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Hilarious!!Charming!!Delightful!!
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Effective credit card fraud prevention programs can increase sales revenue while decreasing administration costs and fraud losses. Learn the techniques and strategies to feel secure about accepting credit cards. ... Read more

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Very Disappointing
While covering a wide range of topics, it does so in an extremely basic manner, and even then, with very brief, and relatively poor explanations. In fact, so basic is the coverage that it is unlikely to be of use to anyone who buys it - people who buy a book such as this are likely to already have a certain degree of knowledge on the topic.

Litany of security aspects, protection mechanisms on creditcards
Considering that this book has been sitting here, for quite some
time without a review, (which doesn't mean it hasn't sold
reasonably well - it may have well done so) I'll lay out its
first review.

First, the fact that this book exists, is a milestone in
e-commerce, and in self-publishing (through Canada's Trafford, no
less), considering that it's a topic that is extremely
specialized, boring, somewhat sterile, complicated yet in so many
ways present everywhere, at all times, considering there's almost
1 million ATM's, and 20 million points of sale/ merchants, around
the world taking credit cards.

If the objective of the author was to lend credibility to his
consulting business, he's succeeded considering the wealth of
information, extremely up-to-date, realistically and in a well
organized manner, on credit cards and points of sale, coupled
with the risk of fraud in that activity.

The author succeeds in giving confidence to merchants in
accepting credit cards, by explaining the litany of security
aspects, protection mechanisms and procedures that are present
during the transactions. I won't repeat what the book discusses,
but suffice to say that there are in excess of 40 chapters, most
short or medium in length, touching upon essential topics.
Obviously, with so many areas, none can be looked at in profound
detail, but this is not a drawback, considering that this book is
more of an introduction, than a how-to manual for websites,
ecommerce, software choices, or advanced security suggestions.

For those in the banking system, or working at merchant
locations, the author's instruction amounts to learning an
entirely new language, such is the terminology, the procedures,
the aspects of thinking and analyzing the "usage" aspects of
credit cards as forms of payment. As such, it can clarify,
justify, make coherent various strategies and requirements that
are seen at points of sales, and at banks for those handling
transactions which up until now were perhaps seen in isolation,
vs.as part of a greater whole, or of a larger encompassing
strategy. It assigns proper names to specific procedures and
scenarios and requirements.

For someone working in accounting, accounts receivable, at the
cash, or running a business, (a store, for example), the book is
an education on the struggle of maintaining the course vs.
abusers and fraudsters, and in how potentially difficult it can
be for store owners in maintaining their banking relationship in
face of the same abusers of "Credit cards" as forms of payment.

The author suggests that there are more volumes to be written in
the future, clearly admitting that a lot more could have been
said. Speaking for myself, a next volume would be welcome.

Lastly, perhaps10 pages of repetition could have been edited
out of the book (such as about vbv, or securecode) or even the 4
or 5 typos seen along the 200 or so pages ofthe book, for
example, but, as an INTRODUCTION to the subject matter, clearly,
the author is agile in educating the reader on credit cards and
security and how they must behandled by all the parties
involved (acquirers, issuers, shoppers, merchants, etc.)
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Typical of the government1970's style
All Glenn W. Turner did was challenge people how to "DARE TO BE GREAT" and then show them with his seminars, records and tapes how to become great.

Turner created a cosmetic company called "Koscot Interplanetary" and a motivational company "DARE TO BE GREAT", turned $5,000 into over $350,000,000 (1.5 Billion in todays $$$$) and guided average, everyday people to become millionaires. In less than five years, over 800 Turner students became millionaires with the Koscot and Dare TO Be Great programs.

Turner industries would eventually exprapulate to over 78 companies in 21 countries.

The Great American Mail Fraud Koscot Interplanetary farce is a perfect example on how a good thing can be deemd bad by government intervention. Interesting is that is was the government at that time that were the real bad guys and only a decade earlier had made charges similiar to what was made against Glenn W. Turner against franchising.

Today both franchising and network marketing are flourishing but what a price pioneers like Glenn W. Turner had to pay to pave the way for what we have today.

Mail Fraud? What about Watergate? What about all of the people involved in this hoax who in fact were proven to have broken the law, some are still serving prison sentences?

The real cuprits were not Glenn W. Turner or hsi people, but the people who attacke him. Unfortunately you won't read that in this tome.

Should be listed under fiction, not non-fiction
Very little of what is in this book describes what really happened in the Koscot/Dare To Be Great/Great American Mail Fraud Case.

The fact is that this book was spawned out of anger because Judge Reed threw the case out of court in Orlando way back in 1975. As a result, many money hungry lawyers lost what they thought was a sure kill case against Glenn W. Turner, Koscot Interplanetary and Dare To Be Great.

Interesting too is that in all of the so called legal documents that keep sprouting up from time to time; court dockets etc. all state regarding Dare To Be Great, Glenn W. Turner and Koscot Interplanetary right on their covers: "alleged" and "opinion."

Like the court documents, this book has a lot of "alleged" information and "opinion" of a writer. Of course the media also did there usual hatchet job on Turner and his companies as well. Out of 700 lawsuits filed against Turner, Koscot Interplanetary, Dare To Be Great or any of Turner's 78 other companies spread out in over 21 countries, Turner successfully won 699. At best, these wins showed up somewhere under the lingerie ads and consisted of about 2 lines, if they showed up at all. To the American media, Glenn Wesley Turner was a hero and the media does not like a hero so they revised his image even though it had nothing to do with fact or reality. And much information never made the news. Only the "opinions" and "allegations" made the media, some of which is still being circulated today.

