...business for market research and other users? Why or why not ? 1.Spamming - Social Networking Sites can sell one's personal information to anyone who wants to buy it, including spammers and on line predators. Even if the terms of understanding claim that no personal information will be sold, the site can change its policy at any time. social networking sites like Myspace and Bebo are full of spam and scams! Many users receive emails nearly every day from anonymous users asking to date and chat on other websites. It continuously becomes frustrating to receive all these useless spam emails and no solution is being revised. Other Scam is an extra problem for the users. Unfortunately, some scammers trick members and scam them in so many ways to steal their accounts. A ordinary recognized trick could be through a phishing website which looks very similar to Facebook and fools people in believing that they are still on the official Facebook website. Once a member logs in using the email and password, scammers can now access his account and scam his friends, spreading further spam and malware through the website. Fake websites can also steal your bank information if consumers fall prey to their advertisements. If you have never come across a problem like this before, it is your responsibility to avoid such a threat and keep your information secure. 2.Privacy Issues - Endangerment to one's Privacy is one of topmost concern of those using these services. Social Networking Sites require...
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...American Institutional Legitimacy: The Stock Market and Beyond The Stock Market is something our culture sees as a jack pot but when they lose people see it as the worst thing ever invented. Jonathan is one of the people who sees it as a jackpot and is able to see that it can be more than just that. What Jonathan was trying to legitimate was the pump and dump system. It is where someone buys something for a ridiculously low amount and then sells it at a very high price. For example how amusement parks buy water bottles for a low price and sell it for $3 to $5 just because they can. Some people, like the SEC, might see it as a scam. Well the way he made a lot of money was that he would buy stock from companies that were not recognized by a lot of people so their stock value was under $5 thus he would buy it. Then he would go to chat rooms or Yahoo Finance and tell his predictions about how the company is going to sky rocket in the next days and how the price for the stock will increase. So then these people would go and buy stock and his predictions were actually coming true and the value of the stock rose. While that happened he sold out his stock for the highest price and he ended up making The SEC on the other hand were trying to make what Jonathan did into a federal crime. They claimed that only professionals should be allowed to give out information about the stock market. This lead to conflict with Jonathan since he was only a 16th year old boy and was not considered...
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...Abstract Senior citizens are such popular targets for white-collar scam artists. Some factors are the growing number of seniors in the population and seniors concerns to increase their income from investments and improve their health. The scams profiled include home-improvement projects, where a person takes the victim's money but does not perform the work promised; investment frauds and controlling their money for the future; and health and medical scams, which promise the equipment and service that do not perform as advertised. Also, research was taken from a survey from a rehab center with most of them senior citizens. The primary advice for preventing such white-collar crimes is to never give money for a product, service, or investment based upon a person's or business promise without first conducting a thorough background check. Key Terms: Senior Citizen, White Collar Crime, Prevention, Con Artists White Collar Crime against Senior Citizens Senior citizens are some of the most vulnerable targets when it comes to fraud and scam within white collar crime. There are many reasons why many people target the senior citizens and elderly mostly including but not limited to: because they are too polite and have good manners. For example, the elderly will usually not say no to people they are talking to. One of the main reasons that senior citizens have a problem is when they do find out about the scam and/or fraud; they are too embarrassed to report to the police or even...
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...Victom of an Organized Cybercrimes Scenario: You are a victim of an online scam in which the attacker installed a trojan that locked my computer, and offered me a virus removal program to fix my computer for $50. You accepted, and the attacker charged your account $6000 for 6 Surf boards. What laws were violated? What actions did you commit that you should not have committed? How can you remedy and prevent this from occurring again?1 The attacker can be charged with the following Violations: No Electronic Theft Act (18 U.S.C. § 506). Identity Theft & Assumption Deterrence Act (18 U.S.C. § 1028). Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers (18 U.S.C. § 1030). Interception and Disclosure of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications (18 U.S.C. § 2511). Unlawful Access to Stored Communications (18 U.S.C. § 2701) Disclosure of Contents (18 U.S.C. § 2702) Actions I committed that I should not have: 1. Clicked on a pop up link; 2. Gave my account information to fix my computer; and 3. Let a foreign program run on my computer. How to remedy and prevent the issue from occurring again: 1. File an unauthorized dispute with the credit card company since the amount is greater than $50; 2. File a complaint with the FTC; 3. Set up automatic spending alerts and fraud protection on all my accounts 4. Shop only from repudiable online stores; 5. Make online purchases using Visa gift-cards; 6. Scan programs with antivirus software before running them; ...
