CdEarth is now behind Veign in Google's results

Seems that my blog post exposing CDEarth as a scam has taken the #1 spot in Google Search Results. Not sure how long this will last but at least it will save some people.

Read up, if you haven't:
http://.../cdearth-thinkall-one-big-scam.html

CDEarth clutters up Digg

Seems like CDEarth is using Digg to push their own website in an attempt to propogate the, in my opinion, fraudulent business practices.

Read about CD Earth does:
http://.../cdearth-thinkall-one-big-scam.html

CDEarth = ThinkAll = One Big Scam

(leave a comment if this helps you)

It would seem that the notorious and underhanded company ThinkAll has opened their doors again under a different company name called CDEarth.

For those who don't know ThinkAll, here's an excerpt from my original post exposing them:

ThinkAll.com may not be what you are expecting. Although the CD's are sent to you free (pay shipping only) your CD's must be sent back to them within 10 days or your credit card will automatically be charged. Not only that you are signing up for a membership where they automatically send you CD's and charge your credit card if not returned after a very short evaluation period.

It would seem that CD Earth is doing the exact same thing. They are selling software that they say is Free software, as listed in the page title and in the footer under the FreeSoftwareCD.net, and automatically enrolling you in a Software Library Club, as listed in their Terms of Service. The Software Library Club is charging $14.99 per CD that you keep beyond 25 days that will automatically sent to you every month and they will charge for shipping these CDs to you every month.

By introducting you to our friendly company through this FREE CD Offer, we hope you will take the time to learn more about us. You'll get this CD for FREE and an additional FREE Software CD that you select on the next page (2 FREE Software CDs in all) with a no obligation, free twenty-five day test-drive of our Software Library Club

I bet you didn't know this when you requested a CD and paid the $2.95 shipping charge. Did you know you were giving them permission to automatically charge your credit card every month for CD's that are not promptly returned to them and which includes a $5.95 shipping charge?

For those who may not have noticed the Terms of Use here is the part you need to know:

6. Software Library Club Membership and Billing. CD EARTH provides numerous products, services, and software in connection with its business. With respect to software provided hereunder, there is a discounted, non-refundable shipping and processing fee of USD$2.96 for the initial four CD software set. You may keep any two CD's free of charge from the initial set. The other two CD's in the first set are yours to review during a 25 day trial period which starts the day you receive your CDs. If for any reason you decide the complete set is not for you, simply visit us at www.cdearth.com/freecd before your 25 day free trial expires. You will need to follow the instructions at such web link to indicate your intention to return two of the CD's and you will not be charged for the two trial CDs. If you elect to keep all four CD's or you otherwise fail to comply with the foregoing instructions, you will be billed to the credit or debit card provided the price of $14.99 for each of the two trial CD's.

As an added benefit and to help you expand your computer software library, about every seven weeks after you receive your first set you will receive another specially selected four trial CD software set to evaluate for just USD$5.96 shipping & processing, as long as your account is active and in good standing. For each such recurring shipment, you will have the same full 25 days from the day you receive them to review all four trial CDs. If you elect to keep all four CD's in the recurring set, you will be billed to the credit or debit card provided the price of $14.99 for each of the four trial CD's. You can cancel your participation in this program at anytime just by visiting the website www.cdearth.com/freecd. There is no obligation and no minimum required purchase.

Why do I think its ThinkAll? They are based in Texas, sell the same software and has the same manager that ThinkAll had.

Here is the detailed company information (same manager as ThinkAll):

Manager on Filing Document:
Yury Mintskovsky

Manager Address:
{snipped} N. Dallas Parkway, Suite {snipped}
Dallas, TX 75248 USA

Registered Agent:
Incorp Services, Inc.

Address:
{snipped} Brazos Street, Suite {snipped}
Austin, TX 78701 USA

In my opinion CDEarth.com / CD Earth, LLC should be avoided as its nothing more than a scam. The software, I have been told, is junk and you would be better off searching google for free alternatives.

here some Free downloads I gathered:

• Home and Office Downloads
• Graphics Downloads
• Internet Downloads
• Creative Downloads
  

Stay Away! Spread the word and Digg This.

Spam King may rule prison cell for 11 years after Feds nail him

Spam King may rule prison cell for 11 years after Feds nail him: "During one week in August 2005, the two of them managed to target over 1.27 million AOL e-mail addresses with spam. Moeller was caught bragging to the informant about the money he was making: as much as $40,000 per week."

Link:
http://...spam-king-may-rule-prison-cell-for-11-years

Software scammers have done this before

You may have read my first post about a company that is preying on the novice to sell them software that is free and not authorized by the software's developer. I now have additional information about this company and other websites they run.

