#034;The United States, Great Britain and other OECD states have chosen not to comply with the international standards which they have been largely responsible for putting in place.&#034;</p>
<p>According to Switzerland&#039;s Le Temps Newspaper:</p>
<p>&#034;With a small budget, and using classified ads that proliferate on the Internet or in the press, this professor of the Center for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University (Australia) made bids to set up shell companies in 22 countries — some labeled as tax havens; others are very respectable members of the OECD.&#034;</p>
<p>The following are excerpted from <a title="Jason Sharman study" href="http://www.step.org/attach.pl/2596/5699/Onshore%20secrecy,%20offshore%20transparency.pdf">Jason Sharman&#039;s presentation of his key findings of his recent study</a>:</p>
<p>Summary of the research</p>
<p>&#034;The research involved electronically soliciting offers of anonymous corporate vehicles from 45 different corporate service providers in 22 different countries, and collating the various responses. Anonymous shell companies in isolation can sometimes be useful in disguising financial crime, but generally depend on associated bank accounts. And so the next step was trying to set up bank accounts linked to these shell companies. To the extent that the shell companies are anonymous (that is, where the beneficial owner remains unknown), the bank account will also be de facto anonymous. Seventeen of the 45 attempts to solicit anonymous corporate vehicles met with success. Of these, 13 of 17 successful approaches were to service providers in OECD countries (seven in the UK, four in the United States, one in Spain, and one in Canada). This compared with only four service providers of 28 willing to provide anonymous shell companies in countries often identified as ‘tax havens’<br />
(Hong Kong, Singapore, Belize and Uruguay).&#034;</p>
<p>Interesting details from Jason Sharman&#039;s research:</p>
<ul>
<li>&#034;In 2009, the author was able to create a Nevada company and then open an account at one of America’s most prominent banks with<br />
only a scanned copy of a driver’s licence.&#034; </li>
<li>&#034;the author purchased an anonymous England and Wales company for GBP515, incorporated within a day&#034;</li>
<li><a title="The Economist reporting on Jason Sharman's study" href="http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13382279">The Economist</a> highlighted the following amazing finding from Sharman&#039;s study:
<ul>
<li>&#034;One example was Britain, where in 45 minutes on the internet he formed a company without providing identification, was issued with bearer shares (which have been almost universally outlawed because they confer completely anonymous ownership) as well as nominee directors and a secretary. All was achieved at a cost of £515.95 ($753).&#034;</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Constantly changing names as a keystone to a &#034;business model&#034;</strong></p>
<p>This isn&#039;t really anything new, but I really enjoyed the wording the authors of the <a title="Cybercrime Hub" href="http://us.trendmicro.com/imperia/md/content/us/trendwatch/researchandanalysis/a_cybercrime_hub.pdf">Trend Micro Cybercrime Hub</a> report used to describe it:&#034;The criminal outfit uses a lot of daughter companies that operate in Europe and in the United States. These daughter companies’ names quickly get the heat when they become involved in Internet abuse and other cybercrimes. They disappear after getting bad publicity or when upstream providers terminate their contracts. This does not cause much harm to the operation as a whole, however, as the same cybercriminal just continues its business under a new name. In fact, constantly changing names is part of the company’s business model&#034;</p>
<p><strong>The potential significance of hidden negative option &#034;bizop kit&#034; victims alleging the presence of viruses and/or trojan horses on the CD-Roms they received in the mail</strong></p>
<p>There were several comments made on various sites that the bizop kit CDs contained trojan horses, which can be used to steal data or as the Trend Micro paper reveals &#8211;  hijack Google queries and even seamlessly replace advertisements on legitimate sites.</p>
<p>Of course a trojan horse would always be a concern, but imagine if the cybercriminal organization behind the planting of trojan horses operated out of a country where credit card fraud and internet-based financial fraud were ongoing concerns.</p>
<p>I have no idea if any of the allegations about the trojans were true or how pervasive the allegations were.</p>
