Clampdown on 'missed call' scam
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Apple's iMac G5 is 'missed opportunity'
Apple's iMac G5 is 'missed opportunity'
08/31/2004 09:06 PMAlthough the new iMac G5 offers "a unique package of design, power and
ease of use," Apple has "missed the opportunity to stay way ahead of
its PC competitors," according to Paul Jackson, senior analyst at
Forrester Research...
Murder victim 'missed her stop'
Murder victim 'missed her stop'
08/21/2004 02:50 PMA 22-year-old French woman was killed while walking home after missing
her bus stop, police believe.
Linux 'missed Aussie desktop wave' - IDC
Linux 'missed Aussie desktop wave' - IDC
05/24/2004 04:40 AMZDNet UK May 24 2004 9:25AM GMT
CBS News | 'Do Not Call' Is Law | March
11, 2003 14:49:40
CBS News | 'Do Not Call' Is Law | March
11, 2003 14:49:40
03/13/2003 10:25 AMU.S. Court Upholds 'Do Not Call' List
(Reuters)
U.S. Court Upholds 'Do Not Call' List
(Reuters)
02/17/2004 03:42 PMReuters - The popular "do not call" registry that
allowed more than 51 million consumers to keep telemarketers
from calling them at home got a nod on Tuesday from the U.S.
Court of Appeals in Denver, which upheld the list.
'Moral Call' Led Soldier to Expose Abuse
(AP)
'Moral Call' Led Soldier to Expose Abuse
(AP)
08/06/2004 04:57 PMAP - The soldier who was the first to report his colleagues were
abusing Iraqi inmates at Abu Ghraib prison testified Friday that he
agonized for a month about disclosing what he had seen, but decided he
could not let the abuse go on.
Appeals Court Upholds 'Do Not Call' List
(Reuters)
Appeals Court Upholds 'Do Not Call' List
(Reuters)
02/17/2004 07:45 PMReuters - It's a clear "don't call us" message
that an appeals court left for telemarketers on Tuesday when it
upheld the popular National Do Not Call registry that contains
more than 50 million names of consumers who do not want
unsolicited sales calls at home.
'Final Call' for Rebel Iraqi Cleric
(washingtonpost.com)
'Final Call' for Rebel Iraqi Cleric
(washingtonpost.com)
08/19/2004 10:37 PMwashingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 -- Interim Prime Minister Ayad
Allawi issued a "final call" on Thursday for Shiite Muslim cleric
Moqtada Sadr to end his rebellion by agreeing to a new set of
conditions issued by the government. Sadr responded by rejecting one
of the government's two key demands, increasing the prospect of an
intensified military attack against his militia.
Clampdown call for 'gangmasters'
Clampdown call for 'gangmasters'
02/13/2004 09:26 AMEmployers who exploit migrant workers should face tougher penalties,
say MPs after the cockle pickers' tragedy.
Vietnam Orders Net Clampdown
Vietnam Orders Net Clampdown
06/09/2004 05:38 AMThe communist country commands local governments to closely monitor
Internet use and restrict access to 'bad information' on the Web.
Diebold gives up e-vote clampdown
Diebold gives up e-vote clampdown
12/02/2003 05:26 AMThe archive is safe
Scam Busters Just As Bad As Scam
Victims?
Scam Busters Just As Bad As Scam
Victims?
01/19/2004 05:05 AMAn odd article out of South Africa complaining that
scam
busters are just as bad as scam victims - in that they act in just
as predictable a manner. Of course, the scam busters aren't the folks
losing money to the scammers, and, in fact, they often are doing a
good job to spread news of a scam to protect potential victims. So,
I'm a bit confused as to what's so upsetting about people taking it
upon themselves to tell others about a scam. Certainly, there are
some things that don't deserve to be publicized, but are, due to the
intensity of the efforts against them. However, scams are something
that clearly should be publicized to limit the negative impact. It
seems that the real complaint of the writer isn't so much scam
busters, but "fad" busters who complain about people getting hooked on
the latest fad. However, fads and scams are two very different
things.
