Don't fall for excess usage upgrade

I was called by a service rep to warn me that I had exceeded my 450 monthly minute allowance and could upgrade to a 900 minute plan without paying an overage charge for the month. She said there was no charge to upgrade, and I'd only be responsible for the additional $20.00 per month fee. She also said I could change back any time I want, with no additional charge. When I got my bill, I not only got the $20.00 additional fee but I had to pay a $60.00 monthly charge in in advance. When I called I was informed I'd have to pay a new 30 day monthly charge in advance every time I changed my plan.
So now I'm stuck with a plan that I will never use as many minutes as I have, and will have to pay again to revert to my old plan.
If you are called with advise to upgrade because you are using more minutes than your plan covers, tell them you won't fall for this scam and hang up.

johnl558 wrote:
I was called by a service rep to warn me that I had exceeded my 450 monthly minute allowance and could upgrade to a 900 minute plan without paying an overage charge for the month. She said there was no charge to upgrade, and I'd only be responsible for the additional $20.00 per month fee. She also said I could change back any time I want, with no additional charge. When I got my bill, I not only got the $20.00 additional fee but I had to pay a $60.00 monthly charge in in advance. When I called I was informed I'd have to pay a new 30 day monthly charge in advance every time I changed my plan.
So now I'm stuck with a plan that I will never use as many minutes as I have, and will have to pay again to revert to my old plan.
If you are called with advise to upgrade because you are using more minutes than your plan covers, tell them you won't fall for this scam and hang up.
You have been charged in advance since day one. It has always been that way. And you are free to go back to your old plan when ever you want....

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Don't fall for scams!

