Protect Yourself From Scams - Do a Little Homework!
SCAM - - a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation...We are all afraid that some business we get into mightturn out to be a scam. But sometimes the personal needsof individuals outweigh the thought process needed torecognize that something could be fraudulent. Many peopleare looking for ways to make extra money and the Internetcan provide many ways to accomplish that need. But it canalso provide an easy vehicle for individuals to losetheir hard earned dollars.We recently did some research on a program that we wereinterested in and found that the entire operation wasquite questionable. While we couldn't prove that it wasoutright fraudulent at this point, we saw enough risksto say no, we are going to put up any money.
We alsoadvised the 90+ people who joined based on our referraland most have told us that they are passing it up too.Sometimes all it takes is to do a little checking on yourown behalf. Sure it takes time but if you invest a littleof that time up front you may save a lot of futureheadaches. Sometimes when you do a couple of checks youmay find that a lot of the work has already been donefor you and is posted on sites that are available for yourreview.The following are some sites and suggestions you mightconsider in checking that program out that you areconsidering. These are by no means all that are out there.You can go to one of the major search engines and searchon scams and find many more resources.Victims Against Scamshttp://pub31.ezboard.com/fvictimsagainstscamsfrm60International Council of Online Professionalshttp://www.i-cop.org/pledge/1029.htmIn an effort to keep fraudsters from slipping through thecracks, the US government has created The Sentinel. It's anonline database of all sorts of information regarding Internetscams and fraud.http://www.consumer.gov/sentinel/The Better Business Bureau Onlinehttp://www.bbbonline.org/Internet ScamBustershttp://www.scambusters.org/The National Fraud Information Centerhttp://www.fraud.com/The Federal Trade Commissionhttp://www.ftc.govLook at a program and ask yourself some of these questions:Is the product something that I would be proud to sellor promote? If the answer is no, then stay away.Make sure that there is an actual service or product that youwill be selling.
If you are just going to get paid for everynew member you recruit, then it may very well be an illegalpyramid or ponzi scheme.Is there contact information easily available at the site?Do they show their email addresses, street address, names ofprincipals, company name, telephone number? Send them aquestion and see if you get an answer or an automatic reply.If you have a address or telephone number go towww.yellowpages.com or www.whitepages.com and check them out.You can use the telephone number and do a "reverse directorycheck" which checks the telephone number and gives you anname and address if one is on file.Check out the web site's domain name athttp://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whoisJust enter the domain name i.e., whatevername.comand you can determine who the administrative contact,normally the owner, where they are located and howlong the site has been registered.Do they offer you a free promotional site for youruse with your own personal referral code? If you have topay your entry or membership fee and then find out you haveto pay another $100 or so to get a promotional site andemail advertising package, and that is the only way theyallow you to promote it, be leery. They are making theirmoney up front. I don't believe that you should have topay a company for basic promotional tools to promote theircompany. They can take the expense off as a business expenseif they are for real.Of course you will still have to make an informed decisionon your own after doing your research. But you may findenough information from any one of these resources or allof them to sway you one way or the other.
Just make aninformed decision before you spend your hard earned moneyand resources..
The Controversy Over Head Lice Continues to Escalate
West Palm Beach, Fla. (ContentDesk) March 23, 2006 -- The Controversy over head lice continues to heat up as parents across the country fight to keep schools from relaxing head lice policies. I dont understand why, when you have a policy that helps keep kids safe, WHY would schools want to do away with it? I mean its our children. Shouldnt we want what is best for them? questioned Kelly Addison, a mother of two in Reeseville, WI. Kelly is so adamant that she has spoken before her school board on five separate occasions, written her government officials and presented before two separate Senators.
When it comes to the subject of head lice Kelly seems to have dug in. What makes Kelly so remarkable is that her girls have never had head lice, replied Katie Shepherd, Executive Director of Lice Solutions Resource Network, Inc. a nonprofit treatment facility in West Palm Beach, Fl. Most parents have to be burned, so to speak, before they see the need for improved policies. Kelly...
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PreCharge Risk Management Solutions Announces a Revolutionary Credit Card Fraud Prevention System for Online Businesses
NEW YORK, NY (ContentDesk) July 29, 2004 -- "The unfortunate onslaught of credit card fraud has continued to drive new businesses into the ground and existing businesses away from the incredible sales medium that the Internet once was," says Alex Corral, Director of Technology at preCharge Risk Management Solutions. "While the industry has made one attempt after another to provide solutions, they have either become ineffective or too expensive. preCharge is affordable and easy to use, and combined with our ability to adapt to the ever-changing market place, we believe that preCharge will become the Internet standard in the fight against the continued attack on Internet e-commerce."The preCharge system was designed for all users, from the novice Webmaster to the skilled software engineer. PreCharge features include:Credit Card ValidationHigh risk bin checks, charge-back history, repeat ordering, and over 20 credit card checks are included
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Free Keyword Research Tools Are Not As Effective as Wordtracker
Many online marketers fail, because they just don't realize that free keyword research tools only give very competitive keywords. You need wordtracker to strike it niche (RICH).One of the most unanswered questions online today is, how to perform keyword research that gets free traffic from the search engines. Many SEO experts recommends using one keyword or keyword phrase per page, while others recommends using secondary keywords with your main keyword.My philosophy is simple, you simply use both methods and check to see which method works best.You will also have to draw the line and recognize which is working best and continue with that method.For me, I love to use one keyword phrase for review pages and for content pages I use secondary keywords with my main keyword, making the theme of that page much more search engine friendly. Our job is to please the spiders as well as our visitors.My advice for newcomers is to build our first page using only a free tool such as GoodKeywords. I...
