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I just received an email from a fake email address accts@paypaI.com, and here’s the screenshot of the mail they’ve sent to me.

On the email they wrote there that my account got limited. They gave a link to their website, http://pp201.pya.jp/PP and they will redirect you to their homepage,

Looks like they clone the paypal website, but funny thing is they can’t make the layout on the proper position.

I just wrote this blog post to make people aware on this new scam. I’ll also give tips on how to get rid of this scam. Be sure not to login to any site without “https://” , As you can see I’ve made emphasis on the letter S. Make sure you’re logging in to https://paypal.com not any other URL.

I know there are lot of scam like these, and this is not new to many. But I just want to give some pointers on people who’s not aware of this.

In case you’re lost and can’t find in the internet the Godaddy Nameservers, here is the list of nameservers that you can use.

March 11, 2008 – Present
ns51.domaincontrol.com
ns52.domaincontrol.com
September 19, 2007 – March 10, 2008
ns43.domaincontrol.com
ns44.domaincontrol.com
January 31, 2007 – September 18, 2007
ns5.secureserver.net
ns6.secureserver.net
November 15, 2006 – January 30, 2007
ns1.secureserver.net
ns2.secureserver.net
December 15, 2005 – November 14, 2006
ns3.secureserver.net
ns4.secureserver.net
Before December 14, 2005
ns1.secureserver.net
ns2.secureserver.net OR wsc1.jomax.net
wsc2.jomax.net

I just want to tell my experience on hostgator because I’m pretty much upset on another temporary suspension of my account. Yesterday I received an email to them and they told me that one of my website consumes 25% of the CPU and they have to temporarily suspend my account without warning again! I’m clueless on what might cause of the problem. So I’ve emailed them to activate my account so that I can fixed the problem. After 12 hours or so I received a response from them

It looks as though 216.8.149.141 ip was hitting your account thousands of times causing it to slow. I will enable the account and block that IP, thanks.

Regards,
Adam D.
Network Security Administrator
http://www.hostgator.com/mailpolicy.shtml
http://www.hostgator.com/support.shtml
http://www.hostgator.com/tos.shtml
1-866-96-GATOR (42867)

WTF, so they suspend my account because someone’s trying to access one of my sites for thousands of times? Now think again before you will purchase a hosting account on Hostgator.

Yesterday the much awaited PageRank Toolbar Update happened. This is the second pagerank toolbar update this year. And I know, some of you are happy and some of you are sad. Although this isn’t very important for me lately but I believe I need to give a buzz about this topic to my readers. So go check now your website Toolbar PageRank.

Recently while searching for a tool that could give me the most accurate broadband speed test tool because I’m not sure if my ISP is giving me the speed that I’ve recently subscribed to them. I saw the news that Yahoo has rejected Microsoft’s bid. According to Yahoo! board of directors, Microsoft is undervalue Yahoo! as a company. They believed that they deserve way higher than what Microsoft bid, the amount is $42 Billion.

I don’t know what Microsoft thinking on purchasing stocks on Yahoo! but I do believe that Yahoo! board of directors has made the right choice. They are more bigger company than Microsoft and also I don’t like monopoly in the internet. Competition is very good because it gives more choices to people and better products. In terms of search results, Yahoo! is far way better than MSN search algorithm, and also Yahoo! has more audience than MSN.

Few of my friends told me that their Paypal withdrawal are still in pending status. Usually Paypal processes withdrawal within 24-48 hours. But a friend told me that he tried to withdraw last Saturday January 26, 2008 and up until now the status of his withdrawal is still in pending status. This is a very big problems for our fellow online or Pinoy who do business online. I hope this will be resolved soon.

I told them to email Paypal support but still no reply from their support team.My sister told me that she also experienced the problem. If my memory is still sharp I think they will reply to your email after 1 week or more. I think this is the facility of Paypal that needs to be improve. Although they already allowed Paypal Withdrawal features through Debit Card and lately you can now withdraw Paypal money through your Philippines Bank Account. I’ve already tried to withdraw through my bank account yesterday and I’ll update you on it’s status. FAQ:

Can Paypal reverse pending withdrawals?

No, unless you’ve given them wrong bank account details, they will return the money back to your paypal account minus return fee which is assessed by the bank.

It’s been 3 weeks and my paypal money is still pending?
If you happen to have this problem, you have to call or write an email to Paypal support.

