warm wishes to you on Onam..!

നന്മയുടെയും സമൃദ്ധിയുടെയും ഒരു ഓണക്കാലം കൂടി..

Irrespective of caste, creed or relegion, almost all Malayali home celebrate Onam, the biggest festival of Kerala.

all about Onam

battles are lost, technologies never lose

The Apple iphone monopoly and blame game will prevail as long as legacy and patent remains. However think tanks should not forget - to achieve a greater technology revolution, monopoly syndrome should be eradicated.  

Of late, I heard the news Samsung Electronics shares tumbling day-by-day, wiping $12bn off the South Korean giant's market value, as Apple Inc's sweeping legal victory in their US patent battle. A US jury found Samsung had copied critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad and awarded Apple $1.05bn in damages in the most closely watched patent trial in years. 

When you share the knowledge more inventions creep up rapidly. Apple had themselves got some of their ideas for their GUI from Xerox. So neither Apple nor Macintosh were the first to create Graphic User Interfaces with a desktop style. All companies use ideas from other companies and try to develop them and bring out their own variations. That is not necessarily stealing. This is how technology advances and inventions bloom.
By and large, i-phone customers and global community has already accepted to adapt new technology no matter it be Apple i-phone or Samsung phablet. As a layman, what's wrong if I get a Samsung product with better, stable and more reliable feature with a cheaper and branded price? 

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Fraudulent Job Posting

Another Sample Fake JOB offer email: IT's FUN READING THOUGH..!

DEAR,SHARMITH,

THE HIGH COMMISSION TOOK SEVERAL SCRUTINISATION OVER THE DOCUMENTS WE HAVE HERE IN OUR OFFICE. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SPEND EXCEPT YOUR VISA PROCESSING FEES IS 25,500 INDIARUPEES ONLY, WHOSE HAVE GOTTEN THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO US FROM ANY UNITED KINGDOM ORGANIZATION OR COMPANY. SUCH CANDIDATE VISA PROCESS DO NOT REQUIRE INTERVIEW BECAUSE THE INTERVIEW CONCEPT HAVE BEEN COVERED UP BY THE COMPANY/ORGANIZATION CONCERN OVER THERE IN UNITED KINGDOM. BE REALIST THAT YOU SHOULD COME ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING :

--YOUR ORIGINAL INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT

--THE VISA PROCESSING FEE 25,500 INDIARUPEES

--THE PRINTOUT OF THE ATTACHED VISA FORM WILL BE FILL BY YOU

-- TWO PASSPORT PHOTO GRAPH

WE WILL LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR VISA PROCESSING WILL BE PREPARED BEFORE THE DATE OF CONVENIENCES AND WE WILL BE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE YOU AT THE UNITED KINGDOM HIGH COMMISSION SO THAT WE CAN STAMP YOUR PASSPORT AS THE HIGH COMMISSION IN CHARGE OF YOUR VISA STAMP.

WE HAD DELIBERATELY ISSUE OUT THE VISA FORM PAGE 1 AND VISA FORM PAGE 8 BECAUSE THEY ARE THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS. HOTEL COMPANY HAS GIVEN PROPER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE REQUIRE INTERVIEW FOR THE PROCESS DUE TO THE COMPANY RECOMMENDATION ON YOUR 

BEHALF. THE VISA FORM DOCUMENT IS ATTACHED TO THIS MAIL AND YOU SHOULD FILL IT AND BRING ALONG WITH YOUR ORIGINAL INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT WHEN COMING DOWN TO THE UNITED KINGDOM HIGH COMMISSION. IMMEDIATELY YOU READY FOR YOUR VISA PAYMENT GIVE ME CALL I WE SEND INFORMATION DETAIL TO YOU 

TO DEPOSIT THE MONEY CASH HIS NOT ACCEPTED IN OFFICE YOU WE SEND YOUR PAYMENT SLIP WITH YOUR VISA FORM TOGETHER YOU WE BRING IT DOWN TO BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION OFFICE.

REGARDS,

(THE CONSULAR UKHC)

CALL ME TO THIS NUMBER 00919167031459.

another FRAUD sample which goes like this:

"Hello, kindly fill your visa application form with scan copy of your passport and send it back to this mail as soon as possible then after fill the visa application form, i will tel you know how to pay your visa fee, also your visa fess have to be made throgh bank and cash is not accepted in the office, so as to further your process.your visa will be ready within 10days and invitation letter will be send to you then you will come with your original passport and your payment slip to the office.

From british highcommission
call me now."

another email communication.... 

From: LINKBRITE HOTEL [mailto:hrd@linkbritehotel.com]         
Sent: None
Subject: Re: Regarding paymnt of visa

its not possible for us to pay for your visa fees in your country,if you are real interested to work with us kindly pay for your visa fees in your country and get your visa on time. thanks

also refer other FRAUD posting.. and 

sample fraud job letter

Some recruitment advertisements fraudulently use the Company name and logo. These advertisements offer fake employment opportunities and ask for personal information and/or payments in advance for hire.

Please be aware that none of the Companies, its affiliates, and its accredited recruitment agencies, charge candidates any fees whatsoever at any part of the recruitment process.

Think twice and proceed. Act positively repent never..!

Important Warning: Fraudulent Job Posting

Some recruitment advertisements fraudulently use the Company name and logo. These advertisements offer fake employment opportunities and ask for personal information and/or payments in advance for hire.

Please be aware that none of the Companies, its affiliates, and its accredited recruitment agencies, charge candidates any fees whatsoever at any part of the recruitment process.

Let me share a recent fraud email my cousin received and was about to tumble would he have not approached me.

