By: Peter T Harkin
I have a buddy who is completely obsessed with identity theft. He thinks that even showing his driver's license to someone will open the doors to his entire financial world to an outside party. But, he doesn't think twice about clicking on an ad online, or downloading freeware or shareware. He downloads movies from pirate sites and doesn't worry about opening an .exe file. What he doesn't realize is that he is putting is identity at considerably more risk by his online activities than by what he does in the "real world". Without some kind of anti spyware remover, all of his data is at risk every time he does one of these high-risk activities online.
We all know that we shouldn't give out our Social Security number, and we should keep as much personal data as possible secure, but almost all of what we do online is open for everyone to see with the use of spyware. Without an anti spyware remover, with just the click of a button, someone could have access to your user names, passwords, bank accounts, social media pages, and more - and your identity could be immediately stolen, not to mention that they could change your passwords, denying you access to your own information.
Most people think that spyware attacks only come from "dangerous sites", such as adult sites or pirate sites, but that isn't necessarily true. If you download torrents or use P2P programs such as Limewire, your computer is open to the public, 24 hours a day. Anyone can download spyware to you or attach it to a file that you are downloading. Without some type of anti spyware remover, you will never know that the attack is under way and by the time you realize that it is running in your system tray, it will be too late to do anything about it.
Peter Harkin is an anti spyware remover specialist. He provides honest recommendations and advice on all things anti spyware related. For more information on how to remove antispyware, visit GetHelpToRemoveAntiSpyware.com today!
Frauds Through Email
By: Jessica Rector
Okay, so I just want to share a story with you that happened to me recently. As some of you may know, I'm currently looking for investors for my talk show. Well, I have an investor video up on YouTube, so I'm guessing that's how this person found me.
Someone by the name of Andries Boekelman emailed me saying he was interested in investing in my company. He said that he saw my show and that he was a huge fan.
I replied to him by saying that I would answer any questions that he might have. He emailed me back asking how much I had in saving and how much I needed for the investment.
I told him I needed $500,000 for 20% of my company for the investment. I never told him how much I had in savings, because it is none of his business, assuming he was a legitimate investor.
He had emailed me a will saying he inherited 5.1 million dollars from Edwin Gabriel and a copy of his passport. Well, he was from the Netherlands, and I have no idea if the passport was even valid. He said he would send me the $500,000, but I would need to pay a fee for "the security of the money." He would have to ask his accountant what the fee would be.
I replied that I hoped it wasn't a scam, because no legitimate investor would be asking me for money. I told him how I found scams online about Edwin Gabriel (at least two pages on Google saying Edwin Gabriel died leaving 5.1 million dollars---the exact same amount he said he inherited).
He emailed back saying his accountant fee would be $750, it wasn't a scam and how he sent the documents and his passport. He even said that I had his IP address. What would that do for me, if I sent him the $750, and he didn't send me the $500,000. My lawyer couldn't sue him being in another country. What good would an IP address do? Absolutely nothing with him being in The Netherlands.
Anyways, I did contact my lawyer, after asking two friends. My lawyer said that each party is responsible for their own fees. Also, I had told Andries if it wasn't a scam then he could just deduct the $750 from the $500,000. He refused to do that....so you know it's a scam. I emailed him saying what my lawyer said and that legitimate investors don't ask the business for money in order for them to invest.
I just want to help those of you who might get a similar email or think someone may be trying to scam you. First, trust your gut instincts. When I got the initial email, I thought, "Wow!" My gut said, this is too good to be true, someone is just emailing me wanting to invest.?. Of course, a little part of me really wanted it to be true. This can be the case with any of us. When we really want something bad enough, pertaining to anything, we need to try and take our emotions out of it. We need to make sure we are thinking 100% with our heads, otherwise, we may get taken advantage of.
Secondly, look for the red flags. Red flags mean there is something not quite right. Make sure you pay attention to them and not just brush them aside because you don't want them to be true.
Next, ask around. Tell your friends and ask their advice. They won't have the emotional component involved and will be able to look at it from an outsiders point of view.
Next, do your own research. I googled the information and immediately found what I was looking for. One the will Andries sent me, there was the name of a bank. I emailed the bank and asked them if they dispersed the money to Andries Boekelman. They emailed me back telling me not to reply to the email, and that it was a scam. They sent it to their investigation department, and to let them know if something else arises.