Lawmaker gives thumbs-up to RIAA
clampdown
Lawmaker gives thumbs-up to RIAA
clampdown
10/31/2003 07:26 PMInternet gambling clampdown rejected
Internet gambling clampdown rejected
07/16/2004 10:27 PMAfr.com - Fri Jul 16, 08:50 pm GMT
Wired News: Vietnam Orders Net Clampdown
Wired News: Vietnam Orders Net Clampdown
06/10/2004 04:40 AMVietnam Orders Net
Clampdown
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Security clampdown on the home PC
banknote forgers
Security clampdown on the home PC
banknote forgers
06/05/2004 09:01 PMObserver Jun 6 2004 0:21AM GMT
Lipstick Ad on Spanish Steps Sparks
Clampdown (Reuters)
Lipstick Ad on Spanish Steps Sparks
Clampdown (Reuters)
06/11/2004 06:33 AMReuters - A giant billboard advertising lipstick at
the top of Rome's Spanish Steps prompted the city council to
clamp down on advertising rules on Thursday in a bid to protect
historic sites from being marred by commercialism.
Hardliners demand clampdown on women's
dress (Reuters)
Hardliners demand clampdown on women's
dress (Reuters)
09/03/2004 02:19 PMReuters - About 500 hardline vigilantes have taken to the streets in
Tehran,
demanding authorities crack down on women who wear colourful
headscarves and figure-hugging coats
which they denounce as "prostitution".
Country Faces Anti-Drunkenness Clampdown
(Reuters)
Country Faces Anti-Drunkenness Clampdown
(Reuters)
07/08/2004 12:31 PMReuters - Rowdy drunks will face spot fines from
Thursday and some pubs could be closed down in a police
crackdown on alcohol-fueled violence in Britain.
Clampdown Worries China's Online Game
Firms
Clampdown Worries China's Online Game
Firms
09/02/2004 11:14 PMEinnews.com - Fri Sep 3, 01:51 am GMT
Tokyo Government to Ponder Panty Trade
Clampdown (Reuters)
Tokyo Government to Ponder Panty Trade
Clampdown (Reuters)
01/19/2004 02:47 AMReuters - Tokyo's used panty sellers are among the
targets of a raft of new regulations to be considered by city
lawmakers in an effort to protect minors from the Japanese
capital's thriving sex industry.
Clampdown risk worries China's online
game firms
Clampdown risk worries China's online
game firms
09/05/2004 12:22 AMArticle.wn.com - Thu Sep 2, 01:30 pm GMT
Clampdown Worries ChinaÂs Online
Game Firms
Clampdown Worries ChinaÂs Online
Game Firms
09/02/2004 11:14 PMArticle.wn.com - Thu Sep 2, 09:34 pm GMT
Italian deputies drowned out in mobile
phone clampdown: report (AFP)
Italian deputies drowned out in mobile
phone clampdown: report (AFP)
08/20/2004 02:48 PMAFP - Thwarted so far in his attempts to clamp down on mobile
telephone use among deputies, the speaker of the Italian parliament
has hit upon a sophisticated way of getting tough, a weekly newspaper
reported.
Tokyo lawmakers to ponder panty trade
clampdown (Reuters)
Tokyo lawmakers to ponder panty trade
clampdown (Reuters)
01/19/2004 03:59 AMReuters - Tokyo's used panty sellers are among the targets of a raft
of new regulations to be considered by city lawmakers in an
effort to protect minors from the Japanese capital's thriving sex
industry.
Clampdown Risk Worries China's Online
Game Firms (Reuters)
Clampdown Risk Worries China's Online
Game Firms (Reuters)
09/02/2004 02:50 AMReuters - China's online games industry fears it
could be in line for a clampdown similar to one hurting
providers of mobile messaging services.
