Scam! Win a Macbook Air in facebook

there is a phishing scam going on in the facebook by one of its advertisers that entice facebook users to guess the friend's birthday and stand to win Macbook Air.



it's absolutely a scam. it not only use the camouflage marketing tactics by hookwinding users in subscribing their services, it's also a phishing scam that steals the users password!



the moment you click on the web banner on the facebook it will lead you to their "contest" website which immediately steals your facebook account's password, either after or before you keying more info in the website.

immediately you're log out of the facebook and you have to re-login. but you cannot login again with your existing password!

because you're require to reset to your NEW password!

i received a warning email from the facebook immediately:

"Hey Edo,

We have detected suspicious activity on your Facebook account and have reset your password as a security precaution. It is possible that malicious software was downloaded to your computer or that your password was stolen by a phishing website designed to look like Facebook. Please carefully follow the steps provided:

1. Run Anti-Virus Software: If your computer has been infected with a virus or with malware, you will need to run anti-virus software to remove these harmful programs and keep your information secure. For Microsoft:

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/viruses/xp/av.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/default.mspx

For Apple:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

2. Reset Password: Be sure that you use a complex string of numbers, letters, and punctuation marks that is at least six characters in length.

To reset your password, follow the link below:

http://login.facebook.com/reset.php?email=xenoed
(If clicking on the link doesn't work, try copying and pasting it into your browser.)

3. Never Click Suspicious Links: It is possible that your friends could unwillingly send spam, viruses, or malware through Facebook if their accounts are infected. Do not click this material and do not run any .exe files on your computer without knowing what they are. Also, be sure to use the most current version of your browser as they contain important security warnings and protection features.

4. Log in at Facebook.com: Make sure that when you access the site, you always log in from a legitimate Facebook page with the facebook.com domain. If something looks or feels suspicious, go directly to www.facebook.com to log in.

5. Report Suspicious Activity: Please visit the following pages for further information about Facebook security and information on reporting material: http://www.facebook.com/help.php?page=420 and http://www.facebook.com/security.

Once you have performed all these steps, your account should once again be secure. Please be sure to visit the Facebook Help Center for further information regarding these security issues and let us know if you need assistance.


Thanks,
Facebook Security Team"

when you're in their page, it requires you to key in your mobile number then in return it will send you a text message require you to confirm your participation.

BUT... it's not a confirmation of participation, in fact it's a subscription. a "continuation subscriptions" to their mobile content service, it will not stop until you text them again to request stop. each text message will cost you MYR4 to reply, and it's not stated in the text message but in the fine print under the website. the t&c states that if you reply means you've agreed to the terms & conditions. it means you by the time you realize, you would have at least paid MYR8 (USD2.36) just to cancel the "subscription"!!

luckily i was smart enough (but not smart enough to let them steal my password), with my marketing & advertising experience i know how mobile marketing works. they make money thru every text message you sent.

i realized it's a scam when they sent me a message requesting me to send back a confirmation. by law (or ethically) it must state that the cost of each SMS but it didn't. and normally, you will need to send a few text messages in order to confirm a deal, e.g.

you: YES (send 12345)
they: pls. provide info such name, ID, etc...
you: richard, 987654 etc (send 12345)
they: pls. answer few questions
you: the answers (send 12345)

imagine, you would have sent at least 3 times to realize it's a scam! that will be MYR12 (USD3.54) with this scam...and could be more!

I just have no respect with dishonest marketing, totally unscrupulous!

the scam is operated by the following companies:

www.wixawin.com & Sybase 365 Asia Sdn Bhd in Malaysia.

if you have info of the company operating in your country please inform too.

i'm sure we can save some people ;)

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dictionary - women's vs men's

i came upon this, i thought i must share with everyone.... cos it damn hilarious and bears lots of truth in it... haha...

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reassigning speed dials...

what's the purpose of speed dials? definitely is those that you call the most often. and these people are usually your BFF aka best friends forever, or simply said best friends. or just those numbers that you could reach out to in case of emergency, so family member's number will sometimes manage to squeeze into that exquisite top 9, well, some don't even have family members on their speed dials ~

but what if these speed dials don't answer your calls? or rather refuse to meet you after you've tried calling 9 times? are they still consider as your best friend and favorite people? or are we just being in denial, treating that party as best friends while they treat you like trash? a one-sided passion? truth hurts.. haks..

so it's time to reassign my speed dials, since i realized putting up those so-called best friends on my phone does look nice, and having 9 speed dials do give me a sense of security, as if i have 9 people to reach to in case of emergency. it does make me seem popular but at the end only make me less wanted.

so, reassigning the speed dials could as well mean reappointing your best friends...

