* Site debunks online moneymaking scams
Don’t you get irritated at the constant flow of fraudulent e-mail offers telling you how to become a millionaire by, say, grooming poodles, sending e-mail to strangers, putting your name at the top of a list and other nonsensical non-work? Well, Pavel Gavrilenko of Minsk, Belarus, has done a bang-up job of proving excellent debunking information on all those “make-money-at-home” scams.
The Web site is:
It’s entitled “Make Money Online Scams and Hoaxes” and shatters prospective ‘Net-millionaires’ illusions right from the first page: “Make-money-online programs are a great SCAM.” It invites you to look further:
“Reading a bit through the articles will save you time and money that you would otherwise waste on those filthy worthless make money online schemes.
“- GPT Scams – learn why ‘get paid to surf, read e-mail, do surveys etc.’ schemes are worthless
“- MLM scams – realize that nobody makes money with pyramid schemes except their owners
“- Work at home – just don’t hope to ‘make money typing, stuffing envelopes etc.’”
The site has a wealth of material on the wide range of tricks used by criminals to defraud gullible people into sending them money for worthless schemes. I particularly liked the simple, clear design of the site, with convenient links for previous/next articles as well as index links to jump to specific areas of interest. The author, calling himself “Acid Paul,” writes in a natural, simple style with considerable sarcasm to leaven what could otherwise be fairly dull debunking information.
The site also has a forum where people post their own queries and comments about specific schemes they have encountered – a useful adjunct for anyone looking for details.
This is a site that network managers can use when preparing notes for the security column or security newsletter to help bring security to employees at a personal level. It’s always good to provide information that can protect people and their families at home as well as at work.
Congratulations to Gavrilenko on a significant and entertaining contribution to the resources for fighting fraud.