Scam Within A Scam Warning
Scam Within A Scam Warning
12/22/2003 07:43 PMThere have been a ton of warnings about so-called "phishing" spam
scams - where a very realistic email from a well-known financial firm
asks you to confirm the details of your account. Of course, the email
isn't real and the scammers just want your account details. They go
through all sorts of tricks to hide the fact that the email isn't
real, but the latest such phishing scam uses a bit of social
engineering. It
warns people about such scams, and then says they need
to fill out new information to avoid being taken by such a scam.
It seems the scammers are trying to get increasingly clever, and it's
an interesting social engineering trick to try to get people to let
down their guard by first warning them about a scam - and then
scamming them anyway.
Scam I am
Scam I am
04/06/2005 10:04 AMManagement consulting is a giant fraud! OK, we knew that. But what
Martin Kihn reveals in his entertaining new book is just what
miserable lives these know-nothing "experts" lead.
Anatomy of a 419 scam
Anatomy of a 419 scam
07/09/2004 08:31 AMExclusive One victim's first-hand account of advance
fee fraud
New advance fee scam
New advance fee scam
01/05/2005 08:31 AMPersonal Computer World Jan 5 2005 12:49PM GMT
How Will They Scam Thee?
How Will They Scam Thee?
01/27/2004 02:56 PMThe FTC counts the ways consumers are hoodwinked in a new report.
Warning over net name scam
Warning over net name scam
04/28/2004 04:10 PMBBC Apr 28 2004 7:56PM GMT
Latest Scam: Pay Us For Using @
Latest Scam: Pay Us For Using @
08/17/2004 03:23 PMTheRegister has picked up one of the more amusing scam emails
apparently making the rounds. It's not entirely clear how much
they're actually asking for (the quoted email shows a few different
amounts), but those behind the scam are suggesting that they've
copyright
ed the "@" symbol and users need to pay (somewhere around $10 to
$20) for an unlimited one-year license. The thing is... some people
might actually fall for something like this.
yet another new phising scam
yet another new phising scam
01/22/2004 12:45 PMGadi Evron (Jan 22 2004)
Romancing The E-Scam
Romancing The E-Scam
12/02/2003 12:13 AMIt's fairly impressive what scammers can trick people out of. A man
in Minnesota has been arrested for
tricking two women out of over $300,000. He met them both in
"romantic" online chat rooms, and convinced them to give him money to
invest in various real estate deals that apparently didn't exist. One
woman was scammed out of $36,000, but the other forked over $280,000
before she realized that the real estate deals didn't exist. So,
here's the question: you meet someone in an online "romance" chat room
and they start asking you for money. At what point do you stop and do
a little due diligence before just sending them checks? I would think
that most people wouldn't even bother to speak to the guy again, but
if you can get past that, you'd at least try to find out a little more
about what you were investing in. Some people apparently have too
much money on their hands and don't seem to care what happens to it.
Scam the scamers
Scam the scamers
12/02/2003 01:38 AMInspirert av Marcus sin post fra sin spam folder, søkte jeg
litt på nettet og fant en hysterisk morsom site: Quatloos! som
er en site for diverse e-mail scams. Spesiellt artig var denne
samtalen mellom DR. ELVIS ANYIM, the Procurment...
Following The Bouncing 419 Scam
Following The Bouncing 419 Scam
07/09/2004 01:13 PMBecause no one can believe just how often people are fooled by obvious
419 scams, the folks over at TheRegister have put together a story
looking at
the
details of how one works, including the entire series of emailed
correspondences. They also checked out the fake bank that the sucker
sent his money too, and even spoke to someone claiming to work at the
bank, who quickly got upset and hung up on them as he discovered where
the phone call was headed. However, as they point out, it was the
guy's own greed that got him into the situation: "He allowed his
desire for riches to suck him into a scheme that - even if true - he
must have known to be illegal. He has no recourse to law and the
419ers are laughing all the way to their bogus London bank."
