Monday, June 25, 2012

Beware of the scammers!!!

Scams Alert!!!

Posted by followingpj on June 23, 2012 | EDIT

Recently I have decided to become a guest shopper or secret shopper due to lack of work hoping to generate some revenue since finding a real 9 to 5 job has been unbelievably difficult. This is a person that takes job assignments from retail stores to shop inside their stores, then reports how they rate the service and/or product. This morning I received an email warning me of a scam that I’d like to share withe you.

Dear Patrick,

We’re happy you have joined ShadowShopper and look forward to helping you get paid to eat and shop. This is an important announcement about a scam that has snagged a lot of people.

We have received reports from various sources that an individual, group of individuals or business is posing as ShadowShopper and sending substantial checks in the mail along with a letter with the ShadowShopper logo on it. They ask you to cash the check, then send them a fee for “providing you with work.”

ShadowShopper is NOT sending out these letters or checks. They are completely false (the checks will bounce) and you will be out any money you send them.

Here is one example of this scam:

Check Amount: $2,650.00
Address: 340 SQ Ave
Vancouver, BC V5K 1P3
Phone: (604) 338-1597
Again, this is a scam. Do not send them any money.

This is just some valuable F.Y.I.

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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Erykah Badu knows how to stir up controversy, doesn't she?

Erykah Badu Is Stirring Up 'Controversy'

Last week, an irate Erykah Badu instructed the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne to kiss her "glittery ass," after the frizzy-haired frontman released a shocking (and nudity-filled) video for their Heady Fwends collaboration "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" without her approval.

"As a human, I am disgusted with your what appears to be desperation and poor execution," she wrote in an epically long tweet. "As a director, I am unimpressed. As a sociologist I understand your type. As your fellow artist I am uninspired. As a woman I feel violated and underestimated."

Of course, at the time, Coyne's only response was a rather cheeky (get it?!?) image of his glitter-covered lips, along with the message "I kissed it! Thanks!" But now, in an interview with BBC Radio's 6Music, he's finally addressed the issue — and, to him, it's nothing more than Badu creating controversy for the sake of her career.

"She is a controversial entity in the world," Coyne said. "So everything that she does has an element of her doing art."

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