Category: Boneheads
Google Facilitating Link Farms with Own Adsense Ads
If you have been on any website that has Adsense ads by Google on it (including this one), you may have noticed that Google is running its own ads for Gmail for Work and Gmail for Business. The ads show small businesses with cute domains, such as “gizmocam.com” and “puppyscrubber.com”. Shockingly, apparently nobody at Google thought to feature only domains registered to them; leading to a windfall for scammers who snapped up the domains and put ad links on them (these sorts of sites are known as ‘link farms’ or ‘linkfarms’).
Lapsed Domain Causes Heinz Ketchup to have Porn QR Code on Bottles
Heinz Ketchup recently discovered that a porn site had set up shop on a domain that Heinz had let lapse, and is their face red! You see, not only had the domain lapsed, but there were bottles of Heinz Ketchup on store shelves with a QR code that lead to the lapsed domain, which had been turned into a pornography site.
Comcast Requires NDA Before Giving Customer Refund
When John and Carol Lehman of Philadelphia returned their cable box to Comcast, they assumed they would no longer be charged for it. Wrong. Over five years, the charges kept piling up, amounting to $600. Comcast finally agreed to return the $600, but only if the Lehmans signed an NDA (NonDisclosure Agreement) with Comcast!
SFMTA Refund List: Last Names Starting with W, X, Y and Z
People and businesses owed a refund by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) last names starting with W, X, Y and Z (Original SFMTA list here) W B JORDAN GEN BLDG 5A26249 $40.00 W BRA 4V76404 $15.00 W BRA 5T92954 $25.00 W BRADLEY EL 4X82549 $52.00 W BRADLEY EL…
SFMTA Refund List: Last Names Starting with Sl through Sz and Letters T, U and V
People and businesses owed a refund by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) last names starting with Sl and letters T, U and V (Original SFMTA list here) SLABACK STEPHANIE A 3WGK879 $37.00 SLACK JENNIFER G 3SAG183 $233.00 SLACK JESSICA LEE 3CJA938 $45.00 SLADE DONNA J 2TOX937 $30.00 SLADE…
SFMTA Refund List: Last Name Letters Q, R and S through Sk
People and businesses owed a refund by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) last names starting with Q, R, and S through Sk (Original SFMTA list here) QABAZARD ABBAS F 4SER974 $50.00 QABAZARD REDHA 6NKL064 $140.00 QAMAR AMIR 3WTL070 $110.00 QAMAR JAFFER K 1JXU419 $25.00 QAQUNDAH HANNA 3DBC015 $50.00…
SFMTA Refund List: Last Name Letters Mo through P
People and businesses owed a refund by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) last names starting with Mo through Mz, and letters N, O and P (Original SFMTA list here) MO BAO CI C 5CDA833 $35.00 MO INNISS 3UGP223 $15.00 MO KENT 5BEJ506 $17.00 MO KIN KWONG OR YUK…
SFMTA Refund List: Last Name Letters L through Mn
People and businesses owed a refund by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) letters L through Mn (Original SFMTA list here) L & W SUPPLY CORPORATION 6PMB664 $157.00 L A SPECIALTY PRODUCE 7G46991 $110.00 L A SPECIALTY PRODUCE 7H38028 $73.00 L A SPECIALTY PRODUCE CO 7R15996 $80.00 L A…
SFMTA Refund List: Last Name Letters H through K
People and businesses owed a refund by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) letters H, I, J and K (Original SFMTA list here) H AB 3XVG083 $42.00 H A L T HOLDINGS LTD DBA 305KRN $159.70 H DISMUKE 3TYE409 $15.00 H E JACKSON CO 5H33353 $20.00 H ENRIQUEZ ANGEL…
SFMTA Refund List: Last Name Letters E through G
People and businesses owed a refund by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) letters E, F and G (Original SFMTA list here) E A HATHAWAY/CO 5N72115 $75.00 E A HATHAWAY/CO 5S31442 $110.00 E A HATHAWAY/CO 5S31442 $115.00 E COHEN 3UMV427 $15.00 E DAYL 3UZM277 $15.00 E EDMUND KIM PJL64P…
SFMTA Refund List: Last Name Letters C through D
People and businesses owed a refund by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) letters C-D (Original SFMTA list here) C A KILGER MACHINE 3H51934 $30.00 C A KILGER MACHINE WORKS 3J56457 $33.00 C A SABAH/CO INC 5F76833 $25.00 C C WESTERN INC 9B47201 $35.00 C CONNOLLY 3RZG343 $15.00 c…
SFMTA Refund List: Numbers and Letters A through B
People and businesses owed a refund by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) ([Page no longer available – we have linked to the archive.org version instead]) Names starting with numbers, and A through Bznun 0T0 RODNEY N 1NKU492 $52.00 1 DIRECT LLC 4EEL489 $23.00 1 MTRS INC 37741 3DUY790…
First Rule of Office Affair: Turn Off the Lights and Stay Away from the Windows
A married man who was having an affair with a colleague at the Marsh Ltd. insurance office in the Rabobank building in Christchurch, New Zealand, got more than he bargained for when having an evening quickie at the office. The couple inadvertantly put on a show for a the patrons of a bar across the street, and the photos that the voyeurs snapped quickly went viral as they were live-tweeted on Twitter and posted to Facebook, leading to full disclosure of the affair.
Teen Disses New Job – Gets Fired – Becomes Famous – All on Twitter
Teenager Cella (@cellla_ on Twitter) apparently really wasn’t looking forward to her new job at Jet’s Pizza in Mansfield, Texas. So much so that she tweeted “Ew I start this fuckass job tomorrow,” followed by seven ‘thumbs down’ emoji. Following that tweet, she was promptly fired, also on Twitter.
Argentina Prez sends Tweet Mocking Chinese Pronunciation of Letter R While on Diplomatic Visit to China
During a diplomatic visit to China, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez Kirchner sent out a tweet mocking the Chinese, and perpetuating the stereotype that native Chinese speakers cannot pronounce the letter R.