<p><strong>According to the U.S. Department of State&#039;s information on Estonia:</strong></p>
<p>&#034;Credit card fraud is an ongoing concern, as is Internet-based financial fraud and “Internet dating” fraud.  Travelers should take precautions to safeguard their credit cards and report any suspected unauthorized transaction to the credit card company immediately.  Racially motivated verbal harassment and, on occasion, physical assault of Americans and other nationals of non-Caucasian ethnicity has occurred.   If an incident occurs, it should be reported to the police and to the Embassy.&#034;</p>
<p><strong>The economic relationship between Estonia and The Isle of Man</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">This is significantly outside my scope of expertise so I could be completely grasping at straws here or someone may look at it and wonder why I&#039;m stating the obvious:</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Estonia is a country where credit card fraud and internet-based financial fraud are ongoing concerns</li>
<li>Isle of Man (IOM) is a self-governing <a title="British Crown Dependency Isle of Man" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/im.html">British Crown Dependency</a> where offshore banking is a key sector of the economy and <a title="IOM July News Release" href="http://www.gov.im/lib/docs/treasury/incometax/pdfs/newsrelease16july2009.pdf">according to the IOM government</a> is developing a global reputation for a diverse array of niche, quality sectors including:
<ul>
<li>High-tech manufacturing</li>
<li>E-Business</li>
<li>E-Gaming</li>
<li>Ship and super yacht management</li>
<li>Aircraft registration</li>
<li>Agricultural and fisheries produce</li>
<li>Film and television production</li>
<li>Space commerce</li>
<li>Entrepreneur/trading gateway</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>In it&#039;s most recently &#034;report card&#034; on the Isle of Man&#039;s observance of AML/CFT (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism) the IMF expressed concerns about Customer Due Diligence (CDD) measures (<a title="CDD" href="http://www.gov.im/lib/docs/fsc//detailedassessmentofobservanceof.pdf">see item 30 here</a>), where one of the observations is:
<ul>
<li>&#034;<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;">It was not evident to the assessors in all cases that the financial institutions were taking fully into account the increased risk of dealing on such a scale with nonresident non face-to-face business, and the assessors noted an uneven level of controls in practice in some institutions when relying on third parties to have properly conducted CDD measures.&#034;</span></span></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">The <a title="IOM Estonia DTA" href="http://www.gov.im/lib/docs/treasury/incometax/pdfs/newsrelease16july2009.pdf">recent agreement</a> between the IOM government and the Estonian government:</span>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">&#034;The agreement between the two governments is based on the model published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In addition to this agreement signalling that the Isle of Man and Estonia wish to develop their bilateral economic relations, the DTA will also act to prevent tax evasion, and delivers the OECD’s agreed international standard on tax transparency and exchange of information.&#034;</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;"><strong>At this point I still have no idea if there are any real connections between all of this data</strong></span></span></p>


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		<title>E-Mail fraud &#8211; do only &quot;other people&quot; fall for it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>Lynndel Edgington of Eagle Research Associates</strong> has helped more than one person on the WorkAtHomeTruth newsletter become a victim of E-Mail fraud. More importantly he&#039;s helped people avoid unwittingly become a criminal party to e-Mail scams.</span></span></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2009/09/18/e-mail-fraud-do-only-other-people-fall-for-it/" class="more-link">Read more on E-Mail fraud &#8211; do only &#034;other people&#034; fall for it?&#8230;</a></p>