More Scam Victims Who Don't Believe
They've Been Scammed
More Scam Victims Who Don't Believe
They've Been Scammed
04/28/2004 11:40 AMLast year, we wrote about a man in Florida who
gave
all of his money to Nigerian scammers and still refused to believe
he had been conned. It seems like this is fairly common. Over in
Switzerland, police tried to explain to someone why the $115,000 he
had sent to Nigeria was never going to be seen again, and he refused
to believe him. Despite plenty of evidence being presented to him,
six months later he was found
sending another $38,000 to Nigerian
scammers. There's a point at which you wonder if some of these
people almost deserve to lose their money.
Internet Scam Slammed
Internet Scam Slammed
09/14/2004 01:47 AMStock Patrol Sep 14 2004 6:30AM GMT
Grok Description matches for Clampdown on 'missed call' scam
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FAST preps app to improve Internet
yellow pages
FAST preps app to improve Internet
yellow pages
09/02/2004 08:06 AMFast Search & Transfer ASA has developed an application designed to
help providers of online business directories and of online classified
advertisements improve the content, presentation and navigation of
their listings, the company announced Thursday.
Study Finds Internet Yellow Pages
References Hit 1.6 Billion in 2003
Study Finds Internet Yellow Pages
References Hit 1.6 Billion in 2003
04/16/2004 07:40 AMMedia Post Apr 16 2004 11:50AM GMT
Yellow pages? Pink pages
Yellow pages? Pink pages
06/04/2004 07:04 AMI'm up early working on my English Essay. It will be done in about 15
minutes. I just had to...
Yellow Pages
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A9 Yellow Pages
A9 Yellow Pages
02/01/2005 09:08 PMA9.com Search:
nai sioux falls commercial: So Amazon creates their new Yellow
Pages search engine, claiming:
A9.com brings Yellow Pages to life by adding 20 million
images
I search for my company (link above), and I find the results
illustrated by a dozen pictures of multi-family homes and aerial shots
of land we have for sale.
Yellow Pages on A9.com
Yellow Pages on A9.com
02/07/2005 01:55 AMYellow Pages on A9.com
http://a9.com/-/home.jsp?nc=1
New from Amazon's A9.com Search - Yellow Pages on
A9.com: "Using trucks equipped with digital cameras, global
positioning system (GPS) receivers, and proprietary software and
hardware, A9.com drove tens of thousands of miles capturing images and
matching them with businesses and the way they look from the street."
The most powerful technology A9.com invented for Yellow Pages is
“Block View,” which brings the Yellow Pages to life by showing a
street view of millions of businesses and their surroundings. Using
trucks equipped with digital cameras, global positioning system (GPS)
receivers, and proprietary software and hardware, A9.com drove tens of
thousands of miles capturing images and matching them with businesses
and the way they look from the street. The whole process (except for
the driving!) is completely automatic, making it fast and efficient.
Block View allows users to see storefronts and virtually walk up and
down the streets of currently more than 10 U.S. cities using over 20
million photographs. We are driving and at some point hope to cover
the whole country.[
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This Yellow Pages Is Red-Hot Online
This Yellow Pages Is Red-Hot Online
12/24/2003 05:59 PMBusiness Week Dec 24 2003 5:02PM ET
Local Search vs. Yellow Pages
Local Search vs. Yellow Pages
07/14/2004 01:13 PMSource: Search Engine Guide - As the search industry experiences an
explosion in interest for local search, the yellow pages look to stay
in the game....
Will Yellow Pages be Google's next step.
Will Yellow Pages be Google's next step.
02/16/2004 02:51 PMAt $40 billion dollar a year for traditional print advertising (10
times the size of the existing search engine advertising...
Hasta La Vista Yellow Pages, Hello
SuAyuda!
Hasta La Vista Yellow Pages, Hello
SuAyuda!
