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Online Threats Costing U.S. Internet Users Billions
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| U.S. Internet users lost close to $8.5 billion over the last two years to
| viruses, spyware, and phishing scams according to Consumer Reports State of
| the Net Survey.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/08/05/online-threats-costing-us-internet-users-billions
Microsoft passes the suffering to its users. Why not? Microsoft is, after all,
a pyramid scheme [1,2], such as this new one:
California Sues Online Travel Company
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| Alleges pyramid scheme
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| California Attorney General Jerry Brown is suing an online travel business
| for operating a "gigantic pyramid scheme" that recruited thousands of members
| with misleading claims that they could earn huge sums of money through its
| online travel agencies.
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| The suit names YourTravelBiz.com and its affiliates and alleges that its
| pyramid scheme only benefits members if they find enough new members to join
| the scam. Once enrolled, members earn money for each new person they recruit
| to join the scheme and not for selling travel packages. The company attracts
| new members by promising huge income opportunities via online travel
| agencies, but the average member makes nothing selling travel.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/08/05/california-sues-online-travel-company
Related:
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| As with all pyramid schemes, it is important to get as close to tier
| 1 as possible. From a practical standpoint, usually only tiers 1 and 2
| will derive significant long-term economic rewards from such schemes.
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http://reactor-core.org/microsoft-pyramid.html
http://reactor-core.org/microsoft-pyramid.html
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| Sadly, many of these brilliant people have been blinded by the stock
| price and unable to see that Microsoft is also the key architect of
| the greatest financial pyramid scheme this century.
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| It is not uncommon for participants in pyramid schemes to lose their
| emotional bearings. My close friends who work at Microsoft are
| particularly upset over my work and it is possible that even Bill
| Gates and Steve Ballmer do not realize the implications of their
| financial practices.
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http://www.billparish.com/msftfraudfacts.html
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