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>Lynndel Edgington of Eagle Research Associates</strong> has helped more than one person on the WorkAtHomeTruth newsletter become a victim of E-Mail fraud. More importantly he&#039;s helped people avoid unwittingly become a criminal party to e-Mail scams.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">And as Lynndell points out in his report &#034;E-Mail Fraud &#8211; A Crime of Persuasion&#034;, &#034;it does not make any difference how educated you are, you can fall for one of these Fraudulent E-mails.  There have been Doctors, Lawyers, Accountants, Financial Planners, Stock Broker’s, and other professional people who have fallen for this.  It is not just those &#039;other people&#039; who fall for them.&#034;</span></span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">So ask yourself again &#8211; &#034;Could I <strong>possibly</strong> fall for an e-Mail Scam?&#034;</span></span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Again, Lynndel says:</span></span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">&#034;If you are like most of us, the answer to the above is &#034;NO!&#034;  But are you sure?  Now I know what you are thinking, only “those other people” fall for one of these obvious E-mail scams.  Yet over 500,000 people worldwide fall for one of these E-mails, and it is a $50 Billion Dollar a year business, and that is only what is reported.  Over 40% are never reported. </span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Your in-box has become a fight for your wallet.  Today there are over 20 different types of Fraudulent E-mails being sent out on a daily basis to your in-box.  While there are over 20 different types, there are at least 4-6 versions of each type of E-mail.&#034;</span></span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">If you want to make sure you win the fight for your wallet and learn how to avoid E-Mail scams, Lynndel is offering his full report &#034;E-Mail Fraud &#8211; A Crime of Persuasion. Will I Fall for One?&#034; to you for free.</span></strong></span></p>
<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To obtain this report do the following (Telephone Number is not required):</span></span></strong></p>
<ol>
<li>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Go to </span><a href="http://www.eagleresearchassociates.org"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.eagleresearchassociates.org</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> and <a title="Contact US" href="http://eagleresearchassociates.org/contact_us.php">click on the Contact Us link</a>.  </span></span></strong></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Put &#034;Request for E-Mail Fraud Report&#034; in the message box.</span></span></strong></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lynndel will send you your free report.</span></span></strong></div>
</li>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">About Eagle Research Associates:</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eagle Research Associates, Inc. was founded by the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Lynndel R. Edgington. Lynn seeing the lack of education regarding investments by the general public, and aware of the constraints of Law Enforcement Agencies to deal with the explosion of Internet investment scams, Eagle Research Associates, Inc. was born. In sharing his ideas and goals for the corporation with others, Lynn was able to assemble a strong management team, Board of Directors, and a multi-talented team comprising the research and investigative abilities of the corporation. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Eagle Research Associates&#039; Team Members Include:</strong><br />
(All Team Members are Independent Contractors, not employees) <br />
If you want to make sure you win the fight for your wallet and learn how to avoid E-Mail scams, Lynndel is offering his full report &#034;E-Mail Fraud &#8211; A Crime of Persuasion. Will I Fall for One?&#034; to you for free.</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Gary Morley, FBI</strong> – <strong>Retired, Licensed Investigator/Researcher</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Craig Hannaford, RCMP-Retired </strong>- <strong>Licensed Investigator/Researcher</strong></span></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Greggory Brian Evans, PhD, Research Analyst</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Christian Paasche, Research Analyst</span></strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Remember, you can get Lynndel Edgington&#039;s full report &#034;E-Mail Fraud &#8211; A Crime of Persuasion. Will I Fall for One?&#034; for free:</span></strong></span></p>
<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To obtain the report do the following (Telephone Number is not required):</span></span></strong></p>
<ol>
