The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore would like to inform the public that exotic animals such as primates (eg. monkeys, slow loris), reptiles (eg. snakes, lizards, tortoises), small mammals (eg. sugar gliders, hedgehogs) and invertebrates (eg. scorpions, tarantulas) are not allowed to be kept or sold as pets in Singapore.
Anyone who has in his possession, or who sells, offers, displays or advertises for sale, any illegal animals may be fined up to $50,000 per animal or jailed up to 2 years or both under the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act. The administrator will not hesitate to forward contact details of any person posting such advertisements to the Authority for enforcement actions.
For a list of approved pets, please visit the AVA website at http://www.ava.gov.sg.
Tags: exotic animals, Pets, wildlife
We have today received a report on a scammer deceiving buyers into parting with cash for non-existent goods.
In the case the transaction involved mobile phones.
We urge all users of Singapore Classifieds to exercise caution when dealing with third parties supporting to be genuine buyers or sellers.
While we can close scammers’ accounts, there is no way to stop a scammer from using another email address or identity to open a new account.
Please be careful!
Hi
We welcomed our 10,000th registered user today, 22 April 2009.
Hi
We have today added the following two new categories into Singapore Classifieds:
- Barter
- Discounts
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We were upgrading our software to enable faster delivery of Web pages through PHP caching when we ran into some caching problems.
Please accept our apologies if you were unable to access Singapore Classifieds earlier.
We have today deleted a new user and his/her 14 ads promoting the sale of pirated luxury brands. The user came from IP number 116.23.241.2 (CHINA). The user and IP number have been blocked from our Web site.
Singapore Classifieds will not hesitate to remove offensive ads.
Tags: pirated goods
From today, our blog is powered by SingHosts.com. SingHosts runs on Wordpress technology so it was a simple and painless task exporting our blog to its new location at http://singaporeclassifieds.singhosts.com.
Singapore Classifieds offers the following services:
- Paid Banner Ads – 728 pixels by 90 pixels in gif, jpg or bmp format at S$180 per month
The fee we charge is based on unlimited page views per banner ad per month. Minimum purchase is three (3) months. No refund for unused portions.
Features:
- Software driven
- Unlimited page views per month
- Max of 10 advertisers
- Self-monitoring of ad statistics
You can advertise with us directly by placing a banner ad (728 x 90 pixels) on our Web site.
The banner ad (728 x 90 pixels) is located on top of the main Web pages as shown in image below:
The ad will rotate through all our Web pages.
Advertising impressions are sold based on unlimited page views per month.
The ad is placed on a non-exclusive basis, i.e. it rotates with banners placed by other advertisers. When a Web page is loaded, the first available ad is displayed. Then, when the Web page is refreshed or the Web page is displayed to a new user, the second available ad is displayed.
A user ID and Password will be provided to the advertiser with which to track the page views and clicks generated by the ads placed by the advertiser.
The fee we charge is based on unlimited page views per banner ad per month. Minimum purchase is one (1) month.
Please note the following:
i. The cost of producing the advertisement is not included in our charges. You have to provide us with a ready banner in GIF or JPEG format. The banner file size should not exceed 15 kb in size. It should have a maximum of a 4-second non-looping animation.
ii. The banner ad or ad code should be submitted to editor@singaporeclassifieds.net at least three (3) days before the date on which the ad starts its run.
iii. Payment, in advance, is via credit card through PayPal.
iv. Any price increases will not apply to advertisements already paid in advance.
v. The advertisement plan is not transferable to other parties.
If you wish to place an ad or have any questions, contact us at editor@singaporeclassifieds.net.
Tags: banner ads
Image upload is a PAID feature on Singapore Classifieds.
To enable this feature, click on the PAYMENT link in the Member Area and choose from the different packages available.
Control Panel
Tags: upload images
To report a suspected scammer, simply write an email to editor@singaporeclassifieds.net with the following details:
1. Name used by suspected scammer on Singapore Classifieds ad:
2. Email address used by suspected scammer on Singapore Classifieds ad:
3. Details of alleged scam:
Help us make Singapore Classifieds an enjoyable experience for everyone; please report suspected scams asap.
Thank you.
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SCAM REPORT STATISTICS
Suspected Scams Month/Year
2 September 2009
0 August 2009
1 July 2009
0 June 2009
0 May 2009
0 April 2009
2 March 2009
1 February 2009
Tags: scams