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...Business Research Business Research with Bitcoin In this paper I want to talk about Business research and how it applies to my area of business Crytocurrency, more specifically Bitcoin. So what is Business Research? The book says it is a systematic inquiry that provides information to guide managerial decisions. Or a process of planning, acquiring, analyzing, and disseminating relevant data, information, and insights to the decision makers in the ways that mobilize the organization to take appropriate actions, that maximize performance. The way that my business uses research currently is to find new technologies that are better than the current, new announcements for Bitcoin such as features, competition, or issues (Cooper & Schindler, 2011). A good example of how research can save my business is in early 2014 the price of Bitcoin went from $1200 to around 650 in one day. If I had not sold at the start of the dump at 1150 the day before, we would have lost half of our equity in one day. However due to research that my company had done, we saw the day before that a Japanese Bitcoin exchange MT GOX had been hacked, and around 1 million Bitcoin was stolen. Considering that there are only 21 million Bitcoins that can ever be in existence, which was a huge hit at almost 5% of the total. To understand how and why we do research thee way we do, you have to understand our product. So what is Bitcoin? Bitcoin has occupied front pages and preoccupied media for many weeks now...
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...business for market research and other users? Why or why not ? 1.Spamming - Social Networking Sites can sell one's personal information to anyone who wants to buy it, including spammers and on line predators. Even if the terms of understanding claim that no personal information will be sold, the site can change its policy at any time. social networking sites like Myspace and Bebo are full of spam and scams! Many users receive emails nearly every day from anonymous users asking to date and chat on other websites. It continuously becomes frustrating to receive all these useless spam emails and no solution is being revised. Other Scam is an extra problem for the users. Unfortunately, some scammers trick members and scam them in so many ways to steal their accounts. A ordinary recognized trick could be through a phishing website which looks very similar to Facebook and fools people in believing that they are still on the official Facebook website. Once a member logs in using the email and password, scammers can now access his account and scam his friends, spreading further spam and malware through the website. Fake websites can also steal your bank information if consumers fall prey to their advertisements. If you have never come across a problem like this before, it is your responsibility to avoid such a threat and keep your information secure. 2.Privacy Issues - Endangerment to one's Privacy is one of topmost concern of those using these services. Social Networking Sites require...
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...According to Parris, “As a reshipper you will receive packages at your home that are often filled with tech devices such as laptops, iPhones, etc.” “You’ll open these packages, sometimes testing to ensure that they work, and then repackage them and ship them to an overseas location” (Parris, 2016, p.1). The reshippers scam is to scam people who are looking for jobs. In most cases scammers like to concentrate on students, single mother’s, and people below the poverty level. Scammers scam people into actually believing reshipping is an actual job. How does it work? It starts by sending a person an email to their personal email address, asking if they would like to work for a company that is affiliated with the United States Postal Service. Once...
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...Halloween is a fun time that only comes around once a year it's fun because people get to dress up and go out trick or treating or go to parties. In the article in told the readers about how in vacant spots all around the United States there is a thing called a “Halloween Pop Up Shop”. These shops open in vacant spots selling things like costumes, lights, decorations, fog machines and much more. These pop up shops sell everything you would need for Halloween besides candy they are there in October and then on October 31st “like a ghost they disappear”. Party City has sort of adopted these shops and had about 270 Halloween Pop Up Shops running and they plan to open many more. These shops are all over the U.S, Canada and now Amsterdam. These...
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...Me: “So… have a good day today? What did you do in Adventure Club before I got there… since you weren’t there for long?” Delaney (8 years old): “Well… someone farted. And we were all arguing about who did or didn’t do it.” Me: “Uhhhhh….. riveting.” (Or something. I can’t really remember what I said here. Likely some form of mild interrogation re: whether or not she was the culprit.) Delaney: “And then I helped Brooklyn read a little. She is only in Kindergarten, and she was reading a book called ‘365 Days of Wonder,‘ and I was pretty sure she wouldn’t know a lot of the bigger words in that one.” Me: “How do you know that? That’s not exactly fair. Are you telling me you couldn’t have read that book when you were in Kindergarten?” Delaney:...
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...Everyone knows the fun holiday called Halloween. It’s fun to dress up in all kinds of costumes. Then go run around door to door to get free candy. You can decorate your house, dress up your pets, scare your friends, carve pumpkins and a lot more fun Halloween things. Halloween is especially fun for little kids, they love getting candy. Some people stay home and watch scary movies. Some go out and trick-or-treat. A night where you get to dress up and get a ton of candy. Halloween is a favorite holiday for kids all over. One night of running around in the dark, meeting up with friends, dressing up, scaring each other, and eating candy. Who doesn't like doing that? Even though Halloween is fun you still need to be careful and safe....
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...Have you ever thought skate boards were just like small surfboards with wheels? Well it's speculated thats how they started, they were a substitute for surders when the waves were flat. Around the mid to late 1940s was when skateboarding seemed to just pop up, they started as blocks of wood on rollerskate wheeles, and slowly evolved into the planks with the curved lips we use today. It would appear though that the sport has only been popularized recently, as John Stevens states "Today's skateboarders are founders in this sport—they're pioneers—they are the first. There is no history in Skateboarding—its being made now—by you. The sport is being molded and we believe that doing the right thing now will lead to a bright future for the sport....