<li>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Go to </span><a href="http://www.eagleresearchassociates.org"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.eagleresearchassociates.org</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> and <a title="Contact Us" href="http://eagleresearchassociates.org/contact_us.php">click on the Contact Us link</a>.  </span></span></strong></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Put &#034;Request for E-Mail Fraud Report&#034; in the message box.</span></span></strong></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lynndel will send you your free report.</span></span></strong></div>
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		<title>Patrick Pretty still covering ASD Cash Generator&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Wow,</p>
<p>It seems like eons since Ad Surfy Daily starting falling apart at the scenes &#8211; when the battles between the naysayers and the hard-core believers were in full swing.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2009/09/02/patrick-pretty-still-covering-asd-cash-generator/" class="more-link">Read more on Patrick Pretty still covering ASD Cash Generator&#8230;&#8230;</a></p>


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow,</p>
<p>It seems like eons since Ad Surfy Daily starting falling apart at the scenes &#8211; when the battles between the naysayers and the hard-core believers were in full swing.</p>
<p>Patrick Pretty is still THE place to go for ASD Cash Generator coverage, but if you&#039;ve been away from his blog for a while like I have, you&#039;ll have a lot of catching up to do.</p>
<p>Apparently the die-hards are still trying to claim that the ASD funds were &#034;illegally confiscated&#034; and have been filing motions to intervene.</p>
<p><strong><a title="Patrick Pretty" href="http://www.patrickpretty.com">You can read more about the ongoing ASD saga here at Patrick Pretty&#039;s blog</a></strong>.</p>
<p>Or if you just want to relax, you can watch the video/song I did about ASD Cash Generator not too long before the secret service raided ASD:</p>
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		<title>How to block unwanted text messages?</title>
		<link>http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2009/08/23/how-to-block-unwanted-text-messages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Someone emailed the other night wanting to know how to block unwanted text messages.</p>
<p>I checked with one of my resources and here is what he said:</p>
<p>&#034;IF THESE MESSAGES ARE MOBILE TO MOBILE, IT&#039;S VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP THEM&#8230; WHY?  THE CIPHER SYSTEMS FOR SMS ARE A JOKE AND EASILY HACKED&#8230; ONLY WAY I KNOW TO STOP THEM IS CHANGE THE PHONE NUMBER AND/OR SET UP A SECURE PASSWORD (USING LETTERS AND NUMBERS AND CHANGE IT LIKE EVERY 3 MONTHS)  CHANGING THE NUMBER IS THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION&#8230; A HUGE PROBLEM IS WITH THE BLUETOOTH DEVICES AND IT&#039;S GOING TO BE A GROWING PROBLEM&#8230; COMPLAINTS TO THE SYSTEM PROVIDER AND OR FCC PROBABLY WON&#039;T DO ANYTHING&#8230; AND IT&#039;S A SERIOUS PROBLEM&#8230; YOU GET A MESSAGE TO CALL ANOTHER NUMBER&#8230; YOU CALL THE NUMBER AND IT REDIRECTS YOU ANOTHER NUMBER ASKING YOU FOR CONFIDENTIAL INFO ABOUT YOU, YOUR BANK ACCT. NUMBERS ALLEGEDLY TO VERIFY THIS OR THAT PIECE OF INFO&#8230;. &#034;IF&#034; SOMEONE COULD COME UP WITH A DEVICE, SOFTWARE OR OTHERWISE TO PROTECT USERS, SOMEONE COULD MAKE A FORTUNE&#8230;</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone emailed the other night wanting to know how to block unwanted text messages.</p>
<p>I checked with one of my resources and here is what he said:</p>
<p>&#034;IF THESE MESSAGES ARE MOBILE TO MOBILE, IT&#039;S VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP THEM&#8230; WHY?  THE CIPHER SYSTEMS FOR SMS ARE A JOKE AND EASILY HACKED&#8230; ONLY WAY I KNOW TO STOP THEM IS CHANGE THE PHONE NUMBER AND/OR SET UP A SECURE PASSWORD (USING LETTERS AND NUMBERS AND CHANGE IT LIKE EVERY 3 MONTHS)  CHANGING THE NUMBER IS THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION&#8230; A HUGE PROBLEM IS WITH THE BLUETOOTH DEVICES AND IT&#039;S GOING TO BE A GROWING PROBLEM&#8230; COMPLAINTS TO THE SYSTEM PROVIDER AND OR FCC PROBABLY WON&#039;T DO ANYTHING&#8230; AND IT&#039;S A SERIOUS PROBLEM&#8230; YOU GET A MESSAGE TO CALL ANOTHER NUMBER&#8230; YOU CALL THE NUMBER AND IT REDIRECTS YOU ANOTHER NUMBER ASKING YOU FOR CONFIDENTIAL INFO ABOUT YOU, YOUR BANK ACCT. NUMBERS ALLEGEDLY TO VERIFY THIS OR THAT PIECE OF INFO&#8230;. &#034;IF&#034; SOMEONE COULD COME UP WITH A DEVICE, SOFTWARE OR OTHERWISE TO PROTECT USERS, SOMEONE COULD MAKE A FORTUNE&#8230;</p>