- I think this is the main website: http://interactivebrands.com/
Reason I believe is all of the tracking, stats, and cookies are done through that domain.

Since they are using tracking code in their websites from: http://interactivebrands.com/scripts/trackpidv3.js

After doing some research I came across a discussion about a company ripping people off with an MP3 Membership. It would seem that this company is the same as the company I had blogged about. After much reasearch I have found another listing of their domains. These domains, in my opinion, are probably used to rip people off.

Scammers Domains:

• pwibill.com
• csdetails.com
• mymp3down.com
• mymp3live.com
• myupclick.com
• upclkcorp.com
• marketbill.com
• mp3support.net
• mymusic-cs.com
• p2psupport.net
• spywaretech.net
• dwnldsupport.com
• moviesupport.net
• mp3netonline.com
• mydownloading.com
• downloadassist.com
• mydownloadsite.com
• downloadinghome.com
• mydownloadnetwork.com
• download-utilities.com
• extremedownloadnetwork.com
• upclk.com
• mp3chk.com
• upbill.com
• mywebcs.com

This company has a lot of domains and is serious about getting your money. Spread the word about this company.

Read the Original Post:
http://.../software-scammers-prey-on-novice-with.html

Digg It and get the word out

Help Google take its garbage out

There is still a lot of junk within Google and the one that bugs me the most are the company's that prey on the novice users by ripping them off with software sales. How it works is they purchase sponsored ads on Google (and the other large search engines) and then sell software that is available from the developers for free.

Now you can help submit these sites to Google so they can pull them from the ads and from the index.

Report Spam:
http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html

Report a Sponsored Ad:
https://www.google.com/adsense/.../answer.py?answer=18386

Google does listen to these reports:
http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6180022.html

Time to help out Google...

Software scammers prey on the novice with free software

There is a company running a scam where they use the Sponsored Ads in the search engines to get unsuspecting people to purchase a membership to download software such as Adaware, Irfanview, Real Player, Macafee and other software. If you check out the website Irfanviewpack.com you will find out they are selling you a subscription for $11.98 to be able to download what is a free application from the developers website.


After further investigation I found, in my opinion, that company Convergence Solutions out of the Philippines using the IP address of 63.243.188.84 is responsible for this.

To see how the scam works just search Google for Irfanview and notice the first site, a sponsored ad, is the alleged software scammers. They rely on people who don't know that Irfanview is not associated with the website and they are basically just taking money for what you can get for free from the developers website. I would suspect the developer of Irfanview, or the other software, is not aware or condoning this.

I have further found out that they operate the following domains which are probably, in my opinion, used for others scams (either active or coming in the future).

• acrobatbundle.com
• acrobatpack.com
• adawarebundle.com
• adawarepack.com
• adobe-pack.com
• adobepack.com
• antivirus-pack.com
• any-court-record.net
• avast-pack.com
• avastbundle.com
• avastpack.com
• criminal-records-now.us
• detectiveservices.info
• genealogytoday.info
• ibaffiliates.interactivebrands.com
• irfanviewbundle.com
• irfanviewpack.com
• mcafeebundle.com
• mcafee-pack.com
• mcafeepack.com
• netdetectiveservices.info
• pandabundle.com
• panda-bundle.com
• pandasecuritysoftware.com
• pandasecuritysoftware.net
• realplayerpack.com
• realplayerbundle.com
• web-tv-interactive.com
• webtvinteractive.com

Watch out for any of the above domains and help spread the word of this company. Companies like this give the internet a bad name and need to be stopped.

Read the followup:
http://.../software-scammers-have-done-this-before.html

Digg It and get the word out

Best Buy Sued Over Dual Web Sites

Electronics retailer Best Buy is facing a lawsuit over deceiving customers into paying higher prices once in store by having two Web sites, one accessed by employees and another available on the Internet.

Bound to have happened. Read up to see where it all started.

Best buy gets caught:
http://.../followup-best-buy-confirmed-to-use.html

The lawsuit happens:
http://.../Best_Buy_Sued_Over_Dual_Web_Sites/

I would, in my opinion, avoid tzome.com at all costs

Tzome.com has been sending me numerous spam email to my blog email account and how could you ever trust a website that uses spam as a method for getting visitors. In my opinion I would highly advise anyone to avoid tzome.com and support their spamming ways.

Tzome.com how many times will you send me spam emails? When will tzome.com stop sending me spam?

The funny thing is this is the start of the email:

Thought you should know of a new music site I stumbled across.

even though it was sent from Dan with an email address of Dan@Tzome.com - stumbled across his own website I guess.

Is ThinkAll back in business?

