Have you been scammed online???

Hi again,

While I was surfing one of the traffic exchanges I use and like (EasyHits4U), an ad came up that I figure could be of use to many of us. There are, and always have been, relatively simple and inexpensive scams going on online. However, with the increased traffic and numbers of people trying to supplement or replace lost income increasing by leaps and bounds right now, the bigtime fraudsters are also ramping up their operations.

In the next few days I'd like to share some of the schemes I've seen, and would love to hear about any you've come across. Like anyone else I'm embarrassed to admit I've been taken in by a few, but on the other hand one of the ways to at least hobble some of these dishonest individuals (and companies) is to expose their offers, and tactics for what they are to as many online opportunity seekers as possible.

One can seek legal remedy, of course, but that doesn't help those who will be taken in while the legal process is ongoing, or unless the publicity is very intense.

Perhaps working together we can bring more accountability into the online business community. We're all working on gaining exposure and traffic to our sites and businesses for profit - can we also use what we've learned to generate exposure of those who would take advantage of people who are inexperienced, perhaps too trusting and therefore defenceless??

Promoting truth and honesty, and exposing the many tactics that are less than honest, is one way of "giving back", and helping our own prospects to know who they can trust. The internet is a powerful entity when it comes to promotion - let's use it to promote integrity in business, and to expose those who would use us. I'll leave it at that for now, and hope a few of you will share some of your experiences, and ideas here. Or am I just "tilting at windmills"? Hope not.

3 sites I've found are:

Ripoff Report: By Consumers, For Consumers
http://www.ripoffreport.com/login.asp

MyVek.com Exposing Internet Fraud
http://www.myvek.com/

Internet Crime Complaint Center
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

laterbye
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