06/22/2004 02:47 AMSuAyuda offers the superior service to reach the U.S. Hispanic market,
available now at SuAyuda.com and 1-877-SU-AYUDA. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2004]
FindWhat.com In Canadian Yellow Pages
Deal
FindWhat.com In Canadian Yellow Pages
Deal
08/05/2004 11:56 AMSource: ClickZ - The two companies have agreed to together create a
Canadian pay-per-click advertising network -- matching FindWhat.com's
technology and expertise with YPG's local sales staff and
relationships with merchants....
Yahoo Local Match & Yellow Pages
Yahoo Local Match & Yellow Pages
08/31/2004 08:00 AM"Are Y! Yellow Pages and Y! Local Match going to be side-by- side
products competing with one another?"
Yellow Pages Look Green to FindWhat
Investors
Yellow Pages Look Green to FindWhat
Investors
12/03/2003 06:07 PMTheStreet.com Dec 3 2003 4:54PM ET
Amazon's A9 adds pictures to Yellow
Pages
Amazon's A9 adds pictures to Yellow
Pages
02/01/2005 08:53 PMSearch engine newcomer A9 has spruced up its local Yellow Pages search
by adding storefront pictures to its business listings. Will the new
feature steal searchers away from other sites?
Amazon Yellow Pages to Offer Photos
Amazon Yellow Pages to Offer Photos
02/01/2005 09:47 PM Amazon.com
introduced a local search service that displays photos of businesses.
The service was developed
by Amazon subsidiary A9 and is
currently offering 20 million photos taken in 10 US cities.
Yahoo! And SBC Expand Yellow Pages
Alliance
Yahoo! And SBC Expand Yellow Pages
Alliance
07/10/2002 10:39 AMYahoo! continues to move from a white pages directory to yellow pages
directory via an agreement with SBC Yellow Pages.
Yellow Pages to offer listings on Google
Canada
Yellow Pages to offer listings on Google
Canada
09/21/2004 12:52 PMCanadian Press via Canada.com Sep 21 2004 5:17PM GMT
Yahoo Targets Google, Yellow Pages with
New Local Search
Yahoo Targets Google, Yellow Pages with
New Local Search
08/03/2004 11:06 AMSource: SearchDay - Yahoo has rolled out a feature-laden beta version
of its local search service, sharply upping the ante in the rapidly
evolving local search sweepstakes....
Yellow Pages Income Fund to buy out KKR
with $743.3 million unit issue
Yellow Pages Income Fund to buy out KKR
with $743.3 million unit issue
05/26/2004 09:18 PMCanadian Press via Canada.com May 27 2004 0:53AM GMT
Yahoo's New Local Search Targets Google
and Yellow Pages
Yahoo's New Local Search Targets Google
and Yellow Pages
08/11/2004 03:52 PMSource: ClickZ - Yahoo's feature-laden beta version of its local
search service sharply ups the ante in the rapidly evolving local
search sweepstakes....
FindWhat Enters Canadian Local Market
Through Yellow Pages
FindWhat Enters Canadian Local Market
Through Yellow Pages
08/08/2004 01:42 PM"...announced a strategic private label initiative with Yellow Pages
Group (YPG), Canadas largest telephone directories publisher, to
create a unique local, Canadian-based pay-per-click advertising
network."
Aussie Yellow Pages Player Bows
Full-Fledged Search Engine
Aussie Yellow Pages Player Bows
Full-Fledged Search Engine
07/14/2004 06:40 PMSource: ClickZ - In a defensive move against the encroachment of
search engines into local territory, Australia's Telstra Corp., parent
of Australian yellow pages company Sensis, has launched a
Sensis-branded search engine....
