This one strikes close to home. My brother-in-law is now serving time in a Florida prison because he believed someone that told him he could make extraordinary profits on his investment with them. They're called trades, rolls, bank debentures and other names that are designed to lure you into their scams. My sister, Becky, is now telling her and her husband's story. Take heed! Here's my sister's story http://federaltime.blogspot.com/

How many times have you not logged out of your online banking or credit card account before visiting a different website? You may be taking more of a risk than you think? [Read More!]

Last week was just a quick get together. Let's start getting into the what's behind Quikonnex. Meet me at http://quikonnex.ondemandconferences.com at 9PM EST Tuesday 1/13/09

Wow! It's been over two years since I last posted to GrayScales and that's about to change.

First of all, Happy 2009! Second, I'd like to invite any Quikonnnex member or anyone else that subscribes to my RSS feed to join me Tuesday night (1/6/2008) at 8PM EST in a Yahoo voice chat room. I know... it's been a real long time since I've used Yahoo for a Quikonnex meeting, but I've chosen this medium for very specific reasons. If you've not updated or installed the latest version of Yahoo, there's plenty of time to do it.

Add me to your Yahoo friends list, my Yahoo ID is 'n2links'. I'll be online about 15 minutes before the meeting on Tuesday to accept any of you who've not already got me in your lists. Send me a QMTP to my Qname of 'Jim' to let me know if you plan to attend. I'll look for you and add you to the conference.

Let's get reconnected. I'll update you on where and what I've been doing, where Quikonnex is going, and hope to hear from you about where you plan to take your online activities in 2009.

Are you connecting to the Internet via a wireless connection? If so you need to pay special attention to this alert. Apparently there is a hack out for computers using Broadcom Drivers: HP, Compaq, some Dells and others that will allow a hacker using this exploit to gain FULL control over your computer. If your wireless driver is not update to Version 4.100.15.5 or better, then you're vulnerable. Go to this ZDNet link now to check out your system: Critical Broadcom Windows driver exploit released!. My wife's Compaq needed this update. Do you?

The LA Times reported today that the Prosperity Automated System (PAS) is being targeted by the Securitys & Exchange Commission (SEC). Their goal is to shut them down. Honestly, I'm not familiar with their products or compensation plan, but having the SEC go after you is bad news from any perspective. If you're involved in any similar programs, you might want to pay attention to this case.
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This one would only come from a family member that really despises you:

"You have just received a virtual postcard from a family member!
You can pick up your postcard at the following web address:

http://www2.postcards.org/?a91-valets-cloud-31337"

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Mike Filsaime of Butterfly Marketing fame has put out a lot of information in the past much of which costs quite a bit. However, he just released this report for FREE and I 100% recommend it. Download it at this link: http://the-pay-pal-report.com/ThePayPalReport.zip.

PayPal is an excellent service to use, but you have have heard some negative reports on them freezing accounts and such. This report will set you straight on what can cause this.

Some say MoreThanTraffic.com is a scam, others say it's legitimate. This site guarantees that they'll send you enough targeted traffic so that you'll make $100,000.00 in 4 months. If you do, you pay them 15% or $15,000.00. If not, you pay nothing. It sounds like a WIN-WIN proposition.
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On the inside, Opportunity Meeting Place contains the typical Profile pages, a Blog, Classified posting area, Groups, a Forum, and direct links to a HotConference private room. The only updateable areas are the profile, ability to add banners (although I can't see where they'd be displayed yet), you can create and join groups, and post classifieds. The Group categories are rather limited: MLM Opportunities, Investment Opportunities, Day Trading Opportunities, and Franchise Opportunities. Where does Quikonnex and DeskView fit into that mix???? There's definitely a lot of work that needs to be done. I can't dis them for linking to HotConference -- that's all they have available :-) the poor guys :-( There's still the promise that this will be a good networking location, but they've got a lot to do to catch up with Ryze and LinkedIn.

Okay, I'm checking out another site. You might want to join me on this test, who know Quikonnex could dominate it. Joel Theiren, of HotConference.com and Kiosk.ws, is launching OpportunityMeetingPlace.com on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9AM.
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"You have been chosen by the PayPal online department to take part in our quick and easy 5 question survey. In return we will credit $100 to your account - Just for your time! " Yeah.. right! [Read More!]

ZDNet.com ran an article today stating that RSS Feeds may present a security risk to subscribers. You can read about it here:

Blog feeds may carry security risk

The question should arise, "What about Quikonnex RSS Feeds?"
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This is an update to my Dec 23, 2005 post. No, you do not need to update or verify your PayPal account information at the end of every year. I got this phishing attempt talking about getting ready for 2006.

There are also more victims of this type of scam than just the email recipients.
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It used to be that you could describe something that was really fast as "faster than a speeding bullet" or "faster than the speed of light". Now fast should really be described as "faster than the price of gas can increase after hearing a little bit of bad news". Instead of slower than a snail, think about "slower than the price of gas goes down on hearing good news".