UPDATES:

Here’s a quote from my sister’s email regarding her Paypal to UnionBank EON withdrawal

I called paypal customer service just now for more than 10 mins and they told me that the week of january 28 – feb 2 the time frame for the money to be completed in your account is 10 business days. So by Friday, I should be able to see my money in a completed status. I also talked to another customer service and he said that maybe the local bank account has a problem because in my account status in their database, it is already completed…I don’t know who to believe now….

UPDATE February 08, 2008:

If your Paypal withdrawal through UnionBank’s EON card is still in pending process better call Paypal customer service through Skype:

Here are the details you should need.

Hours of service:
9:00 SGT to 18:00 SGT from Monday to Friday

For general questions, please call:
(65)-6510-4650 (a Singapore telephone number)

My friend Joe called Paypal few minutes later and Paypal told him that they will include his name on the list of Paypal user who have problems with Paypal withdrawal through UnionBank’s EON card. And Paypal support also told him to check the status of his withdrawal after 2 days if they have corrected the problem. That’s it for now. I’ll update you on these topic once I got another information regarding this topic.

Here is the list of Philippines Bank Codes ( Routing transit number) which was originally posted here

I’ve made my first Paypal Withdrawal through my BDO bank account yesterday. After 24 hours I checked my Paypal Withdrawal status after browsing Tru Green website and the status is still pending. I’m afraid that these withdrawal will also be delayed like others experienced. Anyway, I’ll update you on this problem on this blog. Stay tuned.

Finally the wait is over. Pinoy venturer or Pinoy who conduct business online can now withdraw their Paypal money through their Philippines bank account. Received your money directly to your Philippines savings or checking bank account. Before you can only used Union Bank EON Cyber Account to withdraw your Paypal money or other Visa debit cards, and it’s good to have another option in withdraw your Paypal money. The problem with UnionBank EON Cyber Account is it will took atleast 2 weeks before you can withdraw your money if you don’t have a UnionBank EON cyber account.

This features was first announced here on ebay.ph not on other blogs out there claiming that they’re the first one to announced the news. I think it’s not right that a Pinoy blog start claiming that they’re the only source for this news. They didn’t even link to the original news because they want to justify that they’re one who first announced the news. Anyway, I’ve also blogged about the Bank Codes that you can use in your Paypal withdrawal.

How long will it take to withdraw my Paypal Philippines money to my bank account in the Philippines?

Usually it will take 3 business days or less. But for some banks, I’ve heard 5 business days max.

In my experienced with BDO here’s my own timetable;

If you withdraw your money on Monday, expect your money will arrived on Thursday or Friday. But in case you withdraw on Thursday expect it on Monday. If you will withdraw on Wednesday it will arrived on Monday as well. But if you will do it on Friday, I expect them to arrive on Tuesday. Note that if there will be a holiday in the Philippines or US between or the date of your expected date, expect that there will be delay of 1 day.

If you experienced delay of more than a week, there’s something wrong with your Paypal account or Bank. Know more about it on my Paypal Withdrawal Pending post.

I haven’t update this blog regularly because I’m quite busy with my current online venture. And I’m thinking of shutting down this blog in the next few months or so. Meaning I wouldn’t update anymore but the post will still remain in the archive because I want the information stored here to be available to my readers. I might be shifting into a personal blog rather than an SEO blog because I shifted career from SEO to be a webmaster and blogger. I’ve already bought few domains already.

I’ll update you on the URL of my personal blog on this SEO blog. On the new blog that I will be launching this year will tackle my personal interest and hobby i.e. computers, internet, technology probably few SEO topics, and etc. Generally anything under the sun blog because I want to target bigger audience. SEO is not that popular compare to gadget and technology niche. Till my next post.

Since I’m not updated on what is happening to the search engine community I read few search engine related blogs after searching for nursing home in Europe because my sister told me to look for it. She wants to work in a nursing home this year. Anyway, going back to the topic regarding Wikia the new search engine, Jimmy Wales co-founder of Wikipedia has created a new search engine like Google, Yahoo and MSN. Since it’s new I’m expecting some flaws or bugs on the program.

I’ve tried to experiment on how their search algorithm works. And I’ve found out after searching numerous keywords and I compare it to Google, Google still produces better results. Here’s an example why Google is still much better than Wikia. Since I’m a fan of Aaron’s Blog I’ve tried to search for the keywords “SEO Book”. Here’s a screenshot how it looks like:

The results of the search query returns seobook.com “buy now” page on top 1. I don’t think it’s a good search results if you don’t return the home page of SEOBook.com in a search results. I think because there are lot of affiliate links linking to that specific page, it returns the “buy now” page of SEOBook.com. That my own theory and Wikia staff must work on these.

I don’t really have much time in my hand, I’ll try to post more this week. Till my next post.