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04Jan

Urban Legends – Scams on the Internet

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There are some scams on the Internet that have become urban legends out there, but they are so well hidden under legitimate programs that may even cause “cyberspace seasoned business owners” to pause and consider whether this offer is real or a scam.
Common Scams

Made for Adsense Websites
Make $ 200 an hour to answer the phone, write, fill forms
Nigerian Scam
International Lottery
Essay Writing
Pay Survey
Answering emails
Money transfers
Tax Avoidance Scams
Free gifts from a large company (I am sorry, but Honda is not going to give you a car, and there is no Mac laptop waiting with your name on it.)

Discovering Fraud

HYPERBOLE – The first trick to watch for is exaggeration. The site uses exaggerated claims and phrases like

“earn passive residual income,”
“Make $300 an hour”
“just a few cents a day, “
” lose weight in a matter of minutes ”
” Get rich now, “
” Earn money while you sleep! “

It is almost always a scam. A simple rule of thumb is this: If you see dollar signs as bold “$$$”, multiple graphics like crazy such as people relaxing on the beach, or a mansion and fancy cars than a scam artist is at work!

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Hidden fees - offer something for free, but you must enter a credit card to pay for “expenses like shipping and handling. ”

This is one of the most dangerous. Once they have your credit card number, they can bill your for something, repeatedly on the same date each month, even if you did not repeat the order. You can dispute the purchase, but because it is not identity theft or a stolen card, the credit card company may not pay your money back.

Even if you think you can make the program work for you… If you do not follow the complicated rules exactly, you are stuck, with nothing left to do but cut your losses and escape. Often what you get is something useless that does not work, is way over priced, or is so out of date.

NO DETAILS – You tells you, it’s going to make you millions while you’re sipping drinks on a beach in Cancun. It states that the leader of the organization found a secret that nobody is smart enough to have discovered, and that’s all the details you are given. You don’t now if there is something to sell, a service is provided, or if you just put your own ‘duplicate get rich web page’ and hope to hook other innocent victims.

You know what usually happens? You buy his magical secrets or sign up for the special program, only to learn that you could have bought the same information from a reliable company in the form of a study at home course for a tenth of the price. The secret is rarely a secret.

NO CHOICE – There is no other choice for success… There is only one secret success. You can either participate in the program or become one of the countless masses who do not become rich. The person who is interested in the program has no choice. Either buy the product or you will never succeed.

BAIT and SWITCH: Take a look at the address bar at the top of the page. Is this the domain name you wrote in or clicked on or has it changed? Now look at the bottom left of your browser screen. Is this the same as the domain name you expected, or there is a lots of strange symbols involved? In a fraud, if the advertising on the website or the domain name are different from what you were expecting once you get there, this is a guaranteed scam.

HONOR – Like all urban legends, the scam artist vanishes into the fog, never to be seen again. Check the Whosits database and you can not find out who owns the domain name. Visit the site and complete the “contact us “form, you will probably receive a message of” automatic transponder with an ambiguous message that really does not respond to anything. There is not infomration findable about the scam artist and no real way to make contact – beyond sending money… About the Author:

Mark Walters is a third generation entrepreneur and author. He offers free training and investing videos designed to speed you towards financial independence
Cashflowinstitute.com/videosignup.htm

Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – Scams? Or Urban Legends

WARNING!!! Internet Scams!!!!****

“But a fool and his money soon go separate ways…” (gonzogastro.wordpress.com)

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29Apr

Fireball lights up sky across Canadian prairies

Author: Shasta | Category: American Legends, Things in the Sky | Comments (0) | Add Comment

A bright object, likely a meteor, was seen shooting across the sky and was sighted by residents across the Canadian prairies early Tuesday morning.

At approximately 6:30 a.m. local time (MDT) the object appeared to early morning travelers, commuters and joggers.

“It kind of glowed green, and it looked like it was falling very, very quickly. It just kind of reminded me of a falling star or something,” said Cheryl Cook-Taylor, who was traveling to work in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

Image by Navicore via Flickr

Photo of 2009 Leonid Meteor

“It kind of disintegrated. It was traveling north to south. Very bright. I actually thought it was a plane taking off from the airport and then bits started falling off. Really quite an amazing sight,” said another witness to the phenomenon.

Newspapers and radio stations across Saskatchewan and Alberta have been inundated with callers reporting the fireball. It has been described as a bright green, yellow and blue streak flashing across the skies which then broke into pieces. A geologist from the University of Calgary, Dr. Alan Hildebrand, says the object was likely a meteor that was between 10 and 100 kilograms in size. The light show lasted around ten seconds.

On November 20, 2008 prairie skies were previously lit up by a fireball. A huge meteorite had disintegrated, and pieces were found near the border city of Lloydminster.