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Ken

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Scam or legit?
« on: January 31, 2009, 07:40:22 pm »
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http://www.ktyresearch.com/

By the way, this is from an email sent to my UoM account.  ???
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Re: Scam or legit?
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2009, 08:13:34 pm »
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looks scamish, I reckon they'll survey you once every six months.
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Re: Scam or legit?
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2009, 08:29:35 pm »
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If you have to pay to 'work' for them, it's surely a scam.
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Re: Scam or legit?
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2009, 09:54:04 pm »
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Quote from: Ken on January 31, 2009, 07:40:22 pm
http://www.ktyresearch.com/

By the way, this is from an email sent to my UoM account.  ???
Being an IT- Applications student, the website lacks basic formats and conventions.
It's a fake
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Ken

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Re: Scam or legit?
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2009, 10:08:50 pm »
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Thanks guys, I knew it was a scam especially the "success stories" which is all from America, which definitely says something..
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methodsboy

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Re: Scam or legit?
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2009, 10:15:43 pm »
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Typical characteristics of a fake webpage:
-links are almost hidden
-more than three colours and font sizes have been used
-it was last updated in 2003
-graphics are hardly visible
-waay too much info on just one page
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Re: Scam or legit?
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2009, 10:46:44 pm »
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Wow I never knew IT Apps had a use
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Re: Scam or legit?
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2009, 10:52:51 pm »
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Quote from: methodsboy on January 31, 2009, 10:15:43 pm
Typical characteristics of a fake webpage:
-links are almost hidden
-more than three colours and font sizes have been used
-it was last updated in 2003
-graphics are hardly visible
-waay too much info on just one page

http://www.vcenotes.com/

YOU'VE BEEN SCAMMED, NOW GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY.




jokes jokes

seriously though, I reckon the links on http://www.ktyresearch.com/ are quite visible, as they are on vcenotes.com

Hmmm.. the vcenotes.com intro page remind me of Year 10 Web Authoring, I made a FIFA world cup site that was quite similar.
Unfortunately my IT skills are all but extinct now :)
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Re: Scam or legit?
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2009, 10:56:16 pm »
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Whoever designed the main VCE notes site obviously didn't do IT Applications. Fails every evaluation criteria there is

STILL GOOD THOUGH.
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Re: Scam or legit?
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2009, 11:33:11 pm »
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I got one too...

I wonder how they get hold of all our emails :S
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Re: Scam or legit?
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2009, 11:36:32 pm »
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Join us now for just a one-time membership fee of $29.95!!!

hmmmmm we have to pay

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Copyright © 2003 KTY Research

outdated site? lol

and looking at the testimonials, i suspect after we pay, they would say: Sorry, this offer is only available in the US.
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Re: Scam or legit?
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2009, 02:05:50 pm »
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Golden rule - if it's too good to be true, then it probably is.


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