Protecting Yourself From Misrepresentation Online

The internet, as someone recently told me, is like the Wild West. There is no law, and anything goes. While that's not exactly true, I can understand why someone would have that opinion, seeing how many shady, if not outright illegal, things can take place online.

One of the biggest problems that have given the internet this wild, lawless reputation is that so many people or businesses online pass themselves off as something else in order to gain business and further their clientele. It's like a new version of putting an old, thinner, healthier picture up on your dating profile. You're trying to attract possible partners in the best way you know how, but it's not exactly the truth. One of the most current examples of this is newsletter publishers.

Some websites publish newsletters on a variety of sources, anything from finance to home repair to relationship advice. Anyone with the ability to write well and supply relevant content is welcome to publish their newsletter on this website. The website, in turn, advertises and attracts the relevant traffic to their website in order to get subscribers and viewers for the newsletters.

A good example of this is Agora Financial or Stansberry's Investment Advisory. If you look at their About Us pages, they lay these details out very clearly. However, many people stumble across these websites and believe these newsletters come from certified financial advisors, not retired journalists, or whoever may be writing a particular newsletter.

When they realize the truth about Agora Financial or Stansberry's Investment Advisory, they feel betrayed and yell Scam! The truth is that it is easy to be hidden or anonymous online and when it comes to money matters, the onus is on us to do due diligence before investing our money in anything.

The same thing happens when so-called gurus present their business opportunity in a skewed light for sales or advertising purposes, and when they explain the real details to their customers, people respond by claiming "Anthony Morrison is a Scam!" Or Jonathan Budd, or Nick Xavier, or Russ Dalbey; whoever happens to be on the other end.

It is frustrating. It would be easier if all the details were clearly out in the open and we always knew what we were getting into. But, as it is right now, information technology law is moving much slower than the speed of internet, so it's up to us to protect ourselves, and to seek out as much information as possible before doing things online.

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