Scams, Phish, and Fraud
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LOL Tim actually came up with this title... we were traveling with family (5) and he said it would of cost a small fortune just to get to the top of that windy street on the tram but heck lets just all drive up top for free...and that we did and boy did we get great views!! :))
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W230 was supposed to run, but it didn’t. Oh well. Here’s a majority of Pennsylvania Northeastern’s six axle roster sitting in their Lansdale Yard. 8212, which was recently deactivated, is back in action and chuggin away. I’m the first person to see it active since it was sidelined. Pretty cool.
PNE 5342 (SD40-2W), PNE 5315 (SD40-2W), PNE 8212 (C39-8), PNE 8701 (SD60)
Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad Lansdale Yard
Lansdale, PA
I don't know if this oldie is making the rounds again, or we're just special.
Letting you know just in case.
Note, the flickrmail is from 'fIickrsuррs'. 😄
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Hello,
'Sup, flickrsupps?
We are reaching out to inform you that your Flickr account has been temporarily restricted following recent policy updates.
My account is suspended and yet, rather than emailing me at my ownership email address, you direct me to a messaging function within the site from which I've been suspended?
To restore full access and ensure your payouts are not delayed, please complete the required verification through the link below.
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Link: removing.stupid.scam.link.com
Sure thing, I'll get on that right away!
I assume the link takes you to a place where you can enter your credit card information.
This verification is a requirement under our updated policies. Once completed, your account will be fully reactivated.
But... I'm still using my account.
Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter.
And, thank YOU, Flickr Account Team Pathetic Scammers for bringing me a smile. I would send you my credit card info but, as it turns out, I just also received an important email from a Nigerian widow whose multibillionaire husband just perished in a plane crash and wants to give all his money to me. They need my bank info too!
Sincerely, Flickr Account Team
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When you click on the flickrsupps photostream you see they just registered this month.
Be vigilant out there!
Also, Joy Johnson, 24 and originally from Darfur, Sudan. Now in Senegal, and the daughter of "Engineer" Jafar Waleed Johnson, of Sudapet Limited, the sudan National Petroleum Company), who's got $6.2m. sorry, but I don't know where. She was in the second year of her studies of Applied Mathematics at the University of Darfur
As it was full moon I stayed local again and went to this house i've been meaning to go to for a while now.
Apparently an insurance scam gone wrong, a guy burnt down his own house for the insurance and they wouldn't pay out.
Now I believe it has been sold off at auction, bought by a developer, it will be knocked down and a few new houses to be built in its place, such a shame people get greedy.
Today I have been notified of this (I appreciate it) I am not going to dwell much on it because unfortunately this is something inevitable, possibly with my reports they will close that business but later they will open 20 more with the same shit and the same rabble...
As you can see, that avatar has been taking photos from my blog, and using them as her vendors, saying to sell the shape, obviously what she sells will be just as shitty as her... be careful!
I have decided to publish it here to warn you about it, and that you do not buy it because it is a SCAM in capital letters!
Please write to ricseet@gmail.com if you like a FREE copy of this picture. In return please donate any amount and to any charity of your choice. Just trying to do the little we can help to the needy. Thank you for your generosity!
Thank you for viewing and have a happy day.
Explore #4, May 10 2012
When I visited my daughter on March 20 2011, my grandson, Aidan, was telling me about this bird with babies. I was excited and asked him to show me. He took me outside his home and pointed up - "there they are".
Wow - I saw how cute they were and grab my cam from the car.
Thank you Aidan!
Update: May10 2012
This pic is sold to Nat Geo for their coming book. Proceeds is going to charity.
The lady who bought the pic had a hard time tracking me down becos the person who downloaded this pic from my Flickr account without my knowledge, plastered this all over the internet and change my name from Ric Seet to Rik Seet. So no one can track the originator down. Now others are profiteering from this scam and here is the link to one such websites. You pay them to download my stolen pic:
pixdaus.com/under-her-wings-by-rik-seet-birds-aves-fauna-...
When I did a Rik Seet goggle search there are about 4 full pages of links to such websites !
www.google.com.sg/search?q=Rik Seet&ie=utf-8&oe=u...
This is one of the downside of the internet. To prevent such future mishaps, I have since disabled the download feature under Privacy & Settings. Base on the feedback this is not even safe. Additional advises is to add Watermarks and reduce file size to 800X800. From what I am hearing nothing is save on the net.
Thank you friends for your kind advise. .
Update: May13 2012
I managed to write to a few websites/blogs via email and FB.
1. A friend responded on FB and apologize for posting the pic on FB for Mother Day.
2. An Australian cyclist by the name of Craig plaster the pic for 2012 Mother Day. I wrote to inform him that the pic is my and he blocked me off immi'ly. Isn't that just great, steals your pic and ignores you!
3. What's even more interesting is Pixdaus.com has an option for you to complain if your are the owner of the intellectual property. Isn't this a laugh. I presume they believe they excuse themselves of any legal obligation in the eyes of the law by having this feature on their website! I have written to them and waiting for their reply.
Update June 1 2012
Today a caring Flickr friend brought to my attention that the above pic was stolen again and this pic was posted on Flickr. Wrote to the person to delete my picture which was done. Not a word of apology.
