New Internet Users Beware...Written by Birmingham UK Com
The internet can be a confusing place for any new subscriber to world wide web. Far from being a warm welcome, internet can often seem daunting and full of hidden horrors. In addition to having to learn a wide range of applications and terminology, new user has to contend with ever increasing risk of malicious intent from fraudsters and scam merchants of this world.Setting off to explore world wide web without a firewall and some sort of software protection is both irresponsible and an invite for trouble. Easy access to internet internationally has ensured that spammers, scam merchants, fraudsters and general conmen are all out to get you from almost every corner of globe. Just browsing internet innocently can result in your PC becoming infested with spyware which can blast you with pop ups, or worse still – spy on everything you do online. Whilst new users sign up in their thousands there is rising evidence to suggest that a good number of experienced internet users are ‘switching off’ from browsing net due to concerns over security and repetitive spam and browser attacks. With chip and pin credit cards there is also added risk of further credit card fraud by criminal gangs having to re target internet in compensation for face to face credit card transactions becoming more secure. Day after day we are told how wonderful net is – indeed this is so. However, not so wonderful is constant bombardment of porn, pop ups, rogue diallers that will cost you a fortune and all manner of persistent and sinister emails, of which many can appear very convincing to anyone who is inexperienced. The internet can actually be a very dangerous place. Perhaps most famous scam of all can be referred to as 419 scam or Advanced Fee Fraud which is reported to be third largest industry in Nigeria, netting around £8 billion per annum. This particular scam relies on trapping new users to internet who are led to believe they have chanced upon a golden opportunity to make some serious money. An email reports that some ex president of a massive oil refinery is sitting on thousands or millions of dollars in cash and needs your help to spirit it out of their troubled country. Some scams are ingenious and well thought out whilst other variations can be extremely childish and barely plausible. The 419 scam in particular, relies on victim’s greed and gullibility. The initial email is normally a desperate plea for getting money out of Nigeria or some other troubled war torn African nation, with sole aim of extracting as much money as they think they can squeeze out of your bank account to cover imaginary fees and costs for a non existent transaction. Once you have entered into correspondence with scammer you are then persuaded to pass on details of your bank account, arrange to pay local taxes, solicitors costs and all manner of additional expenses relating to transfer of this imaginary money.
| | Christians, the MinorityWritten by Joyce C. Lock
It was published that Christian Community is taking over net. I thought, "Yes! It's about time they noticed!" But, sadly, another report came. It read that Christians have used Internet to, single-handedly, restore love for poetry. But, it has not reached lost world. Perhaps, Christian Community became minority because of our own doing. We were called to be in world, without being like world, to be a testimony in midst of them … not to separate from opportunity to minister to world (Philippians 2:15); except in event of an evil we need to, personally, get away from. How can they, otherwise, hear? Scripture makes reference to sowing beside all waters, Isaiah 32:20. A way that applies, for writers, is to submit our original writings to whomever is interested (the highways and hedges of Internet), with exception of x-rated sites. The only reason for eliminating those is because writings would be perverted, wherein God would not get glory. Though, we can still sow beside those waters, without going inside. One way writers can compel others, via Internet, is to include a link to more of their writings; which will draw some to where they can further be ministered. Utilizing your talents, you might have other ideas. There is neither Jew or Greek, bond or free ... red, yellow, black or white ... Protestant, Catholic, Indian, Hindu ... we are all trying to find our way to God. All things were created by Him and for Him. Our God is God of corn, wheat, and rain; one in whom all things consist. But, Jesus was an anti-religionist. He went directly to source because, THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD. Regardless of what another faith believes (if our writings do not create offense), we can cross religious barriers to submit writings to them; until we all grow into a unity of faith. Likewise, we can share their non-offensive writings, because (however we serve) it is still same God. No one religion has all answers. If we separate from everything not like us, we lose opportunity to learn from other faiths, also. We stand sure on what God has revealed to us, unwavering. Though, if we keep an open mind, we just might discover that there is more to God than any of us has, yet, considered.
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