Learn How To Use Google Voice

Google Voice gives you one phone number for all your phones, voicemail as easy as email, and many calling features for free. I got my invitation last weekend and have been exploring its features for a few days. I've collected several mini-tutorial videos on many of the Google Voice features. Links to these short (60 sec or less) videos follow this brief overview of the service.


How To Use Google Voice

Placing Calls
Google Voice calls you on your phone and connects you to any US number for free. Call directly from your contacts list.

Taking Calls
Decide what phones ring and whether you answer when your Google number is called.

Call Screening
Know who's calling and screen unknown callers before you answer.

ListenIn
Hear why someone is calling before you decide whether to take the call.

Voicemail Transcripts
Voicemails are automatically transcribed to text and stored in your inbox. You can also have them sent to you via email and/or SMS.

Listen to or Read Voicemail
Voicemail as easy as email. View and listen to voicemail online or from your phone.

Share Voicemail
Forward a voicemail via email, embed it in a website, or download a copy to your computer.

SMS Messages
Receive and send SMS and store a copy of all your SMS in your online inbox.

Conference Calling
Join multiple people into a single conference call.

Phone Switching
Switch phones in the middle of a call.

Assigning Phones
Add and update the phones that ring when your Google number is called.

Phone Routing
Have all, some or none of your phones ring depending on who calls your Google number.

Managing Groups
Add individuals to groups and set call preferences by group.

GOOG-411
Connect to GOOG-411 directory assistance by calling your own Google number and choosing option 5.

Call Recording
Record whole or parts of calls on the fly and access recordings online.

Block Calls
Unwanted callers wont be able to reach you anymore.

The Republic of South Africa Owes Me a Million Pounds

From Dr. David Njama Radebe
Director (Payment Approval)
Office of the Treasure - Department Of Finance
Pretoria Head Quarters,
Republic of South Africa

The Treasury office of the Department of Finance here in the Republic of South Africa, has investigated your fund, which has been on transfer process for some period of time.
During the second quarter of the general Financial Auditing in the South African Reserve Bank, the office of the auditing and fund recovery unit, has recovered your fund at the tune of GBP£1,000,000.00, which was to be paid to you through bank-to-bank transfer to your bank account.

After the auditing, the SARB decides that all recovered and returned fund should be paid to their various beneficiaries within 21 days starting from today. This decision was taking by the Board of the auditors and the External Affairs in the Department of Finance (Office of the Treasury), and at present your fund is in the escrow account of the South African Reserve Bank.

It has been understood by our investigation team, that this fund was acquired by you as a result of the initial inheritance of fund, which an agent in South Africa was supposed to remit the fund into your bank account in your country some time ago, although you have not received the fund due to the fact that the South African Revenue Service Department and some other finance entities requested for some payment, including the Inland Revenue Tax

The Department of Finance has signed the released of your fund, and it has also decided that your fund should be paid out to you without any further delay.

For your full identification and completion of your payment, you are hereby advised to send to our agent (Citizens Finance Corp of South Africa), your full information as stated below:

NAME:
AGE:
ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
PHONE NUMBER:
FAX NUMBER:
EMAIL:

Don't you already know my name and email? If not why did I get this?

Note that the Department of Finance has ordered and assigned our accredited agent (Citizens Finance Corp of South Africa) to carry out your payment, therefore you should urgently contact them on the following details;

CONTACT PERSON: Prof. SAMSON NGOBENI
COMPANY: CITIZENS FINANCE CORP OF SOUTH AFRICA
POSITION: PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR
PHONE: +27 780 531 122

EMAIL: citizensfinaceorp02@gmail.com

PAYOUT AMOUNT: GBP£1,000,000.00
IN WORDS: ONE MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING

Please contact the above person on phone urgently +27 780 531 122 and request them to give you more information on the means which you will receive your fund.
As soon as our agent (Citizens Finance Corp of South Africa) has confirmed to us that you have contacted them, the Department of Finance will proceed to hand over your fund to (Citizens Finance Corp of South Africa) and request them to commence your payment with immediate effect.

Is it Department of Finance or Ministry of Finance or Department of Treasury or Office of the Treasure or ...?

Waiting for your reply for further proceedings.
Regards,

Dr. David Njama Radebe
Department of Treasury
Ministry of Finance
Republic of South Africa.

Two Questions? (1) What kind of morons think this will fool anybody? (2) What kind of morons are fooled by something like this?

Protect Yourself with a Temporary Email Address

You are always being asked to submit an email address when you register or participate in for something online. I'm always a little concerned who's getting hold of my address even when a web site claims they will not redistribute your address.

You can get around this by using temporary, disposable email addresses which will allow you to get and respond to those confirmation emails before doing a Mission Impossible-like self-destruct.

jetable.org provides you with a temporary email address. As soon as it is created, all the emails sent to this address are forwarded to your actual email address. You specify the lifespan of this address from 1 hour to 1 month.

GuerillaMail provides you with disposable e-mail addresses which expire after 15 Minutes. You can read and reply to e-mails that are sent to the temporary e-mail address within that time.

Any e-mails sent to 10 Minute Mail's temporary e-mail address will show up automatically on their web page. You can read them, click on links, and even reply to them. The e-mail address will expire after 10 minutes.

These are all free services. For a more extensive listing of temporary, disposable email addresses click here.