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...My Older “Brother” Throughout life we meet thousands of people, and every one is different. Each person has his or her own personality, likes and dislikes, and views and values. People can relate to each other in so many ways: similar tastes in music, movies, books, or by having similar interests or hobbies, like participating in or watching certain sports. Through these similarities people are able to bond and can even create friendships. The tiniest conversation starter, such as how good the Yankees are at baseball, can form a strong friendship between friends. Some friends come and go, but others never leave your side, and influence your life in such a positive manner, and you begin to realize that you have made a friend for life. In my case, a skateboard helped change my life for the better. I grew up in Montclair, New Jersey, a relatively safe town where a pre-teen could walk or bike around town during the day and not encounter any problems. There was always somewhere to go or something to do, so I took advantage of that, especially during my summer vacations. The summer between 6th and 7th grade was definitely one I will never forget. It was a hot day in July when I was roaming the streets with an old friend of mine, Kris, when we ran into some kids we knew from our school. With these friends of ours was someone who I had never met. He was holding a skateboard in his hands, and skating had always been something I wanted to try, so I approached him and introduced myself...
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...Business Interests of Organized Crime Groups Mary Weyer August 20, 2011 Business Interests of Organized Crime Groups Organized crime groups are infecting the United States at an increasing rate. The temptation of making fast easy money to people in low income areas is too great to resist. Legitimate businesses are at risk of being victimized by organized crime theft and fraud activities New World Encyclopedia, 2008). No one is safe from organized crime and its danger. Organized crime victimizes businesses, individuals, provides illegal services, and provides illegal goods. The main goal of organized crime is to make as much money as they can through any means be it legal or illegal. What are the business interests of organized crime groups? The business interest of organized crime is running a web of web sites scams. These scams claim that they are in trouble and need money. The goal of the scam is to get as many people as they can to send them money. Human trafficking is where individuals are sold for forced agricultural labor, forced industrial labor, and sexual exploitation (Lyman, 2007). Human trafficking includes children, women, and men. Money that has been embezzled or acquired through illegal services or goods will be placed in a legal business that they have set up for the purpose of laundering so it appears to have been acquired legally. Organized crime groups sell drugs in the United States and all over the...
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...Plunder of India India now is witnessing not mere corruption, but national plunder. --Brahma Challeny, The Hindu, Dec 6, 2010 ESTIMATE OF DEPOSITS IN SAFE HAVENS Top 5 in the world India - $1456 billion (1.4 Trillion dollars) Russia - $470 billion UK $390 billion Ukraine - $100 billion China $96 billion Note: While these numbers are not substantiated because of secrecy, it does reflect the magnitude. Conservative Estimate by Global Financial Integrity India’s standing per Transparency International India’s Corruption Perception Index: 3.3 Scale of 0 to10 10 (highly clean), 0 (highly corrupt) India The Republic of Scams India, Republic of Scams 2G Spectrum Allocation Fraud, 1.76 lakh crores (40 billion dollars) Classic example of collusion between politicians, industrialists and media with high powered brokers. Indian Government refuses to constitute a joint parliamentary committee of all parties to investigate the scam (that resulted in total deadlock in entire last parliamentary session). India, Republic of Scams 2G Spectrum Allocation Fraud(2010) India Today Jan 3, 2010 No tolerance for corruption or deception? Govt refused Joint Parliamentary committee because based on proportion of MPs there will be majority representatives from other parties who will be able expose those who actually received money and deposited in swiss and other safe havens? Who are they protecting? According to Dr. Swamy, Sonia has taken a big share of...
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...Crimes against Property Andy Berg Professor Lisa Armonda, J.D. CRJ 105 Crime and Criminal Behavior 21 February 2012 Introduction The phrase "white-collar crime" was coined in 1939 during a speech given by Edwin Sutherland to the American Sociological Society. Sutherland defined the term as "crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation" (Sutherland). Although there has been some debate as to what qualifies as a white-collar crime, the term today generally encompasses a variety of nonviolent crimes usually committed in commercial situations for financial gain. Many white-collar crimes are especially difficult to prosecute because the perpetrators use sophisticated means to conceal their activities through a series of complex transactions. I researched and found an article on a type of white-collar crime. This is the story of a Minnesota resident named Denny Hecker. The case has finally come to an end. Hecker was sentenced to a prison term of 10 years for two counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy. He is the former owner of an auto empire with Chrysler in Minnesota with 26 locations and also owned car rental businesses including Advantage Rent-A-Car. Hecker was basically in a big hole and trying to get out of it. He was hiding assets from the bankruptcy court and was also altering loan documents that ultimately defrauded clients, Chrysler Financial and other lenders out of more than $80 million in loans and...
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