My definition of a Scam

Please follow the links in the examples below.

• or are they just a Business Opportunity?

I have posted many times on my website about this.I am using the term "scam" in an emotive manner. I know that Internet users will search for whatever they are interested in and add the word "scam" to it so they can see what others are claiming.

In the past I have managed to upset a few of the people that I have accused of scamming. That was my intention.

It became clear that this was not understood when I tried to interpret and answer some of the comments on my blog and communications with me to this website.

 In a lot of cases the "scam" translates into a dubious marketing technique. Something that the Internet is rife with!

Some examples from my website:

• The Groupon Scam - some think this scheme is just fine - I don't
• The sidereel scam  - offering TV programs for download (for example) when they are not available
• Dropdowndeals - this was more of an observation the data was being collected from multiple sources unbeknownst to the visitor.
• eHow and other "Content Farms"
• TorrentPrivacy and BTGuard Scams - mainly the marketing of these services by 3rd parties rather that the services themselves (although some may think they are scams in their own right)
• I am not sure if calling a dubious business practice a scam is slander   - OneWorldSafeDisk
• Torrent Review dot com  and Patrick Peyre
• eHow and other Internet abuse websites using "Blackhat" SEO
• Number1OnGoogle - watch the BBC from outside the UK for the price of a pint.
• Is Echo Dream Venture a scam? 
• Surestreamer 
• The LimeWire Scam