Archive for June, 2008
NEW YORK (OCN) — The Bronx Zoo Forum is giving away a Free Argus DC-1512E Digital Camera. The Argus DC-1512E Digital Camera can be used to take photograpghs of your trip in NYC and the Bronx Zoo.
HOW TO ENTER
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To enter, complete the forum’s registration process. To be eligible, entrants must be the first [...]
June 30th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
CHINA (OCN) — Here is another email scam. It ask one to click on a link on the Chinese site, beidestar.com which forwards you to naturalfamilyhome.com.
We contacted naturalfamilyhome.com and will see if the page is removed from the site as they may have been hacked or had their web space used illegally by someone (webmaster) they gave [...]
June 29th, 2008 | Posted in International | Comments Off
IRELAND (OCN) — Here is a lovely scam from Ireland on good jolly old England.
From : Mrs.Anna Marthin
To : info@winners.co.uk
Reply-To : Mr.Scott Campbell
Sent : Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:03 PM
Subject : ATTENTION: WINNER…………
U.K ONLINE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England
(Customer Services)
FINAL NOTIFICATION
ATTENTION: WINNER
This is to inform you that [...]
June 28th, 2008 | Posted in International | Comments Off
CALIFORNIA (OCN) — Google Translate, a service provided by Google Inc., is used to translate text into another language.
Currently, the service helps with text translation of Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.
You may not think that it [...]
June 28th, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — A Staten Island teen made a scene yesterday when he allegedly brought a 9 mm handgun inside his school.
It was supposed to be a peaceful last day of school at IS-49 but Darren Rivera had other plans. Last week, Rivera had been involved in a fight with one of his classmate [...]
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — Is there no stopping from the EPPICard scam artists? Appears not. Here is another message that we received via email. I must say they are getting better as the message did not have any typographical errors as with most scams but there was one error with the placement of dollar mark [...]
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — The parents of a 7-year-old Bronx girl, Laniya Ndabaze, will be suing the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) of Schenectady for US$25 million.
The parents says that the YWCA, which manages the swimming pool owned by the city, did not have sufficient lifeguards on duty the day Laniya drowned in the summer of [...]
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
FLORIDA (OCN) — Brittni Hardcastle who is alleged to have attacked Victoria Lindsay is getting her hard time reduced.
Polk County Circuit Judge Keith P. Spoto granted Hardcastle, 17, attorney’s request to have her house arrest lifted.
Unfortunately, we could not interview her as she is still not allowed speak to media, her co-defendants or Victoria Lindsay as those [...]
June 26th, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
GIBRALTAR (OCN) — Scam artist are getting a little more sophisticated. On May 21st, we reported that scam artist had a EPPICard Scam Email floating around. Now the scoundrels are now using text messages (See below for numbers and websites) along with a new message to send to Coastal Community Bank and EPPICard account holders. If you have both [...]
June 26th, 2008 | Posted in International | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — The Open Cubicle has learned from KennethBaribault.com that there is a Benevolent Fund setup up for Officer Kenneth Baribault.
Officer Baribault was injured on the Long Island Expressway on Sunday, May 18, 2008 after pulling ofer a motorist for alledged drunk driving.
Those who would like to make a donation to the family can do [...]
June 25th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW JERSEY (OCN) — You are in New York and is looking for a nice dessert lounge. What do you do?
Well, if you don’t have a private jet to fly to Italy for lunch or dinner, then take a quick drive over to Montclair, New Jersey and dine with the friendly staff at Gencarelli’s Cucina [...]
June 24th, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — Alexandria Steele is Importing and Exporting. That’s right! The 39-year-old Weather Channel anchor has “imported” a beau into her life to who she is has been engaged to since last month. In a twist, her beau is also an Importer.
So, is that all? Not quite. Steele is set to “export” her [...]
