ORIKI Skin Care Products

Do you have Asian, Mediterranean or Olive (AMO) skin? If so, your skin has more pigmentation than fair skin and requires a different skin care regiment to avoid conditions like melasma (dark patches) and lentigines (dark spots). Although the exact cause of melasma is unknown, it has been known to show up more in people with a family history of it. A change in hormones such as pregnancy or birth control may also trigger melasma. ORIKI Cosmeceuticals has developed several skin care products for these types of skin types. The ORIKI Whitening Serum and Rejuvenating Cream can help to lighten the effects of melasma. If you have Asian, Mediterranean or Olive (AMO) skin, it is important that you take the proper measures to ensure that your skin stays healthy. Once these kind of conditions develope they can be a little more difficult to maintain. Inappropriate skin care can even worsen the problem. Your skin may also turn darker after minor injuries or acne breakouts. ORIKI has taken the time to develop their skin care products to really help. Several people even comment that they don’t even wear makeup anymore and yet they still receive compliments about their skin after using the ORIKI products.

If youre interested in the ORIKI line of skin care products, visit their website at www.ORIKI.com for more information.

More Craigslist and eBay Scammers

After my post a while back regarding the Craigslist and eBay car scam, I was browsing through Craigslist looking for more cheap cars and came across several of them. After contacting a few of the sellers, they all replied with the same type of email as the other scammer! They all claimed they lived in another country and that they would use eBay as the middle man. I guess this scam is alot more common than I thought. Everyone should use caution when buying a vehicle online, especially when it’s not in your local area where you can pick it up and pay in person.

Online Storage With iDrive

I’ve been using a service called “iDrive” from iDrive.com. They offer free encrypted online storage for up to 2gb, unlimited storage for a small fee of only $4.95 a month, or even cheaper at only $49.95 if you choose to pay per year. You can get their system to automatically backup data from your computer so that if your computer crashes or you cant access the data for some other reason, you have it safe and secure on your iDrive online backup. It’s actually a great service and comes in very handy. Check out their website at www.iDrive.com for more information.

Great Online Coupon Codes For Holiday Shopping

Now is the perfect time to get a head start on all of your holiday shopping. Halloween is right around the corner, followed by Thanksgiving and everyones favorite, Christmas. Coupon Chief has some great coupons codes for a huge variety online stores to help you find great gifts without spending a fortune. I always find some nice coupon codes for online stores like Best Buy, Circuit City, Target and plenty of others.

If youre looking for some online coupon codes, check out their website at www.CouponChief.com. Why should you pay full retail price if you can use free coupons codes? There’s no shame in getting a good deal.

Job Listings And Help Wanted - Who Knew?

I was looking through the job listings in my local newspaper yesterday and found several people in need of website work and computer repair. I don’t know why I havent paid attention to the job listings and help wanted sections up until now, but I plan on finding plenty of side jobs to earn a little extra cash. Check out your local newspaper, you might be surprised at the jobs available.

Free PR3 Link Directory

While browsing through a few webmaster and blogging forums, I noticed a link to a new Free PR3 Link Directory in someones signature. I took a few seconds to add my link to the directory and within a couple of days I was actually seeing 5 to 10 unique visits per day to my blog coming from the link directory. I talked to the owner of the directory and he said they are still working on it, trying to make it look nicer and add some different features to it, but it’s fully functional right now if you want to add your links. The address is www.SubmitYour.info (clever domain name). Check it out and add your link. It couldnt hurt and it’s free, so why not?

Yet Another eBay and Craigslist Scammer

Last week I was browsing through craigslist to see if i could find a reasonably priced vehicle in my area. I came across a silver 2001 Honda Civic EX Coupe for right under $3,000. The price seemed very nice so I contacted the owner via the craigslist sale email address.

The person replied a few days later with the following email message:

Hi there and sorry for the late reply.

The car is still available for sale. This is a 2001 Honda Civic Ex Coupe, 1.7L 4-CYL VTEC, 5-SPEED Manual Transmission, Silver, 112000 MILES, VIN 1HGEM21951L088189.

