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1. 

   2/27/09

   Norski

   "ONLINE MONEY MAKING - is it a way to CHEAT people?"
   
   That's a little like asking the same of 'television money making,' or 'book money making' or making money in some other medium.
   
   In my considered opinion, to the question, 'is making money online a way to cheat people?' -
   
   Quite definitely:

   • Yes
   • No
   • It depends

   The same goes for making money in any other medium.
   
   So far as I know, Bernie Madeoff did not make extensive use of online marketing. Yet, his Ponzi scheme was massive - and he certainly seems to have cheated people.
   
   But, I wouldn't say that making money by talking to people is cheating people - even though that seems to have been one of the methods Mr. Madeoff used.
   
   The point? Making money online through Nigerian scams is cheating. The money I pay to a statistics service, to get data about my websites and blogs, isn't cheating - because I receive a service which I believe is worth the money. Amazon is making money online, by exchanging goods for money. I don not think Amazon.com is cheating people.
   
   Now, if any sort of profit in an exchange of goods and services is considered 'cheating' - that's a whole different matter.
   
   Bottom line: receiving money without giving goods or services of equivalent value in return is cheating. That can be done online, or under a tree in a wilderness.

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2. 

   2/27/09

   buyersweb

   Making money online is the safest way to make money out there as long as you use ssl..
   
   Also if you are worried about fraud ssl is the same security as at any shop out there so it is same same if someone works out how to hack that they coould hack anything.. If you ask me most would go for banks if they had that knowledge..

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