Scam is happen every where and anytime, either offline or online. Recently I received a call saying that I was missed on a court hearing on a criminal case. I was shocked to hear that and I further investigate with the caller. The conclusion I got from the conversation is this is a scam.

To find out the similar news happen to others, you can read from Jee’s blog, USJ Forum and Tenth Of March. If you receiving some voice mail call and saying you miss the first hearing on court case, you should hang up the call immediately.

I have some tips for you to pick up in order to avoid becoming the next victim.

Tips #1: Stay clam and cool

Most of the time, we are falling into our self-made trap. If we stay clam and panic, we can avoid this happen to us most of the time.

Tip #2: Read Your Local Newspaper

This case was reported in the Star paper and the reason I didn’t know this after I have stop reading newspapers regularly. I learnt one thing from here, you got to constantly read local newspapers from time to time, help you aware of what’s happening in your area.

Tips #3: Do not disclose your personal info.

Most of the time, they don’t know who you are except the contact number or your name. Try to ask for their identification before you disclose your personal data.Take for example, if they claim they are police, ask for his/her police ID no.

Tips #4: Do not try to settle the problem by offering cash payment.

Just remember, the scammers are looking for victim for ONE purpose. That is to get your money. If you are trying to offer them cash payment. You are in fact, fall into their trap.

Tips #5: Use Common Sense

This is quite important as it helps you to find out whether it is a true or scam case. In the scam I got, which is a man claimed he called from Police Head Office but he sound like a Chinese and speak mandarin. Most of us knew, anyone who works in police department must be able to converse in Malay language (Bahasa Malaysia) in Malaysia. Immediate I suspect him, I tested him by speak Malay language and he failed to replying me in Malay language.

Tips #6: Make a police report

If you feel there is a need to make a police report, go ahead to visit police station nearby. This is not just a to protect yourself but also inform the respective department and let them aware of the latest scam happen in town.

Share this to your friends, relatives or neighbours before they received the similar call. I told my buddy, MelvinNg on the same day I received the call. He called me back in the afternoon saying that he also received the same call. You could have save someone by sharing this.

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Most of the internet marketer will know who is Ewen Chia? He was interviewed by the local newspaper about his record breaking achievement in online marketing, he made US$1 Million from the affiliate marketing.

My friend, Alvin Phang who is also from Singapore managed to arrange a video interview with Ewen Chia for 50 minutes session. I just finished watching the video and find it very useful to anyone who is interest to work on affiliate marketing. The interview content is meaty very clear and fundamental; you got to watch it yourself. I suggest you watch several times and digest the contents. It is a very useful guide to you if you are interest in affiliate marketing. Kudo to Alvin for putting up this video and share with us.

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A lot of people ask me how to explained RSS. Well, I will try my best to explain from the research I did from the web to you.

RSS can mean many things, Rich Site Summary, Really Simple Syndication, RDF Site Summary and it also mean Real Stupid Simple.

Watch the video below for the simple definition of RSS and how it’s works!

To get started with RSS, follow the 2 steps below:

1) Get a RSS Reader such as Google Reader, NewsGator - http://www.google.com/reader

2) Grab the RSS feed from your favorite sites. Look for the orange icon like below and click on the icon and subscribe. You can try on my site feed icon, subscribe to my feed and see what will happen next.

You can also watch the following video tutorial on more advanced features for Google Reader.

You can also read the one page quick introduction on What is RSS here.

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