The FRAUD job offer from Link Brite Hotel, UK simply states the following:

LINK BRITE HOTEL

78 Park Terrace, East

Kilbride, Glasgow, South

Lanarkshire G73 5BN,

United Kingdom.

www.linkbritehotel.com

hrd@linkbritehotel.com

TEL: +448719156473

APPOINTMENT LETTER

Ref/No:-CH/UK12/69

Date :-24 /08/2012

With reference to your application and subsequent online interview, we are pleased to offer you employment in Link Brite Hotel, United Kingdom.

The employment is subject to the following terms and conditions:

1. DESIGNATION: FRONT OFFICE ASSISTANT.

2. CONTRACT PERIOD: The Contract will be valid for a period of two years from the date of joining and is extendable after the completion of two years.

3. REMUNERATION & PERQUISITES

3.1 Remuneration Salary: £ 4,600 pounds per month

3.2 Housing Facility: Suitable & comfortable accommodation will be given to you

3.3 Telephone Expenses: Mobile allowance will be given to you

3.4 Medical Allowance: Medical reimbursement will be given as per the company rules and regulations.

3.5 Transport: Outside the city the transport allowance will be given to you for official purpose.

3.6 Settlement Allowance: £2000 Pounds & two months upfront salary on joining will be given.

Continue…

Private & Confidential / Job Appoint Letter / Link Brite Hotel London (UK) REMUNERATION & PERQUISITES

3.7 Annual leave : Annual Leave of one calendar month for each complete year of employment will be allowed to you. This may be accumulated for two years and availed together. Leave encashment may also be permitted a management discretion

3.8 Leave Passage: Return air passage, airfare for economic class will be paid for you, and your family (wife/husband and two children under the age of 18 years old).

3.9 Joining Expenses: You and your family (wife and husband with two children up to the age of 18 years old) will be entitled to economy class air ticket.

3.10 Visa Expenses : You have to bear the visa expenses only.

3.11 Bonus: Bonus may be payable at management discretion.

3.12 Education Expenses: School Fees up to £5000 Pounds for two children up to the age of 18 years old per annum of actual whichever is will be entitlement for your children. Expenses on uniform, books, etc., will be borne by you.

4. WORKING HOURS: You are required to work 9(Nine) hours daily (30 Min( 2-breaks) and 40 (Forty) Hours per week. The working days is from Monday to Friday, training period working can be extended to Saturday.

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10. COMPENSATION: In case you resign or otherwise wish to leave the service of the company before completing one full year of service under any circumstances whatsoever you shall compensate the company for:

(a) Joining expenses incurred by the company on you and

(b) Three month's salary (Salary that will be retained up to two years as security and after successful completion of two years shall be reimbursed).

With this contract, any previous contracts signed by you with us or with any of our group of companies in United Kingdom or with any of our representatives to be treated as null and void.

If you accept all the Terms and Conditions, kindly sign the offer letter and send it back

to us as a token of your acceptance Offer. And you have to Contact Consular in charge your visa processing.

Mr. Wood Mark _____________________________

Appointing Authority Signature of Applicant

Link Brite Hotel,

United Kingdom.

Private & Confidential / Job Appoint Letter / Link Brite Hotel London (UK)

IT IS FRAUD..! 

Telephone numbers might change.. it's a chain of people routed automatically either somewhere in CHINA or elsewhere.

TEL: +448719156473

00919167031459

The first response to the above number will state that "we are in a meeting and will call us back".

Additionally, the fraud group would ask the selected candidate to cover visa charges which none of the reputed companies would ask for.

Think about it or down to the earth. Act now repent never..!

also refer sample fraud job offer letter

Recruitment Fraud

Its a scam, no ifs, ands, or buts!

Any Email You Receive From Camouflaged company domain offering you a job on day one is a Fraud!

Any Email You Receive From Someone You Don't Personally Know Offering You Money Is a Scam!

Any Email You Receive From Someone You Don't Know Using A Free Email Address Is A Scam!

Before you accept a job, always check the authenticity of the email address as well as of the company. Check the company website and give preferably a call to the reception desk to know more about the company and about the person who offered you the job. Also preferably ask a local friend abroad to check the whereabouts of such company whether it exists or not.

There are other scam email you might receive from reputed Banks who asks you to respond back to provide your account related information and to change your account password which in no case should be accepted or responded back. A possible backdoor attack or a key logger would be activated to steal your passwords. So simply delete such emails without any doubt.

click here to view Sample fraud job offer letter from LINKBRITE HOTEL UK

Quick Response Code

What is QR Code and how to generate it?

Of late it has been seen that the mumbo-jumbo i-phone users are preferring to read the latest news updates/ articles on the move. Yes, it is indeed a telepathic transformation of hardcoded contents at your finger tips..!

The QR Code: The process of reading information has been made even simpler when you see a QR Code in a magazine. Just scan and read it, that simple it is.

QR Code abbreviated form of Quick Response Code is a type of matrix barcode initially designed and confined for the automotive industry.

Structure of a QR code, highlighting functional elements

It was designed to allow its contents to be decoded at stunning high speed.

The QR code is detected as a 2-dimensional digital image by a semiconductor image sensor and is then digitally analyzed by a programmed processor. The processor locates the three distinctive squares at the corners of the image, and normalizes image size, orientation, and angle of viewing, with the aid of a smaller square near the fourth corner. The small dots are then converted to binary numbers and validity checked with an error-correcting code.

To read QR code, you need a QR code scanner app on your smartphone. Lots of QR Code scanner is already available under Android store. Google Goggles and NeoReader are free apps that work great on Android, Windows Phone and iOS devices. I'm using ixMAT Scanner with my Samsung Galaxy Note. You can scan either Barcode or QR Code from any store and search and benchmark the product price online.

QR Code can be generated online for free. One of which is at http://www.qrstuff.com/ , process of creating  is self-explanatory.

Scan this QR Code to see this information on your mobile devices.