too bad, there's only 5 persons in my family and i couldn't fill up the 9 available spots... what should i do? perhaps, just look for some so-called friends with nice pictures to beautify my speed dials ;)

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how do we save malaysia??

send zoolander!! hahahaaa...


malaysia is in deep shit with the primates running the country, inflation is rising faster than you flush the toilet, prices are increasing faster than you wipe your ass...

so the inflation has hit the historical high of 8.5% from 3.7%, 3 years ago...and the opposition is still calculating their fengshui date...what are we gonna do about it?

you know what they say "you need a thief to catch a thief", so the only hope is to send someone that is equally "smart" as the the administration to save us... zoolandaer is our answer!!



the ultimate gas station scene!



everything of the movie in 9min! must watch ;)



{{ zoolander was banned in malaysia cinemas, for obvious reasons }}

1. the PM in the movie was a chinese! only malay can be PM in this primate land.

2. the PM in the movie was dumb! any reflection of similarities or comments of intelligence of the primates is never allowed.

3. zoolander saved the PM! the only things that can save the primate minister are "malay supremacy", keris sword, ISA and adequate of sleeps, definitely not a jewish male model.

some of the famous "intelligent" quotes from zoolander:

- I'm pretty sure there's more to life than being really, really, really, ridiculously good looking, and I plan on finding out what that is.

- Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.

- If there is anything that this horrible tragedy can teach us, it's that a male model's life is a precious, precious commodity. Just because we have chiselled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident.

- At the Derek Zoolander Center For Children Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too, we teach you that there's more to life than being really, really good looking.

- Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don't play their game.

- I caught my reflection in a spoon while I was eating my cereal, and I remember thinking, "Wow, you're ridiculously good looking. Maybe you could do that for a career." Be professionally good looking.

let's do the zoolander face shall we?! haha ;)


again ;)


one more time ;)

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mamma mia, here i go again...;)

just back from watching Mamma Mia! The Movie. i must say, i really enjoyed it. the wait & lenghty anticipation was definitely worth it.

i blogged about it sometime in july, read it here "it's mamma mia!" for the trailers & the ultra cool music videos ;)


it's highly recommended to those who loves musical-turned-movie, those who loves love comedy, and of cos those who love ABBA!

meryl streep sang so well, i'm really impressed. what can i say about pierce brosnan & colin firth, dashing as usual ;) colin was a good singer too, impressive, my tears were blocking my vision when he sang ;) and of cos, amanda seyfried is cute ;)

{{spoiler}}
except that part that they made him gay at the end..why must they always so conveniently made the person gay when he was not suppose to end up with the lead actress??


thanks to nuffnang for the free tickets. but i must bitch a little, why must the bloggers being placed on the 4th row from the screen? and the clients allowed to enjoy the movie from the best seats? aren't we as valuable as your clients? we bloggers are actually allowing you to advertise on my personal space with a miserable paycheck? without the bloggers, nuffnang actually has no media space to attract the clients...

perhaps i shouldn't complain too much, after all it is free...;)

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the art of lying... part 2 - the first black US president (maybe)

the whole world is looking at the possible first black american president. he's not even pure black, i wonder why they call first black president. why can't they call it first white? or first mixed african american? anyway, but we might also looking at the first american-muslim president...

yes, obama could be a muslim all along, and never announce it. his name obama, does it sound muslim to you? look again, his formal name: barack hussein obama. does it sound more muslim to you now?

then again you might said that he has his staunch fouled-mouth "racist" christian priest, Jesse Jackson that stood by him all the time. obama has all along appeared as a staunch christian. while i have absolutely no problem with muslim or christian being the new leader of the world. but i have great reservation about someone who lies before even becoming a president. not to mention his scadalous ties with terrorist , "weatherman" of 70s. and his link with william ayers...

while in malaysia, we have abdullah "flip flop" ahmad badawi. in US we may see the next flip flop in making.

watch this video and you decide yourself.... could someone who's a staunch christian mistaken his own religion?



and he thinks there are 57 states in united states...haha
any 5th grades can tell you that USA only has 50 states!..



so should we vote for the first black president who doesn't even know how many states are there in his own country? ;)

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i swear...

recently there's a huge trend of swearing in malaysia, starting with the "victim" of a sodomy case, took a vow in the mosque proclaimed that he really, really got screwed behind by our former dpm, then we have our current dpm swore in the mosque that he didn't know & has no connection nor had sex with the dead mongolian "victim", then followed by a former chief minister swore that he didnt' set trap or plant evidence on the "victim" of the corruption case. and suddenly they all "seem innocent", according to the malaysian government of cos...haha i swear, they are just bunch of primitive insect evolving in this hi-tech word. i shall forgive them..

