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Just yesterday some new mods were added to the Review Central Forum. Here is a peak at what’s new:

- An Arcade Mod has been added. Now you can choose to play any of 8 games that are a part of the Arcade. You can play in tournaments and so on.

- Members can now purchase, trade, and even sell their credits to other members or to the Bank. The credits on this Forum are known as RevCents (RC$). Members will see how many RC$ they have once they have logged in. Members can also donate RC$ to other members.

- Members can save their RC$ with the Bank also. RC$ are automatically saves in a checking account, but users may choose to save with the bank at some point. Interest is offered on savings of RC$500 and over.

Now is even a better time than ever to join the Review Central Forum.

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Can you truly say that you are able to guarantee your good name? Not many people can because they have suffered from what everyone hopes will never happen to them - identity theft. The truth be told, there are millions of persons who have their identities stolen every year, resulting in loss of good credit and their names being tagged to fraudulent activities that they never committed. Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the United Stares with over 9 million persons becoming victims each year. It is simply not enough to just be careful as this does not prevent identity theft, and even more so not enough to help you to detect it. To help persons protect their identity, lifelock has a wonderful program that has helped thousands prevent identity theft from happening to them.

Before I even mention about the services that lifelock has to offer, let me first of all say what Identity Theft means to me. Identity Theft is the unauthorized use of another persons identity, including social security number, address, credit cards, image or photograph, and any other personally identifiable items, in an attempt to commit fraud with said items. The main purpose of the thief is to use the stolen individual’s identity to conduct business or pleasure activities without exposing his or her true identity. These fraudsters use other persons credit cards to buy things in the the name of the cardholders, usually these purchases being objects and items that the defrauded person would never buy. For instance, can you imagine a 96 year old man with severe arthritis and a bad lower back buying a 2008 Kawasaki motorcycle? Now, that would certainly raise an alarm.

If my identity was stolen, I would be utterly devastated. I would surely have to cancel all my credit cards immediately and report the matter to the police. I would even go as far as registering with a company like lifelock who, from the moment you are enrolled with them, contact credit bureaus to request fraud alerts be sent to you, set locks on your credit by asking banks to call you to ensure that you are the one who is applying for the credit, restrict junk mail sent to you, and block pre-approved credit offers from reaching you. There are many other services that they offer that are of great benefit to their members. If you are serious about protecting your identity, then LifeLock is a name you can trust. Their highly trained specialists are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1 800 LIFELOCK (543-3562). Give them a call right now or check their website for more information and to enroll today.

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I got an email today from someone whose list I subscribe to. In the interest of helping all you webmasters out there, I am posting parts of that email that I believe you need to be aware of. It is as follows:

Why are there so many liars on the internet?

I did some research on some of the ‘Top Earners’ on the internet…and what I found was unbelievable!

One of them who ‘Made $426,000 in 4 Months Online with _______’ lives in a studio apartment in a tiny town in Texas for $280 per month.

Another one who is the ‘Top Internet Millionaire’ with the _______ home business is actually still living with his parents-

Is lying necessary ?

In addition, this other email is quite helpful in sifting out those sites that make false claims. Many persons have been caught by them, but you need not be the next victim:

There’s turmoil in the online advertising arena right now, so
please be careful when choosing where to place your ads. Here are
a few suggestions that may help you to avoid the blatant scams:

1. Try to avoid traffic and advertising sources that do not provide
contact information on the site. At the very least the website
owner should provide an email address, and he/she should answer
their email in a timely manner. Shoot them off a question just to
test their response time…you shouldn’t have to wait more than
48 hours for a reply.

2. Avoid sources that use the term “blaster” to describe their
service. Blasters don’t work, they never did.

3. Avoid sources that claim to have access to email addresses for
customers of the following companies: PayPal, Ebay, MySpace,
YouTube, Google, Yahoo, etc.. Come on people, do you really think
these “big guys” allow their customers to be spammed by internet
marketers???

4. Although Alexa.com isn’t foolproof, it shouldn’t be disregarded
as a method for checking the popularity of a source, especially when
that source claims to be able to generate visitors to your site.
After all, if they can’t get visitors to their own site, how are
they going to get them to yours??? On many occasions you’ll find
these sources have Alexa rankings well over one million. We like
to see sites with rankings of 500,000 or less, however there are
good sources out there that fall well over this limit. Remember,
Alexa isn’t an exact science, but sometimes it can be a good
research tool.

5. Do a quick “scam check” on Google. Simply search for the name
of the source followed by “+ scam”. For example, if we were
researching a source by the name of “RedHotTraffic” we would enter
the following search term in Google: RedHotTraffic + scam

Also, here’s a quick “head’s up” on a few programs that are
questionable at the moment:

Bulldog Safelists - The owner has reportedly fell ill and is not
answering emails or running campaigns…even though they continue
to accept new orders.

10000FreeVisitors - Not answering emails or filling orders.
Apparently, they are under new ownership, but this is NOT the way
to start a business.

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