Finally, ask your lawyer or an expert. They should know what is best to do...and it may be worth spending the money to have them look at any documents.
Let me know if you have come into any of these situations, I would love to hear from you.....Beware, because they might appear in the least likely places. Who would have thought someone would take advantage of someone who is trying to fulfill her dreams and help people. I even told him this...that it is a dream to expand and grow my company in order to help more people. These people are ruthless and know what to say to take advantage of their targets. Don't let yourself get taken advantage of and be their next target! Make sure you protect yourself, research, and listen to your instincts!
Jessica Rector has a passion for people and places. Her determination to help others has recently taken her to Africa. She continues in this quest through her talk show, The Jessica Rector Show. The show empowers individuals to find who they are and not be defined by others, roles, society or things. Everyone has a story and her show allows them to not only share it but to also learn from others. Whether we are going through a similar situation and know we are not alone or whether we can open our minds or change our perspective, there is someone we all can learn from others' experiences. Each episode can be seen online, at http://www.jessicarector.com or you can read her blog at http://www.jessicarector.com/blog Please share your experience. We would love to hear from you. And you too, can help change the world through a story.
Okay, so I just want to share a story with you that happened to me recently. As some of you may know, I'm currently looking for investors for my talk show. Well, I have an investor video up on YouTube, so I'm guessing that's how this person found me.
Someone by the name of Andries Boekelman emailed me saying he was interested in investing in my company. He said that he saw my show and that he was a huge fan.
I replied to him by saying that I would answer any questions that he might have. He emailed me back asking how much I had in saving and how much I needed for the investment.
I told him I needed $500,000 for 20% of my company for the investment. I never told him how much I had in savings, because it is none of his business, assuming he was a legitimate investor.
He had emailed me a will saying he inherited 5.1 million dollars from Edwin Gabriel and a copy of his passport. Well, he was from the Netherlands, and I have no idea if the passport was even valid. He said he would send me the $500,000, but I would need to pay a fee for "the security of the money." He would have to ask his accountant what the fee would be.
I replied that I hoped it wasn't a scam, because no legitimate investor would be asking me for money. I told him how I found scams online about Edwin Gabriel (at least two pages on Google saying Edwin Gabriel died leaving 5.1 million dollars---the exact same amount he said he inherited).
He emailed back saying his accountant fee would be $750, it wasn't a scam and how he sent the documents and his passport. He even said that I had his IP address. What would that do for me, if I sent him the $750, and he didn't send me the $500,000. My lawyer couldn't sue him being in another country. What good would an IP address do? Absolutely nothing with him being in The Netherlands.
Anyways, I did contact my lawyer, after asking two friends. My lawyer said that each party is responsible for their own fees. Also, I had told Andries if it wasn't a scam then he could just deduct the $750 from the $500,000. He refused to do that....so you know it's a scam. I emailed him saying what my lawyer said and that legitimate investors don't ask the business for money in order for them to invest.
I just want to help those of you who might get a similar email or think someone may be trying to scam you. First, trust your gut instincts. When I got the initial email, I thought, "Wow!" My gut said, this is too good to be true, someone is just emailing me wanting to invest.?. Of course, a little part of me really wanted it to be true. This can be the case with any of us. When we really want something bad enough, pertaining to anything, we need to try and take our emotions out of it. We need to make sure we are thinking 100% with our heads, otherwise, we may get taken advantage of.
Secondly, look for the red flags. Red flags mean there is something not quite right. Make sure you pay attention to them and not just brush them aside because you don't want them to be true.
Next, ask around. Tell your friends and ask their advice. They won't have the emotional component involved and will be able to look at it from an outsiders point of view.
Next, do your own research. I googled the information and immediately found what I was looking for. One the will Andries sent me, there was the name of a bank. I emailed the bank and asked them if they dispersed the money to Andries Boekelman. They emailed me back telling me not to reply to the email, and that it was a scam. They sent it to their investigation department, and to let them know if something else arises.
Finally, ask your lawyer or an expert. They should know what is best to do...and it may be worth spending the money to have them look at any documents.
Let me know if you have come into any of these situations, I would love to hear from you.....Beware, because they might appear in the least likely places. Who would have thought someone would take advantage of someone who is trying to fulfill her dreams and help people. I even told him this...that it is a dream to expand and grow my company in order to help more people. These people are ruthless and know what to say to take advantage of their targets. Don't let yourself get taken advantage of and be their next target! Make sure you protect yourself, research, and listen to your instincts!