<p>&#034;IF&#034; USING A BLUETOOTH DEVICE, YOU CAN MANUALLY SET IT TO &#034;NON-DISCOVERABLE &#034; MODE&#8230;</p>
<p>BUT, IT&#039;S LIKE SKYPE IN A WAY&#8230; I SET MY SETTINGS TO BLOCK ANY AND EVERYBODY EXCEPT MY FRIENDS/CONTACTS.</p>
<p>HERE&#039;S A NEW ONE FOR YOU &#034;BLUESNARFING&#034;!!!  OR HOW ABOUT &#034;MALEVOLENT BREACH ATTEMPTS&#034;  = HACKING&#8230; WHERE THE HELL THEY COME UP WITH THESE DESCRIPTIONS HAS ALWAYS FASCINATED ME&#8230;</p>
<p>The truth of the matter is that Bluesnarfing requires some special software, as well as a consensual “pairing.” There&#039;s little info on whether Bluesnarfing is possible without the targeted phone being paired with the computer running the aforementioned software application, but we shouldn&#039;t completely rule out this possibility, either.</p>
<p>SHELL SHOCK FROM WW1 IS NOW &#034;POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER&#034;&#8230; IT&#039;S SHELL SHOCK FOR CHRISTS SAKE&#8230; CHANGING THE NAME DOESNT CHANGE THE CONDITION&#8230; VAGABOND/BUM/STREET PEDDLER = FINANCIALLY IMPAIRED&#8230;. OR CHALLENGED!!&#034;</p>


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		<title>Lucky Day Award lotto Nl International Scam</title>
		<link>http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2009/06/27/lucky-day-award-lotto-nl-international-scam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Wow! My &#034;eMail&#034; won Two Million Dollars!</p>
<p>Avoid this email at all costs if you get it:</p>
<p>&#034;Urgent Conformation</p>
<p>Call us OR Mail !!!</p>
<p>We wish to inform you of the Yearly Award program that your E-mail Address has won an<br />
Award sum of Two Million Dollars { 2,000,000.00}, From Lucky Day Award lotto Nl International. Do contact Agency below for your calim Mr,Jong Ramco,Via e-mail Address: trustgroupag5@netscape.net</p>
<p><a href="http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2009/06/27/lucky-day-award-lotto-nl-international-scam/" class="more-link">Read more on Lucky Day Award lotto Nl International Scam&#8230;</a></p>


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow! My &#034;eMail&#034; won Two Million Dollars!</p>
<p>Avoid this email at all costs if you get it:</p>
<p>&#034;Urgent Conformation</p>
<p>Call us OR Mail !!!</p>
<p>We wish to inform you of the Yearly Award program that your E-mail Address has won an<br />
Award sum of Two Million Dollars { 2,000,000.00}, From Lucky Day Award lotto Nl International. Do contact Agency below for your calim Mr,Jong Ramco,Via e-mail Address: trustgroupag5@netscape.net</p>
<p>Remember all winning must be claimed not later than 15Th of July<br />
2009,phone No+-61-11-464 78, Fax Nu:+31-847-176-138,<br />
Agent Email Address: trustgroupag5@netscape.net</p>
<p>Your winning Number Information: Ref,No.L432-85-543,Ticket Number: H2114-6410,<br />
Serial Number:N3155-0077,and Batch Number:w890-1137-07,Congratulations.&#034;</p>


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		<title>Special Fraud Q &amp; A Session</title>
		<link>http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2009/06/03/special-fraud-q-a-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Please post your questions about fraud for Lynndel (Lynn) Edgington of Eagle Research Associates in the comments section on this page.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Please do not ask about specific companies for this call.<br />
</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2009/06/03/special-fraud-q-a-session/" class="more-link">Read more on Special Fraud Q &#038; A Session&#8230;</a></p>


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Please post your questions about fraud for Lynndel (Lynn) Edgington of Eagle Research Associates in the comments section on this page.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Please do not ask about specific companies for this call.<br />
</strong></p>
<p><strong>Here are the main areas of Lynndel&#039;s expertise:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Investment fraud</li>
<li>Identity Theft</li>
<li>Cash Gifting</li>
<li>MLM (Lynndel can give an overview of what constitutes fraud in this area).</li>
<li>Pay-to-Click Fraud</li>
<li>Offshore registration</li>
<li>Affinity Fraud</li>
<li>Advance Fee Scams</li>
<li>Drop &amp; Ship Fraud</li>
</ul>
<p>Lynndel will pick several of the most popular types of questions to answer along with any that are particularly unusual or interesting.</p>
<p><strong>Here are the instructions for attending the Q &amp; A session on Wednesday:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Meeting Time based on your time-zone:<br />