you see where this is going? all swearing comes with a "victim", then the person who had taken his vow deem as innocent suddenly, mind you, you don't even need to go to the court. amazing right? save the court fees. i swear, this is truly inspiring...

i'm not gonna talk about politics, there's nothing much to talk about since saying more than what i should, i swear i might get my ip ban from the government which they just did to a popular website that supposedly displayed libellous, slanderous & defamatory articles and comments about the administration. read here. how could someone block or ban a website? creating a new website address is so damn simple, then just re-point your new site address to your server, all takes less than 5 mins, and the blog owner just did that, 2 mirror sites for you on the spot! here, mirror 1 & mirror 2. and all you need to do is just change your dns address then you're free as a bird again! you can glide into any space again!! really hilarious, i tell you, i swear by the name of my lord, this is insanely hilarious....haha

anyway, i do swear on daily basis. i don't mean taking vow. i mean i swear with the alphabet of "f" but i try my best to make it funny everytime when i use them. so far, the result is fuckinnnnnnnnng great! and i swear no one hates me even i use "f" word during the meeting....cos i always say it with a smile...e.g "fucking hell?? i fucking swear that i've no fucking idea what i'm fucking talking about :)"

then on the other hand, i was made to swear sometimes by some of my ex girlfriends. and i of cos, i swear it diligently in the name of the lord of their respective religions. and i really, i do swear with all my heart on other's god' name. yes, i'm innocent, really, i swear i'm innocent. i will go even go extra mile and hold the holy scripts of your religion to tell you that i'm still a virgin and that woman has nothing to do with me.

court has nothing to do with this anymore, it's between me and the god. no, your god. which religion are you again?? ok, i'm with you. i swear by the sun, the moon, the water, the father, the sons, the holy spirits and the name of your god...allah? jesus? buddha? just give me a name, i will swear it as long you will believe me after i swear it. pls. help me to save my money, court fees could cost thousands...now i'm innocent, let's get married, and i will swear again... ;)

would you please believe me?? **round big blinking eyes** ;)

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the rise of moronism...

i'm trying to keep this post light & simple cos' i was complained that my posts were too deep & heavy sometimes...so let me try... ;)

i'm laughing not because i'm happy but because i'm laughing of what the world has turned into today. there's a rise of moronism these days, it's the new "trend", and i'm certain of it.

while i can't really do anything about it, the only thing i could do is to laugh about it. laugh about their self-righteousness, their silliness, their naive-ness, their ill-mannerism, their smart-aleck attitude... anyway, it's a good laugh when you see people running in the circle and thinking that they got it all right. although i would try to help to point the right direction, or, at least i think it's the right direction... but somehow they prefer to have their "principles". so i could only sit back & watch, perhaps, with a pack of potato chips in my hand and enjoy the drama unfolding by itself.

some morons are just beyond salvation as i relate to certain events in my work. there are smart-alecks that think they are the smartest of all and as well ill-mannered. they refuse any suggestions and only want things to be their way but when things turn out to be opposite of what they had expected, i would then be called in to solve their woes. that's a good side of the story... the bad side? they would blame me for not enthusiast enough in promoting my advises and failed to convince them to take up my offers. i could only laugh with my tears. nothing more, damage has been done. i've never called any of my clients names but this time they do deserve a new name that starts with B. they irked me more than the dog's poo on my bed.

many kids and including adults are becoming mannerless these days too. they call it an "attitude", since when being rude is a cool thing? i always get people adding me over facebook or friendster without leaving a note or a simple "hello"... sorry, i don't add strangers that has no manners... :P what happen to our good old society with good courtesy & etiquette? i was brought up with 2 phrases in mind, say "please" whenever you ask for a favour and say "thank you" whenever you receive kindness but i hardly hear it these days. and, i could hardly see people returning kindness or a simple hello when is being greeted too. does picking up our 100g mobile phone equal to weight-lifting in olympic when we're to return a missed-call? a lof of people take things for granted and consider it as their birth-right, disregarding other's presence and value. i guess they deserve their price tag, except, i'm on "sale" 4 seasons a year...

who should we blame? well-mannered has everything to do with how we're being brought up and our surrounding. should we blame our parents? or the globalization? american tv/movies that promote f-words as a daily conversation? internet that expose us to profanity? frankly speaking, there's no one else except ourselves in the mirror... simple rule is, don't treat people the way that we don't wish to be treated.

without etiquette & manners, we are nothing more and probably less than an animal. at least, my dog wags his tail when he sees me or when i give him food; my cat purr when i hold her or talking to her. so, are we human being still a supreme being compare to other living things on earth?

