Elikem's Thoughts

In circulation these days are several "make money online" schemes and I keep wondering if these schemes are genuine or fraudulent. I'll review one of these schemes called "Boostpal.co.uk" gaining popularity in Kenya and Ghana. This post is not going to be conclusive as to whether Boostpal is genuine or not. I'm only going point out my findings having interacted with the website in a few days. What is boostpal? "Boostpal Is a Pay Per Impression site. Hence advertisers will pay based on the number of impressions they get on their ads. And you are paid based on the number of video impressions you make per day". Says their website. Basically, what boostpal promises is that you're paid for each video you watch and the videos are from advertisers who pay for their ads. As a beginner, you can only watch two videos per day and you have 13 days to upgrade to any paid account. If you fail to upgrade within this 13 day period,  your account will ...

A screenshot showing a fraction of spams in my inbox on a Sunday morning If you get irritated especially on Sundays by unsolicited SMS from loan companies or any other company or individuals, there's good news for you if you're an MTN Ghana customer. You'll find this post very useful if your inbox looks similar to the one shown above.   If you've heard of 1309 shortcode, tried it but still receive those annoying messages, you probably didn't do it well. I've realized that a lot of people just send BLOCK E-loans to 1309 expecting to block SMS from all loan related contacts. Read on to get a good understanding of how this service works and how to correctly block any contact from reaching you via SMS. MTN Ghana has rolled out a service to block unsolicited SMS from any shortcode, phone number or alphanumeric sender_id called DO NOT DISTURB . It is very easy to use this service and more importantly, it is FREE of charge. This service is not only for...