ThinkAll, an internet software scamming company, may be doing business again under the SSL connection. They are supposed to be shut down per the FTC. Someone at the FTC needs to hear about this.

Live ThinkAll Link (SSL Connection):
https://www.thinkall.com/home.htm

Followup: Best Buy confirmed to use a secret website

Under pressure from state investigators, Best Buy is now confirming my reporting that its stores have a secret intranet site that has been used to block some consumers from getting cheaper prices advertised on BestBuy.com.

Original story:
http://.../more-trouble-for-best-buy.html

This story:
http://.../hc-watchdog0302.artmar02,0,6935166.story

More trouble for Best Buy

Seems that Best Buy may maintain a special intranet site at its stores so that it can show customers that discounts, that customers found in the internet, are no longer available.

Read on:
http://www.courant.com/news/local/...

Amazing, how people just copy your stuff

Does this:
http://www.netgautam.com/.../

Look like this (my post):
http://.../relocate-menu-bar-in-ie7-to-top-of.html

What I hate is he stole the images right off my blog post. Some people just can't think for themselves and must steal other peoples posts. Oh, well I hope Nitesh Gautam enjoys the post about him stealing posts from someone else's blog...

All to common from computer repair shops

Kinda of sickening and the reason I fix the computers of my friends and people I know. I just can't let them go somewhere like Geek Squad.

Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBvUt2bIQFk

ThinkAll has been shut down!

Finally, after all that work ThinkAll has been officially shutdown. I would like to think it had something to do with my very popular post about the scam they were running.

The Commission vote to file the complaint was 5-0. It was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division on January 9, 2007. On January 10, 2007, the court issued a Temporary Restraining Order enjoining the illegal activities of defendants Think All Publishing, L.L.C. and Yuri Mintskovsky and freezing their assets.

Link:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/01/manay.htm

Do you know what a blog is?

Well, you may but some people just have no clue. I had written a blog post on a campany called ThinkAll who has scammed many, many people. You would be amazed at the amount of emails I get threatening me as if I was the company.

Here's one:

I do not want the four "FREE" cds which is an illegal fraud by the way. If you charge me anything. I just installed one today. If you send me the damn address I will return them. So l couldn't send them back in 10 days or else (wow, I'm scared). Amazing how hard it is to find you. I could care less whether it is 10 days or not. All future shipments from you will be returned undelivered and you will owe postage.
If you charge me or send more I WILL GO TO THE ATTORNEY General's office. I have done this several times when someone like you tried to rip me off with "free crap." I will also reverse the payment with the credit card company you billed and explain to them what the deal is. So here's the deal:

cannel my "membership"
either send me an address or I will simply throw away the cds. If you want them back give me an address.

I am not bluffing. You guys are jerks. CANCEL everything. It is supposed to be a "voluntary and free item". You can not force people to accept thing and then charge them. I don't know about where you live but it is against the law to do that in Indiana.

I expect a reply canceling my member, an apology, and an address to send them damn things back. You have 10 days jerk!

Gary HXXX
1XXX5 XXXX St
XXX, IN XXXX

I have a very good attorney. Don't screw with me or I will sue you besides talking to the Attorney General.

I'm still waiting for someone to send me a letter from a lawyer...

Is ThinkAll actually Bluestreak?

The infamous company ThinkAll that has scammed many people may just be Bluestreak. The address on Bluestreak's texas office location is the same one that was used to register the ThinkAll, LLC.

ThinkAll, the scam:
http://www.veign.com/blog/2006/01/thinkallcom-think-again.html

Bluestreak:
http://www.bluestreak.com

Is ThinkAll changing their name again?

ThinkAll, one of the biggest software ripoffs around, has changed their name before and may be in the process of doing it again. Website is down, users can't get them on the phone, and their ads may have been pulled from Google.

Anyone reading this that stumbles across their new company please let me know so I can investigate.

Read more:
http://.../thinkallcom-think-again.html

iHosting should be avoided!

The company iHosting is nothing more than the WebHostPlus company rebranded. If you know nothing about Webhostplus or the many companies they control, then know that they are nothing more than scammers who destroy every company they purchase. I know, I was with one of the companies they bought.

This is a really, really underhanded company that doesn't care about its customers.

Companies they are / own:

ihosting | NetBunch | Vilitas | MyBizHosting | HostMeFast | My-Servlet Hosting | Managed.com
Mesopia | Dinix | 1PlanHost | WebHostPlus.com

Read all about the company here:
http://webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=540279

My original post on the matter:
http://.../webhostplus-netbunch-is-horrible.html

The class action lawsuit against them:
http://www.whplawsuit.com/