Jessica Rector has a passion for people and places. Her determination to help others has recently taken her to Africa. She continues in this quest through her talk show, The Jessica Rector Show. The show empowers individuals to find who they are and not be defined by others, roles, society or things. Everyone has a story and her show allows them to not only share it but to also learn from others. Whether we are going through a similar situation and know we are not alone or whether we can open our minds or change our perspective, there is someone we all can learn from others' experiences. Each episode can be seen online, at http://www.jessicarector.com or you can read her blog at http://www.jessicarector.com/blog Please share your experience. We would love to hear from you. And you too, can help change the world through a story.
Website Security
By: Joseph Schembri
When I decided to get into internet marketing, my efforts were first concentrated on trying to select what I hoped would be a hot niche market and then creating the website and web pages.
By "niche market", I am referring to a market where there is an interest from a small but sizable group of individuals (niche market) for a product or service and no one is fulfilling their needs. My goal was to serve them and make a profit at the same time. This turned out to be a major task on its own taking quite a bit of time and effort.
There are so many expert sites on the internet that promise you the world, but do not really deliver their promise. Their main goal is to simply get your money, give you a few tidbits of information, and then leave you on your own. Whatever information they give you is not complete. They tell you what tools you can use, but not how to use them effectively. They only give you half of what you really need, so that it is impossible to find a suitable niche market where you could actually create a successful business. I downloaded their free PDFs, which they claimed they could sell for $97 and would tell me everything I wanted to know. This was the farthest thing from the truth.
The main focus of this article is to discuss the security you need on your website for protection of your digital files.
Once I finally got a handle on my proposed niche market, I then proceeded to create a website. At first it seemed like a big task, but once I got into it, it was actually straight forward. I had to learn about HTML and mySQL databases, but this was not as difficult as it first appeared. You will be amazed on what you can find on the internet by simply searching for "HTML tutorials" or "mySQL tutorials" or any variation of the word search. Before long, I had setup my website.
Soon it became evident that just having a good website was not enough to attract visitors. After learning a bit about Search Engine Optimization (SEO), I finally was able to get on page 1 or 2 of the major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Altavista, AOL, AllTheweb and MSN(Bing).
At first I was quite excited as now it was easy for people to find my website. This was short-lived. Although many legitimate visitors came to my site, so did many hackers. I soon found my product being downloaded illegally and not being paid for. Some forums actually had a direct link (hotlink) to my download page. All people had to do was copy this link onto their website. They could then use this to again illegally download my product.
I had signed up with PayPal and so I figured my website was safe. The only thing that would be safe would be any money that I got. Unfortunately, my revenue was small because my product was being downloaded for no cost. It was evident that I needed security against revenue loss, as well as, for revenue collected. You cannot make any profits if people can download your product without paying for it. I soon also found that even people who paid and downloaded my product, also would download it more that once, again taking from my profits.
It soon became evident that I had to have some type of protection that would give my website some security. Being a novice to internet marketing, my budget was from slim to none. I had to find ways to protect my website without costing me, as they say, an arm and a leg.
Again, I searched the internet for help on website protection and security. There are plenty of people on the internet trying to sell you high price security along with monthly fees, but none tell you about the security features that are readily available to you on the internet involving minimum or no costs to you. It seemed like an endless task.
Fortunately, after some heavy digging, I was able to find some very good websites that would help in giving you ideas on how to protect your website. The information was not always complete as they also had to make money, so they would give enough information to wet your appetite, which was not too bad. By building on this information, I was able to come up with some free ways to provide some decent security for my website.
I was soon able to monitor my website for:
- IP address of all people trying to hack into my website so they can be tracked down.
- Security alert when people are illegally downloading my products robbing me of potential income.
- Security actions to be immediately taken when I suspected my website had been hacked.
- The Date and Time of illegal access to my website so that I could filter out all hacking attempts made to my website.
I had finally come up with the best economical security for my website.
On a final note, no website can be made 100 percent secure. No matter what people tell you, or, no matter how much money you spend, you can never make your website completely secure. The news is full of stories where hackers have broken into banks, insurance companies and many large companies. You can be pretty sure that these companies spend a small fortune on security measures, yet someone is still able to penetrate their barriers.
To learn more about how to add website protection and security, please visit:
http://www.websiteprotection.net
Remember, even the smallest amount of website security is many times better than a website without security that is open to the world.
