I think I found a new one - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Rx7man
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 14, 2021, 06:27:31 pm
content: I just searched the forum for this website and didn't come up with any hitsenergy multiplication process, spinny things, words like "Optimum rotations", lousy CGI graphics of magnetic fields and woefully scant explanations on how it actually works... I found it through facebook ads, and I'd sure like to report the ad but I can't find the option to do that anymore.One of his stipulations when he was looking through is late uncle's plans was that it had to be cheap and easy to buildLo and behold, "With 3 wooden wheels, a hard cylinder, some belts and 2 cogwheels"For entertainment purposes only!https://easydiypowerplan.com/indexnp/

author: bob91343
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 14, 2021, 09:06:41 pm
content: That is really offensive. This idiot isn't going to refund anyone's money.

author: Rx7man
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2021, 02:11:59 am
content: Quote from: bob91343 on March 14, 2021, 09:06:41 pmyeah, I'd really doubt it tooFacebook is all hoity toity about making sure you don't offend anyone but ads for products that are bogus, ads from companies that don't ship products, etc.. that's all good because they paid!

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2021, 03:17:04 am
content: Clever how they mask over the player so it doesn't show the youtube player menu to find out the video URL on Youtube.youtube.com/watch?v=9FsQZXV2uP4QuoteSee attached pictureshttps://whois.domaintools.com/easydiypowerplan.comEasyDiYpOwerPlan.comQuoteThe first ten seconds, the tune was taken out of the BBC News and sounds like it was altered a little at the end.Just reported them to the BBC just now enquiring whether their use of the music falls under fair use policy.

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2021, 03:51:54 am
content: Look what I found:https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/good-morning-and-an-early-merry-christmas.23440/Was that picture taken copied and placed in the background?Looks like there are more things going on with that.

author: Rx7man
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2021, 04:09:58 am
content: Funny you should just find that on THAT site, I just joined Migwelding.co.uk this week because of a thread talking about plasma cutters!Maybe I should post this video in that thread and ask the guy if this is his project? or if his basement was greenscreened as a backdrop? That was posted in 2010

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2021, 04:30:06 am
content: It's literally the exact picture file used as a background matte. Note how all the lit areas are the same, mostly from windows.The lighting on the man in the foreground is also completely different from the "room".

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2021, 04:35:30 am
content: Yeah, no way their shop is identical after a decade. It is the old 2010 image.also...hmmmhttps://easydiypowerplan.com/disclaimer_cb/Trying to cover their asses are they?

author: bob91343
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2021, 05:56:39 am
content: The problem is that this crap is rampant. Barrages of ads touting solar power, refinancing, self medication, and many more are all over the place. Greed beats common sense and compassion every time.

author: Rx7man
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2021, 04:19:45 pm
content: @MrMobodies How the heck did you find that thread and relate it to the video? Good detective work

author: Syntax Error
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2021, 05:07:08 pm
content: ☆You Too Can Capitalize Every Word For Emphasis☆Somehow that guy in the video looks familiar - or just generic?Quote

author: Rx7man
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2021, 08:28:29 pm
content: Quote from: helius on March 15, 2021, 04:30:06 am

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2021, 08:35:30 pm
content: @ Rx7man I was suspicious of the character in the video, convinced he was the scammer so I copied some frames and a cutout hoping to get a match on Google image reverse lookup to find how who he maybe, see attached picture but all I found was the background that had been copied.

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2021, 08:38:55 pm
content: Reverse image search does not work like that: it can find where a photograph appears on the web, but it is not a facial recognition algorithm.

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2021, 08:58:16 pm
content: @helius I know it may lack facial recognition stuff but sometimes it seems to find a match like a scammer who started an Indiegogo campagin, Ecocable and copied a few individuals on there that he cut out and I think one of them with some of their creditations.https://www.eevblog.com/forum/dodgy-technology/ecocable/msg3187872/#msg3187872That's why I washopingto findsomeface match but not expecting it.

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2021, 09:35:27 am
content: Stock photo taken from:https://elements.envato.com/plugging-black-cable-to-a-charger-72N98LE

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2021, 11:33:57 pm
content: So was the stock photo legitimately licensed?

