United Nations (UN) jobs scam

Just this week, one of our colleagues almost fell victim to another one of those scam job offers. This time, though, the job position is not a nanny but a high-paying and lucrative post at the United Nations in New York.

The job ad was forwarded to him by a friend who saw the advertisement online. He replied to the ad and filled up an “interview form.” A few days later, he got the following email informing him that he got the job and that he is being offered a salary of more than $10,000 a month.

The email goes:

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Center Bank of Alabang president arrested

The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) recently reported that the former president of a closed Legacy affiliate bank was arrested last week.

Romualdo Lugtu, former president of The Center Rural Bank in Alabang and former director and vice president for loans and credit of Banco Paranaque, was arrested on Thursday, January 28.

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US, Canada, Hong Kong scholarships for Filipinos

Filipino high school graduates may apply for scholarship for a two-year international baccalaureate course abroad through the United World Colleges (UWC) Philippine National Committee.

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YouTube video: Prisoners dance Michael Jackson song

The global phenomenon that was the Michael Jackson Dancing Inmates from a prison jail in Cebu City in the Philippines will surely make waves again as another dance video is released, this time, with Michael Jackson’s choreographer himself, Travis Payne joining the dance.

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Another Western Union scam

A few minutes ago, I received a weird email from a friend. It was his valid email address but the content sounded fishy. It went like this:

Western Union scam email

Greetings,

How are you doing today? I need you to help me out of this devastating situation that I got my self into, I had to come down to United Kingdom and unfortunately for me I was attacked by robbers in the Hotel where I am lodge.The robbers made away with my entire luggage’s, including my credit cards and air return tickets, they also disconnected the Hotel’s telephone cables, so we cant get access to the Interpol and also and compromised its database too, which means that no credit card payments nor online payments can be made at the moment.

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Add money to Paypal account without credit card?

We received the following question regarding Paypal from a PMT reader:

I have no credit card and bank account. How can I load money in my Paypal account? Is there a bank that will accept money to put it in my Paypal account?

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‘Avatar Yourself’ – From the movie ‘Avatar’

It’s Friday today so we’re taking a break from our serious posts to bring you a funny/ hilarious/ amusing / amazing thing we’ve seen recently.

By now, you’ve probably watched James Cameron’s Avatar. Amazed by the 3D characters and avatar creatures in the movie? Don’t be. Because McDonald’s tied up with Avatar so that you yourself can Avatarize Yourself!

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Top Blogs in the Philippines – 2009

Finally, we bring you our listing of the Top 50 Blogs in the Philippines for the year 2009, ranked based on each blog’s 3-month Alexa.com traffic rank.

We started monitoring blogs in 2008 (see our 2008 Top 50 Philippine Blogs list) and, in 2009, we see a diverse collection of old and new blogs alike.

In this list, 19 blogs or 20% of the Top 50 entered the list for the first time in 2009. They either became popular or started only in 2009. This means the length of time a person has been blogging does not necessarily translate to higher traffic rank.

The complete Top 50 blogs list below.

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Top 100 Blogs of the Philippines (2009)

Here’s the complete listing of the Top 100 Blogs in the Philippines in 2009, ranked according to Alexa.com’s 3-month traffic rank.

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