This is a IN-DEPTH guide on how to spot the nonesense that scammers try to tell you.
LEGEND
SCAM: "A fraudulent scheme performed by a dishonest individual, group, or company in an attempt obtain money or something else of value. Scams traditionally resided in confidence tricks, where an individual would misrepresent themselves as someone with skill or authority, i.e. a doctor, lawyer, investor. After the internet became widely used, new forms of scams emerged such as lottery scams, scam baiting, email spoofing, phishing, or request for helps. These are considered to be email fraud. Also see phishing, scheme."
- Quote from BusinessDictionary (BusinessDictionary.com)
Ways to prevent people SCAMMING you:
The fraudulent individual scammer!
This person will try his hardest to deceive you.
Basic Equation for fraud of a individual: You want to give something to "person 1", "person 2" knows about this and pretends to be "person 1" and then he then accepts the gift as "person 1" then takes what you nicely gifted.
= You lost something you most likely can't get back.
IN-DEPTH Equation for fraud of a individual:
It is a friends/relative of yours birthday who is "Person 1" and your in this awesome communication application called Skype and you are chatting to some "friends" or relatives, "Person 1" and "Person 2", but they haven't got the best relationship (or there relationship isn't as strong as there greed.), so on forward you want to buy "Person 1" something for his birthday, and you are to lazy/not able to go to the shop so you want to buy him something online and you want him to pick out whatever he wants and order it to his house but you will do it tommorrow. (I am assuming not the most common scenario but you understand.), Out of spite/greed Sam hears about this and then #1. Gets ahold of the account that "Person 1" is using Skype (Or other.) on, by hacking or finding the device "Person 1" is logged into. #2. Makes a new account pretending to be "Person 1".
"Person 2" somehow accomplishes to do one of them 2 things how can you make sure it is who you think it is?
Answer that always works for this type of scamming if done correctly: 2 I have used.
#1. Have a way a secret list of characters or a word that isn't easily guessable by even your closest of friends, Eg. "Buttercups446" tell them that in person or privately and the next day you want to give him "item" you can tell him to send you that "password" before you do so. In my opinion that is an amature way of doing it in my opinion, because if "gender" writes it down somewhere to remember or if he doesnt remember at all, or if someone somehow overhears it is busted.
#2. Come on! Use the the way the cavemans used to do it! Skype, a Phone (Not truth.)! Easiest way is to simply use voice communication there is no way they can 100% forge the voice of someone else by the details of what they say and how they say the words. You can talk over the phone or skype whilst giving the gift or transaction.
#3. I wouldn't recommend using this one, maybe if you don't have anyway of voice communication you can nickname/rename someone and put brackets next to there name saying REAL. Eg. "Garrick Dale (REAL)". This has one major weakness if someone get's ahold of the account then it will still say that is the person you want to give/trade the item to/with.
The fraudulent organisation or company scammer!
These people/person will pretend to be an organisation or company and send you messages through something or emails that looks legitimate but isn't.
Basic equation of fraud of a group: You get a message from "A Phony Organisation/Company" they ask for you to prove that you are the person you are by putting in credentials of something they could withdraw money out of but they say they won't.
= They do take money out of the account possibly drain it, even if you do get your money back they might still keep the money they scammed.
IN-DEPTH Basic equation of fraud of a group:
So you get a email/message and it is written or they send you to a website that looks like the website you are using, "Someone has tried to log into your account, we have locked the account to open it you need to verify that this is really you, you need to put in your banking credentials here, no money will be extracted.".
You then get that email/message how do you find out it's the real deal?
Answer that always works for this type of scamming if done correctly: 2 option I have used.
#1. If the company has a helpline (phone support) or email support you can contact (Get this from there website), you can then contact them and ask about the email/message or website they take you to that you recieved about you giving them banking credentials. They should give you an explanation.
#2. Making sure the email, message or website that came from the apparent, organisation/company. people do pretty cheap things to trick you into believing things.
Examples. Real website: www.skype.com.en - Fake website: www.sskype.com.en
The "I will" scammer!
They will tell you they will do something, oath, swear on it, but never do it. Lies.
Basic Equation for a "I will" scammer: "Person 1" says they'll give "Person 1's Item" for a item or/and money you have. = You give him the item/money and he doesn't give what he said in return, you never speak to him again.
IN-DEPTH Basic Equation for a "I will" scammer:
"Person 1" asks you if he/she could trade an item you own for "Person 1's Item" it sounds like a good idea.
You want to trade but how do you know if he/she will give there part of the bargain?
Answer that always works for this type of scamming if done correctly: 2 option I have used.
#1. Trade your items/money through a secure network or service don't just do a "I give you this then you give me that.", for example, there is a gaming platform called Steam and they have a online item trading system if you use it correctly you cannot be scammed.
#2. As simple as not trading, just sell for money on secure services where they then distribute whatever you are selling such as Ebay, or once again Steam.
THIS IS THE END OF MY POST ABOUT HOW TO PREVENT GETTING SCAMMED IF YOU WANT ME TO MAKE A POST ABOUT HOW TO PREVENT BLACKMAILING TELL ME BY REPLYING!
~MOOCHACHO
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The problem may not be Apple or iTunes but with Addmired, Inc. The company which created those games. The games are loaded with hackers, subject players to high levels of harassment, threats, and profanity from other players and yet, there is NO support from Addmired in regards to helping players who try to report the harassment or ask for help.
I have been unable to play any of the games by Addmired, (iMob, Global War, Original Gangstaz) due to constant harassment from hackers who located me after I responded to a request for help from another member of my 'gang/mob'. Now, because I was stupid enough to try and help someone - I am being bombarded by threats, harassment, profanity laced messages and unable to even play the game because an obvious hacker using a jailbroken iphone / ipod attacks me again, and again, and again so that I can't play the game.
Addmired needs to be addressed, if they are going to charge players for a 'free' game where you pretty much have to buy the additional points (street cred, respect.. whatever they want to call it) then the company has a responsiblity to it's customers to provide support against harassment in the games yet they do not! I have tried for weeks to get help from this company, sending emails to them through the contact form on their website with no response, and no action taken against the individuals harassing me.