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2021, 11:22:32 pm
content: Doesn't look like it is.

author: Refrigerator
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 24, 2021, 07:40:20 pm
content: Watching the video i got the very same vibes as from the "EZ battery reconditioning" scam.This is probably just a paid actor reciting some script, but the way it's structured does feel very similar to the ez battery scam video.Also checked in on the EZ battery reconditioning scam and it seems to be a live and kicking.The video descriptions also have a sneaky little surprise hidden in the linksCode:||hop.clickbank.net^

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 24, 2021, 08:42:47 pm
content: Quote from: Refrigerator on March 24, 2021, 07:40:20 pmJust noticed this and to me it speaks for itself and it looks like Clickbank are indeed affiliated with EasydiyPowerplan into facilitating this scam:Quotehttps://easydiypowerplan.com/affiliate100/QuoteEncourage others to run the same scam under the new name as it first started out as easypowerplan.com:https://web.archive.org/web/20200609234839/https://easypowerplan.com/Also check out their "DMCA" certificate that you could also set one up for free.https://www.dmca.com/Protection/Status.aspx?ID=bbc7f768-24cb-4395-9a23-d50d38929fe8&refurl=https://easydiypowerplan.com/indexnp/https://whois.domaintools.com/easypowerplan.comEasyPowerPlan.comQuotehttps://whois.domaintools.com/easydiypowerplan.comQuoteBoth share this nameserver:NS1.HOONGENERATOR.COMLooks dodgy and leads to forwardnow.comBlocked by Ublock listed under Easylist.It seems someone is making money for every click to that website that does the name server.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2021, 05:15:49 am
content: Clickbank is not doing so hot in terms of reputation these days. It's become the Wish.com of ad agencies.https://www.consumeraffairs.com/online/clickbank.htmlhttps://www.magnet4blogging.net/clickbank-review/

author: Haenk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2021, 06:30:51 pm
content: Judging by their not-so-visible content, this is going on for almost a decade now:https://eas%%%ydi$$$ypow§§§erplan.com/?s=remove the %, $ and § (I don't wont to raise their page rank)

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2021, 06:36:21 pm
content: Quote from: Refrigerator on March 24, 2021, 07:40:20 pmAll those scams look very similar. The structure of the narrative is always the same.Actually, it's really the 101 of "effective communication". The narrative starts with some supposed personal experience, which eventually leads to "the solution". If you know about TEDx talks, you'll notice they are also all built following the same recipe. Drawing from a supposed personal experience allows the listener to have some kind of emotional bond with the story and thus it resonates a lot better.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2021, 06:42:28 pm
content: Quote from: Haenk on March 25, 2021, 06:30:51 pmNote that all they are selling from what I've seen is some eBook, which is absolutely legal. And at a price that's still in the "normal" range for a book. So whereas the book itself contains bullshit, it's probably difficult to stop this business as you can't just prevent people from selling books in a free country. The content itself doesn't matter much - actually, most books sold contain fictitious stories. You don't ban them.That's why it's probably almost impossible to stop this kind of scams.

author: Ultrapurple
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2021, 02:09:06 pm
content: Steady on chaps (and chapesses). About half-way down the page we're promised that "The order is secure and confidential." So at least no-one will find out what a twonk you were to fall for it.Seems the guydoeshave some redeeming features!Mind you, in the the black box that follows this promise (and other similar boxes) it does look suspiciously as though "Ryan Taylor" and "Easy Power Plan" have been crudely superimposed over whatever the text originally said. The font and size don't match - and nothing lines up. Can't believe someone would be so lazy as not to retype the whole sentence and make it look slightly less awful.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2021, 12:18:01 am
content: Oh hell you can see the shadow edges. Someone failed basic photoshop...then again they probably also failed basic physics.

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2021, 12:57:44 am
content: I just noticed that with the shadows and different fonts... and after a search on the words it looks like it comes from theEZ Battery Reconditioner scam.Looking at the difference maybe copied and edited from another picture."Now you can take our guides with you anywhere you go!"https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Now+you+can+take+our+guides+with+you+anywhere+you+go!%22&tbm=ischhttps://batteryrepairr.blogspot.com/2018/07/how-to-recondition-batteries.html(blog removed)https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AuVGymIgdCg/W2KJjszP0VI/AAAAAAAAADk/e201azAr52caG_Sh9JZjszpliz0Tyx9pACLcBGAs/s1600/gambar%2B8.png

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2021, 01:30:59 am
content: It looks like news sites also buy into their afilliate program:https://www.newschannelnebraska.com/story/43605136/easy-power-plan-reviews-detailed-report-on-ryan-taylors-easy-power-plan-ebookQuoteThe name "Stephen George" doesn't sound Indian to me.https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-marketing-and-advertising-corporate-news-automotive-technology-d6d71335580fec12b060b89d28046e4cQuoteHow can adverts be classed as press releases?

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2021, 06:57:01 am
content: QuoteThe mistake is to think that there is any other kind. Most of what you hear about through media channels is the product of P.R. agents in service of somebody. When they're doing their job you are only dimly aware that they exist.

author: robca
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2021, 10:30:59 pm
content: I really chuckled hard at thisNote the "Here's a big seal to prove it" overlay. Not only it's a rather common image (just the number of days change), it looks like it was originally meant as a joke seal...