Missed Call Scam Showing Up In The UK
Missed Call Scam Showing Up In The UK
02/18/2004 01:19 PMApparently, over in the UK there's a new scam that involves tricking
people into calling expensive per-minute "premium" numbers. It works
by randomly dialing mobile phone numbers and having
the system hang
up after one ring. This way, the caller ID on the phone records
the number. When people call back, they're told they've won a prize,
but have to call another number to receive it. That second number is
a premium rate number with high per-minute fees (though, the caller is
never told that). While concerned people in the article make this out
to be a big deal, I wonder how many people are actually fooled. Do
people actually call back unknown caller ID numbers on their phone? I
always assume if they didn't leave a message it's not important or a
wrong number. Second, if you do call that number back and you get a
message saying you'd won
and that you need to call
another phone number - how many people would actually believe
it? It screams out "scam!" I guess there are a lot of gullible
mobile phone users out there.
Proof why it's so important to go back
over missed feeds - after you've missed
bl0gging for a week
Proof why it's so important to go back
over missed feeds - after you've missed
bl0gging for a week
09/13/2004 07:01 AMDenise helps reinforce the notion that you MST go over all your
past feeds - even if it takes days.......
Here's
Denise's post.....
Timmy Turner, hero of Nickelodeon's Fairly Oddparents, has the answer for everything: "Somewhat impulsive, he often tends
to make wishes without thinking about the possible consequences of his
actions, or how to explain his wished-for stuff ('where'd you get
that? Timmy: uh...
Internet?')."
Iowa Computing, purveyor of
all manner of computer components and peripherals, also offers this nifty
carseat/stroller combo (with on-board audio system, of
course):
[bag and
baggage]
This is something only a parent can truly appreicate. We bought a
new Peg Perego double stroller for our trip - and it's been a life
saver several times over.
Hopefully I'll get to see Denise (and baby) at DIDW in October.
Call on Me hits number one spot
Call on Me hits number one spot
09/19/2004 02:05 PMSwedish DJ Eric Prydz goes straight to number one in the UK chart with
dance track Call on Me.
Wireless carriers answer call for number
swaps
Wireless carriers answer call for number
swaps
11/14/2003 11:29 AMAT&T Wireless and Cingular are set to adopt practices for meeting
a federal mandate that gives consumers the right to retain their phone
numbers if they change mobile carriers.
Internet calculators starting points
Internet calculators starting points
04/18/2005 08:40 AMOhio.com - Mon Apr 18, 10:59 am GMT
Starting up an Internet computer rental
Starting up an Internet computer rental
02/18/2004 12:05 PMAMDMB Feb 18 2004 3:11PM GMT
Dave Massy Talks Internet Explorer
Dave Massy Talks Internet Explorer
02/01/2005 09:39 PMI sent an email to <a
href="http://blogs.msdn.com/DMassy/">Dave
Massy</a>, Senior Program Manager on the Internet Explorer (IE)
Team at Microsoft, asking him what Microsoft had in store for the next
release of IE. The next major update is expected in 2006 with the
release of Longhorn. I put it to him that IE may need to see some
major updates and features in order to catch up with more popular (and
free) alternative web browsers, like FireFox.
His reply, although giving little new away, did sum up the current
Microsoft position - the fact that 'it
will get better'. Dave
offered thought about just what Microsoft can actually do with IE to
satisfy consumers and yet keep competitors from filing law suits
similar to the Netscape debacle in the 90s.
At the moment IE has a large number of 3rd party add-ons available
from the
Windows Marketplace website, yet more often than
not these are not free and require a license (shareware); this might
explain their limited exposure and notoriety. If Microsoft were to
incorporate all the features most talked about (like tabs and a
download manager) the company runs the risk of making a lot of the 3rd
party add-ons obsolete; one cant but wonder if this is one of the
reasons for the lack of speed when it comes to integrating these
modern features.
<a
href="http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?category=main&id=269
11">Read more</a> for the questions and responses from
Dave Massy. If you want to give feedback direct to the Internet
Explorer team, or find out more about the development of the browser,
head over to the <a
href="http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.Interne
tExplorerFeedback">wiki at Channel9</a>.
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to Decide What Type of Domain You Need
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to Decide What Type of Domain You Need
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Clampdown on 'missed call' scam