These people have no shame - steal other pictures and post it like theirs. Even took part in invites and participated at the various levels of award to claim credit for themselves.
here is the link if this shameful person and I have seen another couple of stolen pics as well becos they are too skillful for him. Even wrote to advise that these be remove. I am contacting the legal department of Yahoo in Singapore and making a few suggesting to them to apprehend such people.
by Pasckal2011
www.flickr.com/photos/69511790@N07/7293622534/
Since then more Flickr friends have alerted me. I am now no more angry becos I have learnt to share and come to realized this picture brings great memories & joy to others. One guy wrote to request for a print becos he wanted to place it next to his Bible.
He said that it is "God's Gift To Nature"
Update June 4 2012
Great to see that couple of my Flickr friends have added water mark to their pic. Very creative as they take the trouble to strategically position the watermark . I will borrow this idea. Thanks guys!
Update Dec 17 2012
Nat Geo is now printing double the number of copies and has agreed to denote US$300/ to charity of my grandson choice - SPCA. Thank you Nat Geo.
Update Dec 25 2012
Today I received a very touching letter from a mother who requested this print. I am glad that a picture is worth a thousand words and holds special meaning and brings great joy.
So if you need a print please drop me a Flickr mail and your mailing address. Thank you.
My heart goes out to this special lady and this picture is my gift to her. Some of you are aware that my daughter was critically ill. In her own works she told me she nearly died in Oct. Now I rejoice becos she is making slow recovery ----. A small step at a time!
Hi Ric,
I have been searching for the photographer who took the absolutely beautiful photo of the colorful momma bird with it's babies under its wings. I've actually been praying I would find the original photographer. I won't get into the details, but for the last almost 2 years, I've been going through a really hard time with my health due to a horrible medical mistake that I suffered at the hands of a doctor. I will not let anyone tell me I am not going to get better. My husband and my son need me back. This picture holds such meaning for me...I've found it on other websites, which I am so sorry that people are stealing your work, and I have gone back to look at it a lot over the last several months. It brings me great comfort and the colors are just so beautiful and bright. I was wondering if it would be possible to buy a large print of it from you so that I can frame it and have it matted with a verse so I can look at it every day in my house. Would you mind letting me know if it's possible to buy a print from you? If so, what are the size proportions that you could print out for me? The place I want to hang it could handle an overall size of 24"x24" or 24"x28", which would be framed and matted with an inscription matted under it. Hopefully that description makes sense. Would you mind contacting back?
Update April 11 2016
Today i received a very comforting email from this lady and I thank her for helping mereach out to others who may need this pic becos of the sentimental/special meaning this pic means to them. For me this pic means a world to me bcos I am a dad to two precious daughters that I love dearly. No matter what -- I will always be there for them as long as I am on this good earth.
Hi Ric,
I must confess I posted your beautiful picture of the bird shielding her babies under her wings on a tweet and my FB page. I didn't take it from Flickr, I (wrongly) assumed it was in the public domain. Would you like me to remove it or would it be mutually agreeable to post a link to you for your credit and publicity? I am a solicitor working from home writing wills and trusts, hence the family theme, I have not tried to profit directly from the photo, just thought it was a nice image of caring. Sorry.
Kind regards,
Elizabeth
Thank you Elizabeth. There are lots of caring people on this good earth.
I was warned earlier that this was being posted in comments by a Flickr friend, now I’ve been targeted but I was prepared. WARNING ⛔️ ado not click on the link !!!
First this is NOT my photo and I'll give credit if anybody knows whose it is.
Second, this is the latest scam and I wanted to alert my Flickr friends to be alert and not fall for this trick.......................
Scam under the Parisian sun.
I always wonder how people are still trapped with this 700 years old scam (Bonneteau /Three-Card Monte)
This band is local to New Haven, Connecticut, but they performed at 33 Golden Street, New London, Connecticut. Just purchased the Fuji Film 16 mm F1.4 lens to use when photographing bands. The lighting conditions are very low but with the Fuji Film X-T2 and this sweet new lens, I was able to photograph them without too much graininess. I used manual exposure and had good luck with this.
Paid 30rmb for a buffet breakfast, only things remotely edible were pickled vegetables with steam buns and hard boiled eggs.
Samsung-Malaysia have texted me to say I've won £480,000. All I have to do is send my details. I don't even have a Samsung phone! It couldn't be a scam, could it?
im not expecting wining anything if i do not play.
i got a notification saying ive been tagged on this page.
profile is blank
supposed to have 128 comments under the pic but not a single one is showing.
link is a short one, so no way to see what it is.
And if it was Flickr i guess they would make things differently and anyway i doubt they offer phones to ppl without them needing to play to anything.
So whoever is trying to phish me, just to and suck eggs !!!
Really....
and i did report you to flickr.
Spot on!!!!!!!!!!!!
Black Friday is the ultimate in marketing hype. Whatever it is, look around and find it cheaper on the WWW any time of year. The big retail names just wheel in a load of cheap, substandard tripe and pass it off as a bargain.
A number of places are trying to turn this scam into "Black Friday Week"
JP is dead right on this one.