yes, we're still a lesser moron, when compares to trees... let's give ourselves a pat on the shoulder, say "thank god" and have a good laugh ;)

to end this, i present you the latest lewd act of our so-called leaders in the country, our members of parliament from the ruling party - barisan nasional: barisan nasional backbenchers club deputy chairman and chief minister of pahang. they said, they didn't do it. maybe i've chinese eyes can't see clearly. you guys judge for yourself... ;)

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the art of lying... part 1 - malaysian prime minister

let's face it everyone lies. in fact, it's a part and parcel of our life. it's just another form of communication. an essential tool for selling & conviction.

i'm not saying i condone lying. i dislike liars but i hate lousy liars even more! you need to have skill when it comes to lying. in fact, so much so that lying has become an art. i mean, since 99.99% of the world population lies, we have no choice but to accept it. what's the 0.01%? they are vegetable lying in the hospital bed.

but nothing beats lousy liars with hypocrite kindness and cosmetic righteousness. i despise them so much so that i would rather save the thousands ants in my bathroom, one by one and let hypocrites drown in the toilet bowl. it's the worst form of human kind. truly self-righteous, no shame & despicable! in fact, they shouldn't even be using their mouth for communication. their mouth should only be used to complete the empty space below their nose and nothing more.

so we need skills when it comes to lying. but what is a good lie? why not let's examine the bad lies first?

example 1:
rumour has it that malaysian prime minister, a recent widower of 1 year is dating again.
malaysian pm: i'm not remarrying, and i have no lover. It's all rumour!
3 months later, he's married to his dead wife's brother's ex-wife.
reporter: but you said, it was all rumour?
malaysian pm: it's rumour because the marriage date was not correct.

example 2:
malaysian pm: no, there will be no election this year. it's all rumour.
the next morning, he announced parliament is dissolved. general election is next month.
reporter: but you said, it was all rumour?
malaysian pm: because we had submitted to the king but it's not approved yet.

example 3:
during general elections, many politicians made promises. it's known fact that fuel price always increase right after elections.
malaysian pm: there won't be any fuel rise after we win the election!
2 & 1/2 months after elections, the government announced fuel increase in the historic high of 41%!

example 4:
speculations has been going on that the fuel will increase.
malaysian pm: we'll study it and will not burden the public.
(3 june) domestic trade minister: foreigners are ban to fill petrol in the country, 50km radius from the border. it's to give the benefits back to the people.
(4 june, morning) domestic trade minister: fuel will not increase, and will review it in august.
(4 june, 5pm) malaysian pm: fuel will be increased 41% starting midnight and electricity will increase up to 26% from july onwards. but it's still among the cheapest in the region (while comparing to singapore, thailand, japan etc., the non-petroleum producing countries)
reporter: but government said it's only in august?
malaysian pm: do you think it's easy for us to announce this? it took us 4 hours this morning to discuss this. 4 hours you know? it's not easy!
(5 june) domestic trade minister: there is no question about foreign-registered cars enjoying the subsidy anymore. the ban has been lifted.

these are just some classic examples, of course there are more. it's malaysia, everything is possible. we call our land the bolehland, boleh means can/possible in malay language. every rumour is usually 99% truth, 1% might just due to natural disaster.

i promised myself before that i don't discuss politics here but... the aftermath of bad decisions made by voters is just too overwhelming. for the record, i voted opposition. anyway, can someone tell me where can i get a voodoo doll? i need to pin someone out of his political career...

we have lousy liars but they will only succeed when they have naive believers, some call them kind listeners. or audiences that have been paid off, showered with jewels, rewards & free holidays or even a cheap ticket for some play or theater...

after all, trust is a choice. some people just choose to believe even when they know very well that, that crook is full of bullshit. giving the benefit of the doubt? i doubt it. it's just purely dumb. sorry, i've no respect for hypocrites and his/her shit-followers.

i shall continue this topic some other day... these hypocrites make me headache. i shall talk about the liars among us. probably more related to relationships, at least it's more fun. perhaps also will help some to master their lying skills... who knows...

till then... have fun learning a thing or two from our 'beloofed' prime minister of bolehland, perhaps smile a little... ;)

oh, i forgot to mention that abdullah ahmad badawi, our 'cute' malaysian prime minister has quite a few cute nicks bestowed by the people. perhaps, he should consider them for his msn messenger. shall list some here for your enlightenment:
- bodowi - bodoh means stupid in malay language.
- sleepy head - he dozed off many times during parliament and official functions, numerous pictures were captured.
- the father-in-law - his son-in-law was 'rumoured' to be influential to his decision making.
- biadapwi - biadap means rude & arrogance in malay language.
- flip-flop - pls. refer to the above events for enlightenment.

i quite like 'flip-flop'. sounds very hip-hop & it has "energy" in it ;)

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