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Oracle Tips by Burleson |
Web Stalkers
Chapter 7 -
Internet Scams
Would the Real Robert Allen Please Stand?
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Media Attention on Fraud
A reporter from eWeek magazine did a story on
consumer fraud:
“Oraclexxxxxx.com recently became defunct and
is now the subject of multiple Better Business Bureau complaints
filed in Mr. Smith’s home state, New Jersey. The portion of the
BBB file that's publicly available states that the company has "an
unsatisfactory record with the bureau due to unanswered
complaint(s)." The complaints concern delivery issues and refund
practices, according to the BBB.”
To my great shock, he admitted that he was
enticing consumers into buying his products using a fake
personality:
“Mr. Smith admitted that Allen, represented as
having "over nine years of trial-and-error from painstaking
research" and now acknowledged as "a promising top expert in the
field of Oracle database security," is in fact a figment of his
imagination. "There is no Robert Allen," he said. "It's a marketing
figure. Is it ethical? No. Is it used in business often? Absolutely.
Plenty of people utilize fictitious people in marketing their
circumstances."
Why hadn’t the authorities from his home state
charged him with any crimes? According to eWeek, these types of
activities rarely get the attention of the prosecutors because of
the relatively small amounts of money involved.
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