After i had taken a review on the blogspot http://ecommerze.blogspot.com/search/label/Legal, what shocked me is that among the 29 countries in Asia Pacific, Malaysia got ranked the 5th among those countries as a spam distributor as Philippines ranked top, followed by Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Laos. Besides that, Malaysia also ranked 7thas the propagator of zombie machine, behind China, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam. The survey result has been conducted by Symantec Corp, a security solution vendor.
Spam is actually a mass electronic distribution of unsolicited email which is sent to computer users' email accounts, Usenet groups advertising, promoting or performing actions such as :
The forwarding of email
The advertising or promotion of pornographic web sites
Advertising or promoting unsolicited web sites
The harassment of individuals or groups
The forgery of email headers of your email
The promotion of unsolicited business activities
Furthermore, the survey indicated that 96% of computers in Malaysia are zombie machine which means those PCs have been compromised by hackers and used to trick those computer users to reveal their personal information, such as passwords and credit card number, bank account numbers.
The lack of awareness is the main factor that causing this issue to be happened. Those internet users are not aware to safeguard their personal information plus the widespread use of pirated software which may contained some deadly virus such as Trojan Horse, Worms, and other malicious code. It is suggested to use some combination of antivirus, firewall, and intrusion detection capabilities. Besides that, choosing a more trustable search engine is also an important step to avoid being spam.
A corporate weblog is published and used by an organization to reach its organizational goals. The advantage of blogs is that posts and comments are easy to reach and follow due to centralized hosting and generally structured conversation threads. Currently, all major browsers (including Firefox, Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer 7) support RSStechnology, which enables readers to easily read recent posts without actually visiting the blog, which is very useful for low-volume blogs.
Although there are many different types of corporate blogs, most can be categorized as either external or internal.
Internal Blogs
Generally accessed through the corporation's Intranet, is a weblog that any employee can view. Many blogs are also communal, allowing anyone to post to them. The informal nature of blogs may encourage:
employee participation
free discussion of issues
collective intelligence
direct communication between various layers of an organization
a sense of community
Internal blogs may be used in lieu of meetings and e-mail discussions, and can be especially useful when the people involved are in different locations, or have conflicting schedules. Blogs may also allow individuals who otherwise would not have been aware of or invited to participate in a discussion to contribute their expertise.
External Blogs
An external blog is a publicly available weblog where company employees, teams, or spokespersons share their views. It is often used to announce new products and services (or the end of old products), to explain and clarify policies, or to react on public criticism on certain issues. It also allows a window to the company culture and is often treated more informally than traditional press releases, though a corporate blog often tries to accomplish similar goals as press releases do. In some corporate blogs, all posts go through a review before they're posted. Some corporate blogs, but not all, allow comments to be made to the posts.
External corporate blogs, by their very nature, are biased, though they can also offer a more honest and direct view than traditional communication channels. Nevertheless, they remain public relations tools.
Marketers might expect to have product evangelists or influencers among the audience of an external blog. Once they find them, they may treat them like VIPs, asking them for feedback on exclusive previews, product testing, marketing plans, customer services audits, etc.
Internet auction fraud is a growing epidemic worldwide, as online shopping has grown significantly every year that online shopping has been available. 51,000 cases of internet fraud cases were reported in 2002. In 2006, that number ballooned to 97,000. The numbers are staggering, but everyone can lower their risk by knowing what auction fraud is, how to detect it, and how to prevent falling for it.
Most internet auction fraud cases involve straightforward scams where consumers allegedly win merchandise by being the highest bidder. All sounds good until they send the payment and never receive the merchandise. Sometimes auction fraud cases involve slick descriptions that are presented and worded in a way that most people would miss important details.
That’s what happened of a case being handled by Judge Judy.A woman collected payments of $467 for 2 cell phones and sent 2 pictures of the cell phones instead of the real thing. The scammer defended herself by happily claiming that ‘what you see is what you get’, referring to the quote “you will receive pictures of these 2 cell phones” that was posted in the description along aside the cell phone specs and other information aimed towards selling a real cell phone. Thankfully Judge Judy tends not to fall for simple legalities and the case was over before it even started.
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Following are action to prevent e-auction fraud used by eBay-the largest internet auctioneers to reduce fraud:
1. User identity verification such in IC number, driver’s license number or date of birth. For example, verified eBay user, the voluntary program, encourages users to supply eBay with information for online verification.
2. Authentication service. It is to determine whether an item is genuine and described appropriately. It difficult to perform because their training and experience, experts can detect counterfeits based on subtle detail.
3. Grading services which is a way to determine the physical condition of an item, such as ‘poor quality’ or ‘mint condition’. Different item have different grading systems. For example, trading cards are graded from A1 to F1, while coins are graded from poor to perfect uncirculated.
4. Feedback forum. It allows buyers and sellers to build up their online trading reputations. It provides user with ability to comment on their experiences with other.
5. Insurance policy. For example, eBay offers insurance underwritten, users are covered up to $200, will with a $25 deductible. The program is provided at no cost to eBay user.
6. Escrow services. Both buyers and sellers in a deal are protected with an independent third party. Buyer mails the payment to escrow services which verifies the payment and alerts the seller when everything checks out. An example of a provider of online escrow services s i-Escrow.
7. Non-payment punishment. To protect sellers, a friendly warning for first-time nonpayment. A sterner warning is for second-time offense, with a 30 day suspension for a third offense and an indefinite suspension for a fourth offense.
8. Appraisal services which use a variety of methods to appraise items. It includes expert assessment of authenticity and condition, and reviewing what comparable items have sold for in the marketplace in recent months.
9. Item verification which is a way of confirm he identity and evaluate the condition of an item. Third parties will evaluate and identify an item through a variety of means. For example, some collectors have their item “DNA tagged” for identification purpose. It provides a way of tracking an item if it charges ownership in future.
10. Physical inspection. It can eliminate many problems especially for collectors’ item.