Verizon Smart Rewards-Don't fall for it, it's just another way for them to....

let other companies view your usage and demographic information. I have over 12,000 points which are virtually useless because all of the offers shown are for what basically amounts to coupons for a percentage off. 30% off Shoes, a Kate Spade bag, regularly $1 billion dollars, save $1 million, Buy a $100 gift card for $90, etc. What kind of Smart Reward is that? To me a smart reward for my YEARS of loyal patronage would be $1 for every point earned redeemable in a gift card like my credit card company does. In my eyes Verizon owes me a $120 gift card for something fabulous. These Smart Rewards are really nothing more than a slap in the face, while you allow another company to steal my info. And how much did they pay YOU for the privilege????

If they send you an email promising "Rewards" and entice you into sharing your private information with a third party to get them then you're darned right you deserve something for free. Especially when they tell you , wow, you have 12K points look at all the free stuff you can get and show you pictures of fabulous items. Bottom line is Verizon sucks but not any more or less than any other big company sucks when it comes to stealing your info and handing it out. I was just ****** because I thought for one small moment that, maybe, they really did value my years of patronage. Learned a valuable lesson and didn't want anyone else to have to feel stupid like I did when I fell for their empty promises.

Don't Fall for Health Fraud Nitro Shred Scams

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Thank you so much for including this article in SAP Career Blog Links blog. i really appreciate your kind attention on my article.
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Hi, I would like to understand why I don't qualify for an upgrade as any other Adobe's customer from CS3 onwards.
I have with me the serial number and original disks. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Paola

paomezza wrote:
Hi, I would like to understand why I don't qualify for an upgrade as any other Adobe's customer from CS3 onwards.
Adobe typically does a poor job of making the fine print obvious.
See Terms and conditions
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Other offer are currently available though
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I was informed that my data plan was eligible for a free upgrade from 250mb to 750mb and told the rep to do so. but it was never done. I am being charged for overage. What do I do?

I called in to do a temp upgrade on my data and was told by the rep that my account was eligible for a free upgrade. I said okay, but it never happened and now I am being charged for an overage. When I check my plan specifics I see that my data is set to the old amount, I will not pay what I don't owe. Now I am having trouble contacting anyone to help resolve this issue.

Dusty4691,
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Netflix - excess usage?

Hi guys,
I have been liasing with BT regarding excess usage (pacakge limited to 20GB) on my account that i don't believe i am liable for.
To give you some context, I joined BT from Sky in March 2015. With Sky we had a 5GB package for many years which was more than enough however latterly we added on Netflix and then went to a Sky unlimited package.
Since joining BT from Sky, we have regularly used circa 20GB a month and incurred excess charges. The chap at BT today emailed me my usage for May, and it shows many times where we downloaded in excess of 1GB in a day and one day where we used in excess of 2GB!!!
I am absolutely sure we are not downloading or browsing this amount of data, I am at work and sleeping for 19 hours of the day and my wife is also working and looking after children (which seems to amount to lots of swimming, cafes and child activities) and is rarely in the house.
Our only noticeable usage is an hour browsing in the evening and perhaps watching a 1hr show on Netflix a few times. This leads me to think that despite us accessing Netflix through Youview app that the usage is being incorrectly recorded through the home hub. We already had our Netflix account prior to joining BT so technically didn't take it out via BT, I just wondered whether this is likely to make a difference? As far as i am aware, any netflix usage via youview should be included?
Kevin

As you do not have a Netflix subscription via BT, then they would not be able to deduct your broadband usage from the broadband monitor.
The Netflix app is not unique to BT, and is present on all YouView boxes, including the BT Retail box which you can buy in the high street.
I would imagine thay you would have to cancel your existing Netflix account, and then add it to your BT account. Then it should not count against your usage.
That is the way I would expect it to work.
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

I am having a data excess usage issue with my Jetpack although I did not use the VZW network at all.