It is in EXCELLENT condition; the body and paint are great, no scratches and no dents; the interior is clean; it has never been involved in an accident.

Here you can find more pictures with the car:
http://picasaweb.google.com/joel8matrix/Civic

I’m an US Air Force Lieutenant currently stationed in UK. And the car is here with me. It was bought in the US and shipped to Europe, but it was never permanently registered here, the car is still registered in the US.

The car is for sale locally as well, but there are slim chances of this to happen. First of all this is a US model car, with the steering wheel on the left side, as opposed to a UK model, that has the steering wheel on the right side. And second, in order to be able to register this car here in UK the buyer would have to pay very high import/custom taxes that will double the price. So I decided to sell the car back in the US.

As I’m unable to travel in the near future and I don’t have anyone back home to help me with the sale I decided to make this transaction through eBay.

So how this actually works? Simple: the buyer sends the payment to eBay and they hold the money until the car is delivered; I ship the car to US; I get my money only after the buyer receives the car and makes sure everything is as agreed. I believe this protects both buyer and seller and it’s the right way to do this.

The final price is $2,999 including shipping from Europe to the US and delivery to your home address.

So if you decide to buy this car or need further information please get back to me as soon as possible.

Thank you and have a great day,
Lt. Joel Miller
joel8matrix@hotmail.com

At first it seemed like a very good deal. A great car for an even greater price. I even got a Carfax check on it and everything looked good.

I then replied to the person and asked for more details regarding exactly how it works, going through eBay and all. They replied with pretty much the same information that was in their first email. It seemed a bit vague, so I started getting a little suspicious.

I told him I would give it a shot and I went ahead and emailed him my address and contact information. Shortly after sending him my information, I received 2 emails, both appearing to be from eBay Motors. The emails looked very legit and included my information, a picture of the car and the sellers information.

The thing I noticed, however, was the email addressed they were sent from. They werent sent from eBay.com or any subdomain of eBay.com. The emails were sent from protection-ebaymotors.net. I forwarded the emails to eBay’s spoof department and just as I suspected, the guy is a scammer. He almost got me for $3,000 dollars.

There is no telling how many people actually fall for scams like this. Posting a car or other item that is worth far more than your asking price, just to get alot of replies, making it easy to scam unsuspecting internet shoppers such as myself.

If you receive any emails from protection-ebaymotors.net or any other email address that you suspect may be fraudulent, forward the emails to spoof@ebay.com. They will review the email and tell you if it’s a legit eBay email or if its fake.

> Email this story to a friend so that they don’t fall victim to this same kind of scam!

Use Your Own Domain Name With A Free Blogging Service

You would think that by the year 2007 people would be able to purchase their own domain names without completely relying on free blogging services. With such a wide variety of payment methods available on websites like GoDaddy.com (my preferred registrar and they take Paypal), nobody has an excuse to not have their own domain name. Hosting is even ridiculously cheap now-a-days. Whatever your excuse may be for not having your own domain name, I’m sure it’s a doozie and I will be very impressed by it. Moving on.

If you’re looking for a free blogging service, here are a few choices:

Wordpress.com
Blogger.com
Vox.com
LiveJournal.com
GreatestJournal.com
InsaneJournal.com
BlogRox.com
Blog.com
Blogster.com
Xanga.com

There are probably a thousand more, some of which I may not even be aware of.

If you do decide to go with a free blogging service to avoid paying for hosting, at least get your own domain name to use with it. A .com domain name only costs $7 per year and is much more attractive and easier to remember for visitors than a free blog subdomain address (yourname.blogger.com). You can use your own domain name very easily by adding a new CNAME record with your hosting company. Blogger.com offers instructions for adding a new CNAME record HERE.

Do yourself, your blog and your readers a favor. Get your own domain name. If you can’t afford to pay $7 per year for your own domain name then you really shouldn’t even have the internet or a computer to begin with.