Identity fraud, phishing schemes, and Internet scams are on the rise. According to Gartner Research, more than 5 million U.S. consumers lost money to phishing scams in the 12 months ending in September 2008—nearly a 40 percent increase from the previous year. The VeriSign ‘Fave Green Pics’ campaign will help arm consumers with the knowledge they need to protect themselves against this growing trend.

In this interactive contest, consumers submit their photos to the site and get their friends and family to vote for their photo. The people’s photos with the most votes will get prizes. Users can also follow along on Facebook and Twitter or share their favorite photos with friends. The campaign and contest will announce weekly winners through August 14th and monthly winners following. You can chose between three cool prizes including a Green Cannon Digital Camera, a $250 MasterCard Gift Card, or a Green Flip Video Camera.

Just launched, the website is a great destination to help people discover the easiest, most visible way to stay safe online, especially from phishing. When you see the green address bar in a web browser, it means that the site you’re visiting is exactly who they claim to be. It also means that your information will be encrypted as it travels across the Internet.

Odds are, you already have a high-security browser and you’ll see a green address bar on the www.FavGreenPics.com page, which lets you know that this site is secure. If not, it’s time to upgrade your browser. And remember to always look for the green address bar.

The Flip Mino HD is the coolest gadget around. You can shoot one hour of video in HD (so you can play it on your plasma) and you can even edit your footage right on your device. This device is so small that it will fit in your pocket so you will never miss capturing a moment ever again.

To enter all you have to do is sign up for Ryan’s newsletter and post about the competition.

Check out all the details of how you can enter the Win a Flip Mino HD competition now.

A Flip Mino HD ($149 USD)
$100 USD Paypal Cash
5×1000 Entrecards to advertise your blog/website
2 125×125 banner ad spots on tristangemus.com
5 lifetime blogroll links on tristangemus.com
1 blog/website review by tristangemus.com

To enter:

- subscribe to RSS feed (1 point)
- post about us on your blog (1 point)
- link to us on your blog/website (1 point)

Make sure to email minocontest@tristangemus.com with how you entered.

Go to TristanGemus.com to enter

JuJups is holding a contest with quite a few prizes. Grand prize is an iPod Touch! Check it out:

Prize(s):

An iPod Touch, 10 Free personalized Mugs, 20 Genopal Pro software (worth over $1,000 USD)

How to Enter:

Simply create a JuJups account. Create mug designs using JuJups online design studio and save it to your profile. You design will automatically be submitted to the contest. Create as many designs as you can and ask friends to vote for you!

Contest Ends: 12/20/2008

First Drawing on 11/21!

How to Enter: Just click on this link: MEN7.tv/sweepstakes

Contest Ends: 10/01/2009

How to Enter:

* 1 Ticket – Subscribe to Excel Hints Email Feed by entering your email in the subscribe box at the top right of the page, under the search box or by clicking here

* 2 Tickets – Write a post about this contest on your blog. Must be at least 50 words long and include a link back to this contest post and to the Excel Hints main page

Contest Ends: 11/30/2008

Win MS Consulting, iPod Shuffle, Cash with ExcelHints.com

Prize(s):
Grand prize: a Sony HDR-TG1 digital camcorder
Runner-up prizes: (9) Flip Mino digital camcorders

How to Enter:
Contestants should create a video of what they think a .tv world should look like. They can submit parodies, cartoons, musicals, testimonials, even plays. So long as they meet a couple contest guidelines – videos mustn’t exceed 100MB or two minutes in length and they must incorporate the .tv logo – the possibilities are as limitless as the Web itself.*

*Winners will be notified by Dec. 1. The Contest is only open to legal residents of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico). Employees of VeriSign. its parent company, its subsidiaries, and its advertising, judging and promotional agencies (including Trahan Burden and Charles and their affiliated companies) and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents, suppliers, and members of their immediate families and people living in the same household of each are not eligible to participate in the Contest. See www.tv for the complete rules and eligibility requirements. The Contest is void where prohibited.

Contest Ends:
11/15/2008

Enter at www.tv

“If your Web site moves, it belongs on .tv,” said Jill McNabb, director of Naming Services at VeriSign. “The Webmercial Contest gives aspiring video producers a shot at showing off their talents and ideas in a way that highlights the enormous potential of .tv. With four out of five U.S. Internet users regularly watching video online, it’s clear the Web will never be the same. In fact, just as the Web we’ve used for years was built on .com and .net domains, the future of the Internet is now playing on .tv.”

Think you know your music? Identify clips of songs to earn points, winner with the most points at the end of the hour gets an Amazon.com gift card. Hourly winners will be entered into a lottery for the grand prize of an 8gb iPod.

Prize(s):
$5 Amazon.com gift card every hour

8gb iPod grand prize

How to Enter:
Go to Jamsbio.com and play the SongBlitz music game. Test your music knowledge for a chance to win awesome prizes.

Contest Ends:
09/01/2008

Enter: SongBlitz Megachallenge

· Grand Prize – iPod Touch w/Bose SoundDock digital music system, 32inch flat screen TV, laptop computer and a $500 American Express gift card

· 1st place – $500 Target gift card

· 2nd place – $250 Target gift card

· 3rd place – iHome clock radio for iPod

· 4th place – $75 gift certificate to iTunes

· 5th place – $50 American Express gift card

How to Enter: Call 1-800-THE-INFO, a free alternative to the 411 directory service, and ask for the business info/listing of any place you feel like. Then, ask the operator to enter you in the Rock My Room contest.

Contest Ends: 09/30/2008

1-800-THE-INFO

Anyway, this time it’s Inspired Money maker that’s holding this contest.

Prizes:

1st Place Winner Will Receive a prize pack which includes a Flip Mino and a 2GB USB Pen.

2nd Place Winner will receive this $50 MarketLeverage Rewards Card, which is basically a pre-loaded American Express gift card that you can use any place that accepts American Express.

3rd Place Winner will receive a 2GB USB pen.

How to Enter:

+1 Ticket: You can earn your first ticket by leaving a comment on this Blog post. It’s one ticket maximum, no matter how many comments you leave however. Before you leave a comment, take a look at the other ways to earn tickets and let me know how many tickets you’ve earned in your comment.

+5 Tickets: Write a Blog post on your Blog which talks about this contest and link to it.
+5 Tickets: Sign up for a MarketLeverage Account using my link.
(***) +5 Tickets: Take my Membership Site Survey here:Click Here to take the survey
+1 Ticket: Digg this contest.
+1 Ticket: Stumble or Stumble Review this contest.
+1 Ticket: Twitter about this contest & Follow me on Twitter.
+1 Ticket: Favorite this contest on Technorati.

Contest ends 8/14/08

Win Flip Mino, $50, and a USB Pen