(How Not to) Get Rich Quick!

Feb 22, 2006 15:23

I feel really sorry for my sister right now, and I feel even worse that I'm feeling sorry for her ( Read more... )

sara, family, money, linkage, internet, sad

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starlakitty February 23 2006, 01:50:59 UTC
I think its awful that these websites exist, and worse, that they charge people for thier "services." It makes me sad to think that somewhere out there, some a-hole set this up and *knew* that people who were down on their luck would sign up for it, hoping for an easy oppurtunity to get money. =/

Perhaps Sara should have known the website looked fishy, but maybe she just wanted to believe it. Or maybe, like so many other people who may not be too savvy when it comes e-scams, she didn't realize.

I feel bad that she got suckered into it. I hope she learns from it and doesn't fall for silly scams in the future!

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squeakywheel February 23 2006, 02:34:46 UTC
It is pretty sad that people prey on others as their main means of subsisting.

Leon was telling me yesterday morning about the company that sued the people who make Blackberries for patent infringement--apparently the company only makes patents (doesn't do anything with them) and just waits for someone to come along and create a product that they technically invented/patented and they can sue them. (That was a very confusing sentence.) Basically, their whole operation is to dream up inventions and wait for someone to have the technology to physically create and then market that technology and whammo! They can sue for big bucks. Same principle, really.

Too many people prey on the weak. But it's true what naebliser said: if the weak didn't keep falling for the same tricks, these scams wouldn't exist.

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starlakitty February 23 2006, 02:36:06 UTC
oh my god! thats awful! i've never heard of anything like that!
seriously, stuff like this is why i believe in karma. if i didn't believe in karma, i think i would be tempted to kick some serious butt.

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squeakywheel February 23 2006, 02:37:49 UTC
I hope someone kicks their butts, karma or whatever. I don't know how that business practice is even considered legal or how it held up in court. The patent system needs some serious revisions.

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squeakywheel February 23 2006, 02:36:06 UTC
That Blackberry explanation would be a lot less confusing if I hadn't just said "they" over and over again. Oh well, I think you can sort through it. :)

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