Porn Extortion Email Scam
I received an extortion email today. And at first I got all excited. That pit in my stomach like when I was a kid and I’ve done something wrong and I can’t avoid punishment.
Tag: scam
The Butcher is Back Baby!
Marlon’s Meat is back as Camden Market! I just got a comment on an old post warning me that the Butchers is back as Camden Market at 2500 Yonge Street. For those of you who are not familiar with the butchers incident it was quite the saga and a lot …
Another Butcher’s update
It’s been a year or so since this whole Butcher’s fiasco started. I was one of the lucky ones, getting my money back. It was probably because I work for the CBC (which I made a point of mentioning) and CBC had already done an expose on the whole online-coupon …
Another Butcher’s update
It’s been a year or so since this whole Butcher’s fiasco started. I was one of the lucky ones, getting my money back. It was probably because I work for the CBC (which I made a point of mentioning) and CBC had already done an expose on the whole online-coupon …
The biggest scam
You know what the biggest scam is? Cell phone screen films. Seriously. I just bought a Samsung Galaxy 4G infuse, which is a very impressive phone. (Just having something with a battery life longer than an hour is impressive after my ageing iPhone.) However, the stupid thing came with a screen protector. …
The Current Episode on the Butchers
Here is the presentation by the Current about the Butchers and on-line coupons. (pop-up player here) The program talks about how the butchers deal didn’t add up, and how the deal resembled a ponzi scheme with one set of coupons going to pay off another one. It is also a …
The Butcher’s update
I received a call on Friday from a nice gal from Buytopia. While we chatted, she informed me that it was not a scam (I asked point blank) that Marlone and the Butcher’s had been members of the Yonge & Lawrence community for years and that in no way had …
The Butcher’s update
I received a call on Friday from a nice gal from Buytopia. While we chatted, she informed me that it was not a scam (I asked point blank) that Marlone and the Butcher’s had been members of the Yonge & Lawrence community for years and that in no way had …
The Butchers scams Toronto?
Back in April, I, like apparently the rest of Toronto bought vouchers for a butcher shop on Yonge street aptly named “The Butchers”. At first I was wary it was a scam, I normally have a good nose for this stuff, but after checking out their website I thought, “what …
Earth hour scam
I captured this photo before I left for Japan. I think you would be hard-pressed to convince anyone with a lick of sense that Earth Hour is something other than a big advertising exercise. Hypocritical to say the least.