</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Pacific: 7:00 PM</strong></li>
<li><strong>Mountain: 8:00 PM<br />
</strong></li>
<li><strong>Central: 9:00 PM</strong></li>
<li><strong>Eastern: 10:00 PM</strong></li>
<li><strong>Or use <a title="World Time Conversion" href="http://itshrunk.com/07b8af">http://itshrunk.com/07b8af</a> for time conversions<br />
</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>WEB CONFERENCE ACCESS LINK:</strong></p>
<p><strong><a title="Special Fraud Q &amp; A" href="http://www.itshrunk.com/8301b6 ">http://www.itshrunk.com/8301b6 </a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Your Username:  #firstname#-#lastname# (or just first name)<br />
Your Password:  multiplestreams</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Telephone Access: (Web Conference Above is Recommended)<br />
1-517-417-5000 Pin: 409459</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">About Lynndel (Lynn) Edgington and Eagle Research Associates, Inc.:</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Eagle Research Associates, Inc. is a Public Benefit Nonprofit Corporation registered in California. It was formed on August 3, 2007, and received approval from the IRS on February 11, 2008 as an approved 501(c)3 Corporation, and from the California Franchise Tax Board effective July 20, 2007. Eagle Research Associates, Inc. is located at: 24401 Chrisanta Drive, Mission Viejo, CA 92691-4007, and may be reached by Phone/Fax: 949-837-6078.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Eagle Research Associates, Inc. was founded by the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Lynndel R. Edgington. Lynn seeing the lack of education regarding investments by the general public, and aware of the constraints of Law Enforcement Agencies to deal with the explosion of Internet investment scams, Eagle Research Associates, Inc. was born. In sharing his ideas and goals for the corporation with others, Lynn was able to assemble a strong management team, Board of Directors, and a multi-talented team comprising the research and investigative abilities of the corporation<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Eagle Research Associates&#039; Team Members Include:</span></span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Gary Morley, FBI – Retired, Licensed Investigator/Researcher, retired 28 year veteran of the F.B.I. (Federal Bureau of Investigation)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Craig Hannaford, RCMP-Retired, Licensed Investigator/Researcher, retired twenty-four year veteran of the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) and specialized in commercial and computer crime.<br />
</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Greggory Brian Evans, PhD, Research Analyst</span></span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">, </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">former CPA with one of the top six CPA firms in the country.</span></span><strong></strong></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Christian Paasche, Research Analyst,</span></span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">has an extensive background in computers, computer networks, network security, and investments and investment scams.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><a title="Eagle Research Associates" href="http://eagleresearchassociates.org/about-us.php"><strong>Click here for full details on the Eagle Research Associates&#039; Team Members</strong></a>.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">I&#039;ve decided to give you the following course if you make a one-time donation of $20.00 to Eagle Research Associates:</strong></span></p>
<p><a title="Turn Private Label Rights into a Six Figure Income" href="http://www.workathometruth.com/premium/" target="_blank"><strong>Turn Private Label Rights into a Six Figure Income</strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><strong>How to get this course for $20.00 (instead of $27.00):</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>1) Make a one-time $20.00 donation to Eagle Research Associates at<br />
<a href="http://www.globalgiving.com/2701">http://www.globalgiving.com/2701</a><br />
2) Send your receipt from Global Giving to workathometruth@gmail.com with the subject line: &#034;Eagle Donation&#034;<br />
3) I will send you a link to download the product within 24 hours.</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><strong>Thanks,</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><strong>Paul Schlegel, Founder WorkAtHomeTruth.com<br />
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