June 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
TEXAS (OCN) — A Texas group, the Texas Citizens Defense League, is petitioning the governor and the state to allow Texas citizens to carry firearms in plain sight. Texas, along with only six states, prohibits the practice.
So is it dangerous? Well, in 2007 in the State of Utah, police officers saw a man carrying a shotgun openly [...]
June 23rd, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — The State of New York is planning to impose an acupuncture ban come Monday, September 1, 2008. We did a little digging to see if acupuncture was safe and found out that most modern acupuncturists use disposable stainless steel needles. Also if someone who wanted to have acupunture performed on them, they could [...]
June 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NIGERIA (OCN) — Why do Nigerian Scams work so well? Why do so many people loose their identity and their money? Is someone teaching people how to scam? To find out, I pretend to be a young teen who needs schooling and was informed about some school’s website.
Upon visiting one site, I saw that they [...]
June 21st, 2008 | Posted in International | Comments Off
OHIO (OCN) — American retailer of women’s wear, lingerie and beauty products, Victoria’s Secret is being sued by one of their customers. The suit was initiated by a California female who claims a product (a thong… yes we are not joking) that she purchased and tried on caused damaged to her eye.
So who is the [...]
June 20th, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — Okay. By now, you have heard the new fads and trends of men cutting of their penis. Are they insane or they smarter than all of us put together? Well, thanks to a few members here on The Open Cubicle and good friends at East Orange General Hospital, I have come up with [...]
June 19th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — IKEA, the privately-held, international home products retailer that sells flat pack furniture, accessories, bathrooms and kitchens at retail stores around the world, gave New Yorkers in the Bronx a left hook in Red Hook and a right uppercut to those in Brooklyn by opening two IKEA locations.
The new stores will bring [...]
June 18th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — Will Willie Larry Randolph for the New York Mets strikeout? Rumor has it before most fans are awake and are out of their PJ’s, Randolph will no longer be apart of the Mets Organization.
Randolph was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 1972 draft. He made his [...]
June 17th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — Hey New York men! Do you have problems having sex with women? Well, here are 50 tips for sex to keep you and your partner happy.
1. Tell your lady what turns you on. Most women think it is very easy for males to “stand at attention” easily. If you have erectile dysfunction [...]
June 16th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — Do you need to make money in the state of New York Doing noting? Read the poem below then keep watching your mail.
You can make money…
By working at the mall
Or by sitting back
And doing nothing at all.
I just got a letter
And it has a deal
But to get it
My lips must be [...]
June 15th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
CALIFORNIA (OCN) — Are you using Adsense for Search on your site? If so, we thought you might want to hear about some new search features Google recently launched.
AdSense for search is now powered by Custom Search, meaning that you can take advantage of
advanced customization options to refine your search results and ads. In addition, you [...]
June 14th, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — McCullum is back in court again. Dr. Jose McCullum, 45, (known as ‘Sexy’ to friends) spent five years in prison for molesting (who died from her injuries) a Nassau County girl in 2000 and created a new identity for himself to avoid having to register as a sex offender, police said. [...]
June 13th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — While looking up information on 30-year-old Officer Kenneth Baribault, who is one of New York’s Finest, we ran into a tribute (shown below) to the Officer who was hit by an alleged drunk driver and speeder in Nassau County.
Kenneth Baribault is a guy
And is also an officer from L.I.
He’s cool. He’s the [...]
June 12th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW JERSEY (OCN) — New Jersey residents and businesses are waking up to find out that they have no juice for breakfast. Thunderstorms raced across areas of New Jersey knocking down trees which took out power in certain areas and caused damaged homes and vehicles.
With the state facing high temperatures, residents are badly in need of electricity to [...]
June 11th, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — Can New Yorkers kill someone and make it look like an accident? To my surprise, it is very easy for one to do so and getting away with murder by hiding clues. Take a look at what we found.
Cigarette
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), cigarettes are proven to be [...]
June 10th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
CALIFORNIA (OCN) — MySpace is a popular social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos for teenagers and adults internationally.
