UBIEE Team Launches Defense for Net Newbies
The UBIEE Team has identified five notable fleecing schemes focusing on the innocence of net newbies, as well as other naïve, unsuspecting Internet surfers
(PRWEB) July 4, 2005 -- Tantamount to the paradigm shift in communication
created by Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone, the Internet
provides a medium for instantaneous access to information, business decisions,
transactions, and personal interactions. As Edward Blake divulged dual sides of
the human spirit in “Songs of Innocence and Experience”, likewise there is a
dissonant dark side on the Internet.
Wolves cloaked in sheep’s clothing
menacingly lurk on the Internet, waiting to fleece their next innocent lamb,
commonly referred to as the “net newbie”. Once their victim is sighted, the end
result is a virtual net newbie nightmare, as the ravenous wolves siphon money
into their gluttonous bank accounts.
“Net newbie fleecing”, also recognized
as “internet fraud” is defined by the U.S. Department of Justice as,
”…any type of fraud scheme that uses one or more components of the
Internet - such as chat rooms, e-mail, message boards, or Web sites - to present
fraudulent solicitations to prospective victims, to conduct fraudulent
transactions, or to transmit the proceeds of fraud to financial institutions or
to other connected with the scheme.”
The UBIEE Team has identified five
notable fleecing schemes focusing on the innocence of net newbies, as well as
other naïve, unsuspecting Internet surfers:
1. Retail Fleecing
Expensive high-value items are offered at low or discount “Internet
prices” or auctioned off. Typically wolves possess exceptionally efficient
systems for amassing your money, but inevitably dispatch either never occurs, or
an inferior product is received. Synonymous to pulling light out of a black hole
are net newbies retrieving refunds.
2. Business Fleecing
Better
expressed as “scam, slam, thank you ma’am” identify business opportunities
promoting fast-track money, e.g., $35,000 in 10 weeks, $100,000 to $500,000 in
one year, lotteries, money doublers, etc., may appear feasible, but are not
probable.
Many wolves purport years of slaving over the Internet until
one day they “miraculously” discovered an amazing money making system that has
netted them millions of dollars, and they are eagerly willing to share their
“secret” with you for a nominal fee. The only phenomenon these wolves discovered
was how to profitably fleece net newbies and other naïve internet victims.
Realistically, starting an offline or online business takes time, dedication,
commitment, work, and effort.
3. Investment Fleecing
Scalping
and “pump and dump” schemes are the most popular. “Pump and dump”, a hybrid
market manipulation wherein a company desiring to increase sparsely traded
stocks, or stocks of shell companies, disseminate false information to boost
trade. Holdings are then sold (dumped) before stock price drops again.
4. Credit Card Fleecing
The devastating aroma of identity theft
lingers for years. Unprotected computers, or un-secure, peer-to-peer services,
provide a smorgasbord for wolf hackers to feast on. Wolf packs offer each other
programs, manuals, processor chips, etc., to easily access net newbie computers,
gather confidential information, then spew forth carcasses known as viruses,
worms, or Trojan horses. Confidential information is then sold to other criminal
internet wolves for profit, as they in turn create new bank accounts, purchases,
etc. using the net newbie’s identity.
5. Social
Fleecing
Ostensibly the zenith of vulnerabilities for net newbies occurs
when grazing the pastures of IM (instant messaging) services, chat rooms,
disaster relief solicitations, etc. Net newbies are blindsighted, not only by
their intrinsic nature to alleviate personal tragedies, but also by assuming
there is safety in numbers and that firewalls (anti-virus software) provide
protection when utilizing IM services or chat rooms.
New York Times
writer, Tom Zellar, Jr., wrote in his article entitled “F.B.I. Warns of Internet
Frauds that Capitalize on Tsunami”,
“The schemes, which have been
reported to the bureau's Internet Crime Complaint Center … have included
unsolicited e-mail messages seeking money and a phony tsunami relief Web site
capable of depositing a virus on the computers of people who visit
it.”
UBIEE Team Tips for Net Newbies:
* Seek guidance from
professional internet marketing experts, rather than lone wolves (although some
wolves travel in packs) who purportedly made their millions by discovering a
“secret” or unique marketing technique.
* Refrain from approaching or
viewing the internet as a place to make a fast buck, regardless of how
convincing a wolf website or den appears.
* Avoid IM services,
peer-to-peer systems, and chat rooms.
* Abstain from money-doubler
schemes. This is frequently the den for wolf packs. You can sell amidst the
wolves without joining the pack.
* Take time to develop online
relationships and learn how to locate legitimate business opportunities before
investing money.
The UBIEE Team -- a global community of
professional online internet marketing experts offers hope beyond the worst
personal conditions, befriends the net newbie by providing a safe harbor to
explore business opportunities, where making money and saving money go
hand-in-hand.
Contact:
Dee Scrip
Phone
1-412-571-1855
Web http://www.ubieenewbie.com
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