Joseph Schembri has over 10 years of production, manufacturing, purchasing, logistics and management skills with multi-faceted manufacturing experience. He has also written many ebooks that are practical, easy, but thorough with step by step advice on website security protection and internet niche marketing. They are written in a language that you can understand with all the extra nice to have stuff stripped away.
http://www.schembrionics.com
When I decided to get into internet marketing, my efforts were first concentrated on trying to select what I hoped would be a hot niche market and then creating the website and web pages.
By "niche market", I am referring to a market where there is an interest from a small but sizable group of individuals (niche market) for a product or service and no one is fulfilling their needs. My goal was to serve them and make a profit at the same time. This turned out to be a major task on its own taking quite a bit of time and effort.
There are so many expert sites on the internet that promise you the world, but do not really deliver their promise. Their main goal is to simply get your money, give you a few tidbits of information, and then leave you on your own. Whatever information they give you is not complete. They tell you what tools you can use, but not how to use them effectively. They only give you half of what you really need, so that it is impossible to find a suitable niche market where you could actually create a successful business. I downloaded their free PDFs, which they claimed they could sell for $97 and would tell me everything I wanted to know. This was the farthest thing from the truth.
The main focus of this article is to discuss the security you need on your website for protection of your digital files.
Once I finally got a handle on my proposed niche market, I then proceeded to create a website. At first it seemed like a big task, but once I got into it, it was actually straight forward. I had to learn about HTML and mySQL databases, but this was not as difficult as it first appeared. You will be amazed on what you can find on the internet by simply searching for "HTML tutorials" or "mySQL tutorials" or any variation of the word search. Before long, I had setup my website.
Soon it became evident that just having a good website was not enough to attract visitors. After learning a bit about Search Engine Optimization (SEO), I finally was able to get on page 1 or 2 of the major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Altavista, AOL, AllTheweb and MSN(Bing).
At first I was quite excited as now it was easy for people to find my website. This was short-lived. Although many legitimate visitors came to my site, so did many hackers. I soon found my product being downloaded illegally and not being paid for. Some forums actually had a direct link (hotlink) to my download page. All people had to do was copy this link onto their website. They could then use this to again illegally download my product.
I had signed up with PayPal and so I figured my website was safe. The only thing that would be safe would be any money that I got. Unfortunately, my revenue was small because my product was being downloaded for no cost. It was evident that I needed security against revenue loss, as well as, for revenue collected. You cannot make any profits if people can download your product without paying for it. I soon also found that even people who paid and downloaded my product, also would download it more that once, again taking from my profits.
It soon became evident that I had to have some type of protection that would give my website some security. Being a novice to internet marketing, my budget was from slim to none. I had to find ways to protect my website without costing me, as they say, an arm and a leg.
Again, I searched the internet for help on website protection and security. There are plenty of people on the internet trying to sell you high price security along with monthly fees, but none tell you about the security features that are readily available to you on the internet involving minimum or no costs to you. It seemed like an endless task.
Fortunately, after some heavy digging, I was able to find some very good websites that would help in giving you ideas on how to protect your website. The information was not always complete as they also had to make money, so they would give enough information to wet your appetite, which was not too bad. By building on this information, I was able to come up with some free ways to provide some decent security for my website.
I was soon able to monitor my website for:
- IP address of all people trying to hack into my website so they can be tracked down.
- Security alert when people are illegally downloading my products robbing me of potential income.
- Security actions to be immediately taken when I suspected my website had been hacked.
- The Date and Time of illegal access to my website so that I could filter out all hacking attempts made to my website.
I had finally come up with the best economical security for my website.
On a final note, no website can be made 100 percent secure. No matter what people tell you, or, no matter how much money you spend, you can never make your website completely secure. The news is full of stories where hackers have broken into banks, insurance companies and many large companies. You can be pretty sure that these companies spend a small fortune on security measures, yet someone is still able to penetrate their barriers.
To learn more about how to add website protection and security, please visit:
http://www.websiteprotection.net
Remember, even the smallest amount of website security is many times better than a website without security that is open to the world.
Joseph Schembri has over 10 years of production, manufacturing, purchasing, logistics and management skills with multi-faceted manufacturing experience. He has also written many ebooks that are practical, easy, but thorough with step by step advice on website security protection and internet niche marketing. They are written in a language that you can understand with all the extra nice to have stuff stripped away.
http://www.schembrionics.com
