Saturday, June 28, 2008

The itsxchange or ITSolutions Xchange Scam

So I would like to share an experience I had with the company ITSolutions Xchange. I just graduated from college and I was applying for jobs. I applied for a job with this company. I got a call from Steve Winard asking me to come in for an "interview' and he would like to discuss opportunities for me at their consulting company.

Once I went in, he looked at my resume and he started explain to me that to be in the IT security field I needed CCNA and other certifications. He told me unless I get these I would not be able to find a job. So he told my about their sister company TCS which provided training for this. He told me this was not his field so he didnt know much about it. He "asked" his collegue to send him the details. So 3 different courses, $12000 all together. He knew every detail about how sallie mae took payments and how much interest they charged.

Clearly this was all planned. Thats what they do, call people to talk about job opportunities and sell them courses. A google bought me to this forum link which discusses people being ripped off.

My aim with this post is to prevent people from falling for this. Hope this turns up on google and people read this before going in for an "interview".

Friday, June 27, 2008

Watch Free Movies online!!! Legally!!

I know this sounds like one of those websites which say "legally", but are not really. This one is legit. It is Rajshri Studios which has done something really smart. THey have their movies for viewing online for free and downloads are $4.99. This is good move considering they cannot go after all sites which have their movies to watch online. Why not bank on the demand and try to make some money. I was surprised when I saw movies like Hera Pheri and Phir Hera Pheri on the list. Also my all-time favorite Andaz apna apna.

Rashri Link