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Internet Scams Should Be Outlawed
There are many online scams. They claim that you can become rich with very little effort. These types of sites and scams should be outlawed and removed from the internet. After all, it really is false advertising.
 Flash  08 Feb 2008 13:40
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Yes, I would say this sounds fair and right.
I am in agreement with this debate for these reasons.
I do agree.
 
 Scorpion  22 Aug 2008 21:02
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It is totally unfair the people who do this. A lot of people can see through it but the old and vulnerable who use the internet may not. These scams are illegal and the people responsible thrown in prison.
 
 kddan  22 Aug 2008 20:58
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Ban the scams! Arrest anyone who scams people! Scamming people is wrong and isn't illegal already?
 
 Mark  02 May 2008 01:50
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I agree, scams are like stealing money.
 
 pythagoras  04 Mar 2008 19:16
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As others here have said, they are already outlawed, as they should be. The get-rich-quick sites you see one day might not be there the next, because they do get shut down. Problem is, they just open somewhere else.
 
 Chell  26 Feb 2008 20:51
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They are outlawed
 
 muin13  22 Feb 2008 00:20
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I think that all of these crazy scams should be outlawed. They are false advertisement. They promise all of this money for little work, but no job will give a lot of money for little work. Even though it is freedom of speech, it is wrong. Your freedom only goes as far as the next guy’s nose. These scams do harm others. They take their money and promise something that they never give. Most people who fall for these scams are poor and have little money to begin with. For the people behind to scam to take this money without giving something in return is wrong. Therefore, if a website cannot deliver that they promise, they should be outlawed and removed from the web. Above all, they take up too much valuable space on the internet that someone legit could use.
 
 Professor  10 Feb 2008 12:07
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Internet scams are already outlawed. There are organizations that encourage you to report any internet scam that you come across and then they make sure these businesses are taken care of by the authorities.

The problem here is that more and more scams keep surfacing every now and then. There is a need for a mechanism that will discourage people from indulging into such fraudulent activities.
 
 Twilight  09 Feb 2008 20:27
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Scams are already illegal, is this news?
 
 Cephus  08 Feb 2008 22:16
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Yes, I agree.
 
 uberlovely  08 Feb 2008 14:01
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How do you really define scam, i don't see it as stealing, if the scam artist lied about something or twisted the truth I'm very against, however, with no disrespect meant there are some really dumb people who fall for this sort of thing, if your going to put your credit card details on the Internet, why not check the reliability of the source etc etc. But i must admit it can be very easy to get sucked into a 'great deal'
 
 george5699  19 May 2008 20:42
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I agree with the premise of this, Scams are really horrible, But by outlawing it you stomp all over our freedom of press, which we can't do.
 
 foodlady  08 Feb 2008 20:43
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 Freedom of press certainly doesn't cover scamming people.
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