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Factual Employment Screening ? Part One
We have all heard in recent years that the need for a substantive policy of conducting pre-and post-employment background checks exists in more than just defense contractor and fiduciary-based enterprises. Today, with the overwhelming preponderance of employer liability litigation, and with negligent hiring being the focal point of round-table discussions of some of the plaintiff's firms, the need for thorough background checks has been substantiated. This is a common sense perspective, not only from the standpoint of getting the best possible people for the job, but also to protect a company form this type of litigation.In 1979, our company set out to learn how to not only provide the best possible background checks, but also to determine just where "factual employment screening" would fall in the scheme of things. To understand why "screening" is where it is today, one needs a little history of the subject. In the beginning, screening usually started with the security department. ...
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Five Checks for Web Pages
There are a few essential checks that you must make beforeuploading your pages.Check the basics - spelling, grammar, terminology. I've seena lot of arguments for and against using only US spelling onweb sites - I think this is a personal choice, but havingmade your decision, be consistent! Terminology - don't usewords or phrases that aren't common around the world. I reada software review recently - sadly, I didn't understand thephrase used to describe the program, so I don't know if thereviewer was recommending it or condemning it!Check your coding. It's easy for little mistakes to creepinto your HTML - especially when your tags are nested, orwhen you copy and paste from another page of your site.There are several free programs available - I use CSE Litefrom http://www.htmlvalidator.com which also has a paidprofessional version.Check your links. Again, it's easy to make a slight mistakein typing a URL, or getting confused between relative andabsolute references, leading to the well...
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Anti-Virus Software Free with Subscription to SurfSafe's E-Mail and ISP Services
Fort Lee, NJ (ContentDesk) June 29, 2005 -- SurfSafe, a consumer products company offering a suite of privacy protection software, e-mail and ISP services, will now offer anti-virus software as part of its bundle of online protection software. The entire package, free with the standard monthly subscription to SurfSafe, includes spyware protection, a pop-up blocker and internet accelerator software along with the new anti-virus software.With the ongoing threat of damaging viruses to computer systems and the increased awareness to the threats of identity theft, consumers are at risk more than ever. SurfSafe recognizes the critical need to provide consumers with an anti-virus product which is both easy to install and easy to use. SurfSafe's new anti-virus software comes complete with full technical support and virus updates, which automatically install on the consumer's PC, keeping them protected against the latest online threats, as well as streamlined processing which does not interfere...
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?Why Business Owners Need Security?
Publishing Guidelines: You are welcome to publish this article in its entirety, electronically, or in print, free of charge, as long as you include my full signature file. Please send a courtesy link or email where you publish to secuone@aol.com Thank you."Why Business Owners Need Security"?2004 Gary L. CunninghamC&M Consulting Services All Rights Reserved WorldwideThe main reason is to stop any potential lawsuits from happening! But do you know how many individuals I have talked to about this very thing? Many! Do you know what the majority have told me? They have locks and cameras, so they don't need anymore security than that!This is a mess waiting to happen, the reason is as follows. This attitude is the reason things happen in business establishments that prompt major lawsuits from those that get hurt in some way while on the premises or by someone on the premises.The reasons are as follows:Hiring/Retention NegligenceSecurity NegligencePremises LiabilityFail to ProtectFail to Provide...
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Plasma Entertainment Centers
Plasma TVs are fast growing in popularity as the myths around their short life span gradually dissipate, more and more people are now enjoying the fruits of this latest technology.
Studies indicate that that you can increase the viewing life span of plasma TVs by the way you install them. This has ushered in an era of plasma TV entertainment centers whose designs and features specially cater to increasing the length of usage of the plasma TV.
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Securing Your Accounts With Well-Crafted Passwords
In the past I've never really paid much attention to security issues when it comes to user names and passwords. Frankly I figured it was all a lot of overblown hype. This led to an unfortunate incident that involved my website being attacked, apparently by a skillful youth with a propensity for mischief.The main security flaw with my website was probably the simple fact that the username and password were exactly the same. Granted I did realize that this wasn't highly intelligent but I didn't...
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CBL Data Recovery Technologies Gets Thumbs Up From Down Under
CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc. (http://www.cbltech.com), a leading international provider of computer data recovery services, has achieved Endorsed Supplier status under the Commonwealth Government's Endorsed Supplier Arrangement (ESA) for its laboratory in Australia. The endorsement broadens CBL's service capabilities...
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