Are we so naive to believe everything that is written on the website?

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Many think that they have found goldmines on the internet when they stumbled upon money making sites that promises handsome return. Look at these flashy and catchy adverts that have dominated many sites online 'Double your money in 100 days!' 'Triple your capital in seven weeks - guaranteed!''Make money at home - no selling, no buying, no work required!' These are but few of the many well crafted adverts that have paralyzed people's mind and blinded them to jump and put thousands of dollars in the hope of getting good and fast returns of their investments. Sadly, that is the last they see of their money once they have invested online. These are but only the tips of the iceberg of the many ways of scamming that has become so popular in the cyber-world. I remember a couple of years back my sister's colleague sweet talk my mom into investing in a site called 'Swisscash'. It was a talk of the whole nation about this Swisscash who operated through the internet. Many have been dubbed into parting with their money because of the high return that this 'investment' company promised. Yes, they did pay out good returns initially and everyone was convinced that it was a legit site. Little do the investors know that the money in a Ponzi scheme was being recycled where the later investors are paying for the earlier entrants. And as long as there are new investors bringing in new money, the cycle will go on. Coming back to my mother's investment, yes, she invested a couple of thousands initially and within few weeks she earned double of her investment. She was so thrilled to make money without breaking much of a sweat. She doubled up in her second investment only to get zero return and her capital investment was also gone. She was swindled and so are the rest of the investors that could have invested millions of $. No one knows how many thousands of people have invested in Swisscash as the site totally vanished from the screen. The Government finally put a ban on all internet investment in our country. Unfortunately in our cyber age, nobody can control the internet and people are always on the lookout for opportunities online to enrich themselves without thinking logically.