Its headquarters are in Beverly Hills, California, USA where it shares an office building with its immediate owner, Fox Interactive Media; which is owned by News [...]
June 9th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
CALIFORNIA (OCN) — DIGG.com will be out of service on Thursday, June 12, 2008 for a brief period while they make some changes. Hopefully it will be back before Friday the 13th as that would be a nightmare.
So what can diggers do? Diggers can utilize other similar sites which we use below.
Top Services
* Blogmemes
* del.icio.us
* Furl
* [...]
June 8th, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
HUNGARY (OCN) — Hungarian researchers are reporting that they have developed a condom that can aid men in gaining inches on their penis.
“Most men like to partake in intercourse without protective measures” says Dr. Andrei Lyamin. “We hope this will get them to practice safe sex.” Men can see results in as little as 90 [...]
June 7th, 2008 | Posted in International | Comments Off
AFRICA (OCN) — Here is a nice scam I ran into today in regards to The Standard Bank of South Africa from a Mr. Irvin ‘Shit Hole’ Sithole. Its a shame Yahoo Mail and similar free email providers are helping to spread scam all over the world.
OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
MR. IRVIN [...]
June 6th, 2008 | Posted in International | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — If you are ever on Google Search and type in ‘Regina Usvjat‘ (an associate at Thacher Proffitt & Wood) in the search field, you will notice something new.
There is an ad campaign that appears on the top right of Google’s Search Index when the keyword ‘Regina Usvjat’ is typed in.
Where does [...]
June 5th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NORTH CAROLINA (OCN) — If you are trying to get into the Bronx Zoo for Free and other museums across the United States, Bank of America (founded as Bank of Italy) has a deal for you.
There is no need to network until dawn looking for a high paying career to pay for admission as all [...]
June 4th, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — Ever feel like you are working in a zoo? Do you have to get up at the crack of dawn to go to a boring job where your coworkers and clients act like animals?
Well if you want a change of pace, why not try working at the Bronx Zoo. The Bronx [...]
June 4th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW JERSEY (OCN) — Are you thinking of cutting off your penis like everyone in the news? Well if you are planning on doing it, “don’t do it in New Jersey” say Trenton law makers.
Recently in the news, men were found mutilating themselves and had to receive medical attention. To help keep down the rising [...]
June 3rd, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
AFRICA (OCN) — I must give these people (and I use the term loosely) credit for using BBC News Online to validate their scam.
from: edbein Ahmed
reply-to: edbein_ahmmed
to: edbein_ahmed
date: Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:18 AM
subject: Dr edbein ahmmed (urgent please)
FROM THE DESK OF DR EDBEIN AHMMED
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA,
OUAGADOUGOU BUKINA-FASO.
PLANE CRASH WEB
SITE… http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
(“REMITTANCE [...]
June 2nd, 2008 | Posted in International | Comments Off
CALIFORNIA (OCN) — Google has announced that they will be retiring the AdSense
Referrals program during the last week of August 2008. So whay is it happening?
The following email to publishers will explain it all.
Thank you for participating in the AdSense Referrals program.
We’re writing to let you know that we will be retiring the AdSense
Referrals program [...]
June 1st, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
IRELAND (OCN) — Will StatCounter.com have the luck of the Irish? StatCounter.com is a site where webmasters can obtain a free yet reliable invisible web tracker that is highly configurable. The site provides one of the best hit counter and real-time detailed web stats around.
Unfortunately, webmasters who are looking for “up-to-the-second” (real time) reports within [...]
June 1st, 2008 | Posted in International | Comments Off
ILLINOIS (OCN) — Senator Obama has called it quits but will voters and Senator Clinton be happy?
Actually, it isn’t what you think. Senator Obama is still in the race for the White House and willl “fight for change” but has called it quits at the Trinity United Church of Christ where he has membership for the past [...]
June 1st, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off