Watch Out for LEGAL Scams: App that Cost WAY TOO MUCH on Subscription

For those who don't operate multiple phones... Androids use JPEG (or JPG), but iPhones use HEIC. The two standards are NOT compatible. If you share a photo from iPhone straight to Android, it will not be viewable. So what do you do? 

You convert it. 

Except the first convert I ran into is... essentially a scam. It basically won't do anything unless you engage the "free trial" which means you'll be charged in 3 days. It didn't exactly mention what's the cost. Then I looked at the email I just got:

Auto-renew subscription of $14.99 PER WEEK for an image converter?!

This app subscription costs $14.99 PER WEEK. 

Not per year. Not per month. PER WEEK?!

And this app doesn't even do HEIC to JPG, despite its name, "Image Converter Premium". 

Needless to say, I cancelled ASAP. 

How to spot fake profiles on LinkedIn

Five areas of problems that would indicate a fake profile (or a badly written one)

Photo Problems

Photo problems are with the profile photo itself. 

• Photos that seem to be way too professional... or UN-professional
  
  Photos that are too "posed" are clearly suspect. Use TinEye.com on it and you can often find where it was lifted from. 
  
  ex: that photo of "Jessica Trot" to the right... Is that a pose a professional would show people? TinEye revealed that this is actually an amateur model in Russia who's not afraid to show a bit more skin than that picture.

• Obvious Stock Photo
  
  I've seen profile pics that still have the stockphoto website watermark
  
• Clearly implausible photo
  
  ex: Julia Cute claims to be from Pakistan, but "her" picture is obviously Chinese
  
• Obvious Star Photo
  
  Many fake profiles used movie stars, TV stars, sports stars, and more

Read the whole thing at

http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-spot-fake-profiles-on-LinkedIn-and-other-social-networking-sites

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