Scams Essay

Greatest Scam in History!”, is flawed mainly due to numerous logical fallacies. “Ad Hominem”, “Guilt by Association”, “Red Herring”, “Appeal to Irrelevant Authority”, “Hasty Generalization”, and “Genetic Fallacy” are some of the logical fallacies that can be observed to prevail in Coleman’s argument. As a consequence, the soundness, validity, clarity, reasoning and consistency of the whole article are insubstantial. Coleman’s premises fail to support his proposition that global warming is a scam, making

to college and university job hunters. According to reports, a scam that is specifically targeting college or university graduates. They describe the scam to be fake advertisements and can be difficult to spot. But the agency says that there are red flags that anyone can look out for. The FBI says that if college students are not careful, instead of getting a job, they may get swindled, as reported by ABC Action News. These scams look like legitimate advertisements and they are sent to the students’

Acupuncture: New Medicine Alternative or Scam? Acupuncture is an old therapeutic practice in Chinese medicine; however, it is becoming more prevalent in America every year. Have you ever wondered how sticking little needles into someone could actually work to reduce pain and other illnesses? Acupuncture is, by definition, “A Chinese medical practice or procedure that treats illness or provides local anesthesia by the insertion of needles at specified sites of the body” (“Acupuncture”). It sounds

Breaking News: Red Diamond Oil Scam Destroyed By:Umer Siddiqi Red Diamond Energy Corporation oil scam was demolished yesterday. Detective Jason Marshall and Collier County Fire Department Torkelsen found video of Jimmy Lee Bayliss buying the same butane torch as suspect Duane Jr.’s book bag. The scam began when the CEO of RDEC (Drake McBride) had his last chance to keep his job with the money from his father. His first move was to get the man known as Jimmy Lee Bayliss. He knew a lot about the

New Resident in Precam The citizens of Precam are terrified as they meet the newest member of their society. As the new character moves into town the townspeople float quietly in their homes, terrified of the creature lurking in their town. “I don’t know what he is, I’ve never met anyone like him and, to be honest, he kind of terrifies me.” says a local prokaryote man. The newcomer, names Jeff Fishe, is an organism that seems to be multi-cellular. A abnormity that has never been seen before in

adults, grandmas and grandpas, and show them psychically enjoying the healthy alternatives. Advertisers create commercials to connect the viewer to the product, through psychological appeals and further persuade them into believing the health food scam of the fast-food chains (Bovee 360). Subway has mastered the art of appealing to consumer emotions when regarding health. Their commercial “Friend of Jared”, proves Subway promotes the healthy food image but deceives the public with its actual product

Blog 31 – A light-hearted look back at slot game scams of the past When you visit an online casino portal forum, scams and cons are often a hot topic of discussion. The approach that many online casino games take is ruthless and often more damaging than most can even fathom. However, it wasn’t always the case of criminals taking on players, it was once a case that criminals would target the casinos themselves. In many “Robin Hood” like acts some smart thinking criminals would try and rob casino

Holmes decides to convince Pitezel to take out a very large life insurance policy to scam an insurance company by staging Pitezel’s death and substituting another corpse in his place, which he assured Pitezel he would had no trouble getting ahold of. In all reality, this was Holmes’ way of getting out of the predicament he had put himself in by trusting someone too much. In November of 1893, Holmes and Pitezel leave Chicago to travel across the country and commit frauds along the way. In July of

How to stay protected from Gold IRA Scams Steve Starr, a Tampa Bay-based RV dealer was going slow with his sales in 2008 when he was approached by a  Spyker Telemarketer, a fraudulent investing company. According to a story on CNBC, The company manipulated Starr to invest $25000 in precious metals through a sales pitch. Spyker also validated Starrs investment to be profitable through misleading statements. Instead of investing the investor’s hard earned money, Spyker Telemarketer pocketed

Brittney Valderrama Professor John Gomes December 12, 2014 Credit Cards In today’s society, the number of victims of credit card scams is increasing. These victims will be put in a lifetime of debt. The convenience of owning a credit card comes with much more complications than just one swipe of the card. Behind the fine print, one must outsmart the dangers of credit cards and become aware of balancing their interest by using financial formulas. People with credit cards have fallen into its trap