Archive for June, 2008

Free Argus DC-1512E Digital Camera

NEW YORK (OCN) — The Bronx Zoo Forum is giving away a Free Argus DC-1512E Digital Camera. The Argus DC-1512E Digital Camera can be used to take photograpghs of your trip in NYC and the Bronx Zoo.
HOW TO ENTER
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To enter, complete the forum’s registration process. To be eligible, entrants must be the first [...]

Inter EPPICard Email

CHINA (OCN) — Here is another email scam. It ask one to click on a link on the Chinese site, beidestar.com  which forwards you to naturalfamilyhome.com.
We contacted naturalfamilyhome.com and will see if the page is removed from the site as they may have been hacked or had their web space used illegally by someone (webmaster) they gave [...]

The Marina Offices

IRELAND (OCN) — Here is a lovely scam from Ireland on good jolly old England.
From : Mrs.Anna Marthin
To : info@winners.co.uk
Reply-To : Mr.Scott Campbell
Sent : Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:03 PM
Subject : ATTENTION: WINNER…………
U.K ONLINE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England
(Customer Services)
FINAL NOTIFICATION
ATTENTION: WINNER
This is to inform you that [...]

Google Translate Does Video

CALIFORNIA (OCN) — Google Translate, a service provided by Google Inc., is used to translate text into another language.
Currently, the service helps with text translation of Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.
You may not think that it [...]

SI Teen Makes a Scene

NEW YORK (OCN) — A Staten Island teen made a scene yesterday when he allegedly brought a 9 mm handgun inside his school.
It was supposed to be a peaceful last day of school at IS-49 but Darren Rivera had other plans. Last week, Rivera had been involved in a fight with one of his classmate [...]

EPPICard Scam Survey

NEW YORK (OCN) — Is there no stopping from the EPPICard scam artists? Appears not. Here is another message that we received via email. I must say they are getting better as the message did not have any typographical errors as with most scams but there was one error with the placement of dollar mark [...]

Bronx Parents Sue YWCA of Schenectady

NEW YORK (OCN) — The parents of a 7-year-old Bronx girl, Laniya Ndabaze, will be suing the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) of Schenectady for US$25 million.
The parents says that the YWCA, which manages the swimming pool owned by the city, did not have sufficient lifeguards on duty the day Laniya drowned in the summer of [...]

Hardcastle Hard Time Lifted

FLORIDA (OCN) — Brittni Hardcastle who is alleged to have attacked Victoria Lindsay is getting her hard time reduced.
Polk County Circuit Judge Keith P. Spoto granted Hardcastle, 17, attorney’s request to have her house arrest lifted.
Unfortunately, we could not interview her as she is still not allowed speak to media, her co-defendants or Victoria Lindsay as those [...]

EPPICard Text Message Scam

GIBRALTAR (OCN) — Scam artist are getting a little more sophisticated. On May 21st, we reported that scam artist had a EPPICard Scam Email floating around. Now the scoundrels are now using text messages (See below for numbers and websites) along with a new message to send to Coastal Community Bankand EPPICard account holders. If you have both accounts, you [...]

Baribault’s Benevolent Fund

NEW YORK (OCN) — The Open Cubicle has learned from KennethBaribault.com that there is a Benevolent Fund setup up for Officer Kenneth Baribault.
Officer  Baribault was injured on the Long Island Expressway on Sunday, May 18, 2008 after pulling ofer a motorist for alledged drunk driving.
Those who would like to make a donation to the family can do [...]