Background: My home does not have access to landline internet and I am relying on a Verizon Jetpack device rather than satellite cable for internet access. Within my JetPack wireless network I have several devices connected, iPADs, PC’s, printer, etc. (up to 5 devices can be connected with my system). Recently, I had one device within my immediate wireless network that I needed to transfer data via FTP to another local device within my immediate network. The receiving device FTP’d data from device (198.168.1.42) to local IP (address 192.168.1.2). To understand the data path a Trace rout for this transfer is 198.168.1.42 (source) to 198.168.1.1 (Jetpack) to 192.168.1.2 (receiver). Note that the VZW network ((cloud)/4G network) was NOT used in this transfer nor was any VZW bandwidth used for this transfer (of course less the typical overhead status/maintenance communications that happen regardless). Use of the VZW bandwidth would be something like downloading a movie from Netflix, (transferring data from a remote site, through the VZW network, into the Jetpack and to the target device). I also understand if ones devices have auto SW updates that would also go against the usage as well. I get that. My understanding of my usage billing is based data transfer across the VZW network.
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MacBookPro7,1
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Intel Core 2 Duo
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2.66 GHz
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I am going to university this fall for engineering and I was wondering which macbook pro (13 or 15 inch) would be better. Is the larger screen worth the extra weight ? I will be doing some computer programming and I feel like reading code on a smaller screen could be a bit of a pain. Also, what is the best option in terms of backup? I don't anticipate having a lot of video but I will have some pictures, music files as well as regular documents and spreadsheets. I'd also like to get an idea of how good the battery life is. Thanks in advance:)

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I tried increasing stack size(StackSize 7168000 in magnus.conf),increasing Sun os filedescriptors and stacksize,jvm.minHeapSize=8388608 and jvm.maxHeapSize=33554432( in jvm12.conf)
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[18/Dec/2009:09:44:27] info ( 3351): A new configuration was successfully installed
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[18/Dec/2009:09:44:27] config ( 3351): at java.util.Properties.getProperty(Properties.java:932)
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[18/Dec/2009:09:44:27] config ( 3351): at java.lang.Class$3.run(Class.java:2897)
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[18/Dec/2009:09:44:27] config ( 3351): at java.lang.Class.checkInitted(Class.java:2881)

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curretnly i see from logs we have servicepack 6 for iplanet6.0 in my box. If i upgrade with new servicepack can i use JDK1.6? because i don't see that kind of statement with even in any of the documents.The documents only talk upto 1.4.2
secondly upgrading to newer version,I think for this we need to take new licences and is there will be a cost factor for 7.0 upgrade.Because i see the free download is only for 60 day evaluation. For upgradation i need to talk to my management for getting approval i need to atleast show them we cannot do it with the existing 6.0 server with SP6.
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I am eligible for a annual upgrade yet anytime i find a deal I want verizon rejects my claim. I don't want to buy a phone from the verizon online store because the prices are horrendous, where else can i go to shop around for prices?

unnoan wrote:
...The problem is that when they contact verizon to let them know i am trying to upgrade verizon rejects the claim. I am wondering why they are rejecting my claim and how or where can i purchase a phone with a contract extension from another store besides the verizon wireless online store.
As others have stated, the ANNUAL UPGRADE option is a Verizon direct courtesy, and normally not available through resellers or third parties. When they check your upgrade eligibility, they get your 2 year contract dates, or 20 months after the start which would be February 2011. That's why you are not able to upgrade now from anyone except Verizon directly.
Your annual upgrade option gives you the 2-year contract price and any rebates or deals currently offered DIRECT FROM VERIZON. The online prices on the Verizon site also include instant rebates (online discounts) and are often the best deals you'll find. And I like to deal directly with Verizon, rather than through a third party - things can get really confusing when dealing with two differing policies.
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Elligibility for a free upgrade to LR5

Hi,
I am planning to purchase Lightroom. If I purchase it now, will I be elligible for a free upgrade to version 5.0, as stated in Post Announcement Upgrade Policy?
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/upgrade-policy-product-announcement.html
Thanks
Piotr

We don't know.
In the past, Lightroom users who bought a Lightroom 30 days before the next version was released were eligible for the free upgrade.
Since we don't know when Lightroom 5 will be released, we can't say if you'd get the free upgrade or not. (And we also don't know if Adobe will announce the same free upgrade policy as it had for past releases)

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