Turner did lose one case (unrelated to Dare To Be Great/Koscot Interplanetary/Turner Industries) in a company that he didn't even own and spent four years in a federal prison on the most trumped up charges imaginable.

Some better books are Turner, Turner, Turner: The King of Network Marketing, The Unstoppable American or Con Man or Saint which tell the true story of this great and patriotic man.

Mail Fraud Trial would make a great novel.

Glenn Turner andhis people were the real victims
I have to agree with the other reviews. Those who were around back in the 70's and had any involvement in "Dare to Be Great", "Koscot Interplanetary" or any part of Turner Enterprises or any of the 78 companies run by Glenn W. Turner knew that GWT was a man of integrity.

Regarding the media, as the late Jerry Sicliano used to say; "They look good, smell good but they don't know anything."
If it bleeds it leads. Glenn Turner was a rich easy target and even today, misleading articles abound about "Dare to Be Great", "Koscot Interplanetary" and even the "The Great American Mail-fraud Trial", a case that was thrown out of court by Orlando Judge Reedback in 1975 but some folks would like you to believe that Turner was convicted. No so.

I have also come across several articles written about "Glenn W. Turner", "Dare to Be Great" and Koscot Interplanetary" clearly written by people who are merely regurgitating misleading news articles. Obviously these people never thoroughly researched the facts, never spoke with the people who were really involved in "Turner Enterprises." Most were babes or noteven born during the period (1967-1975) that Glenn W. Turner created the most powerful network marketing company in the world.

There is some talk about "Koscot Interplanetary" and "Dare to Be Great" was a pyramid scheme and no product was ever sold. I well remember coming to Orlando from the Midwest where I lived at that time courtesy of my Koscot/Dare to Be Great rep on one of Turners "Go Tours." Part of the tour was visiting the mammoth warehouse located on Sand Lake Dr. near Disney World. This warehouse appeared to be twice the size of a football field. Stacked on the shelves of rows of tall steel racks stretching from one wall to the other were $18 million of cosmetics that many officials and the media publicity stated never existed.

I recall one lady in our group saying; "My goodness, I have never seen so many cosmetics in my life."

We were then told that there was a lot more in the territorial distribution systems. So much for Turner selling distributorships and not product.

When we actually got to meet Mr. Turner, we realized that there was no way that what the media was saying could be true. This man exuded charisma and integrity. During his speech to us, he strongly indicated the need for retail sales. "Retail sales are the foundation" Turner told us "If there's no retail sales, your building on sand and it won't stand." Turner then told us that was the reason he got out of another company called "Holiday Magic."

So much of what has been said about "Glenn W. Turner", "Turner Enterprises", Dare to Be Great" and "Koscot Interplanetary" as Turner would say "just ain't true!" For a change I would like to see people telling the facts about GWT and the people that he has helped.

I am sure that my review here will not stop the negative, biased and inaccurate articles that still popup on Turner. Obviously this guy still bothers people, but if I can reach just one person and help them realize the truth about this great man, then the time it took to write this was well worth it.

I understand that Glenn W. Turner may be starting another network company again. If true, look for another MLM Giant and I suppose that explains why all of the biased articles, totally lacking in facts have sprouted up against GWT, "Dare to Be Great", and "Koscot Interplanetary, Inc."

This book was spawned out of anger because the case was thrown out of court and is not accurate. F. Lee Bailey successfully defeated case after case but you wouldnever know it based on what was written in the media back then and even now. Many people got in "Dare to Be Great", "Koscot Interplanetary, Inc."
to make the easy money by selling franchises but never worked the business, never helped the people they enrolled and then tried to sue Turner to get their money back. Those are the facts. Unfortunately, "Glenn W. Turner", "Turner Enterprises", "Dare to Be Great" and all of the franchisee's and distributors were the real victims.

Politics is politics? How about dirty politics??
There has probably never been moremisinformation regarding a court case or a company than the great American mail-fraud trial, Dare to Be Great, Koscot Cosmetics andGlenn W. Turner.

In truth, Glenn W. Turner was a victim of politics, dirty politics where the attackers where greedy, hungry politicians and truth and honesty werenever considered. Nore were the interests of the shareholders who invested in Glenn Turners company or the people who needed the services that Turner offered.

Although accusations and innuendo against Turner made front page news, the facts were never told by the media.

Here are the facts about the great American Fraud Trial, the accusations of some people who felt that Turner had cheated them and what really transpired in the court rooms:

"One by one, Bailey [F. Lee Bailey, Turners attorney], defeated all of the politicians who went to court with charges that Glenn Turner's Koscot was violating the laws of their states. Under the gentle, disarming cross-examination of Bailey, the complaintants who had signed the suits against Turner admitted that they had not tried to work the franchises they had purchased. He compelled them to say that Glenn Turner had warned them that they wouldn't make it as independent businessmen if they didn't follow the instructions taught in the schools he had financed for them to attend. Some even said they didn't take the salesmanship courses designed for them. Others said they quit trying to sell the cosmetics because of the unfavorable publicity the company was recieving.

"Didn't you hear Mr. Turner say that some of the people who bought distributorships would not make it because they would not follow instructions?" They were asked.

Yes, they had heard him say that. But they thought he was talking about somebody else.

Witness after embarrassed witness, in state after state, confessed that they had not tried to set up sales teams to sell cosmetics. They admitted that they tried instead for the big money that came with selling Koscot/Dare to Be Great franchises.

The big, quick money was in franchises, or distributorships. The solid, steady money was in selling the products of the two Turner companies, the cosmetics of Koscot and the motivational courses taught in the Dare to Be Great Schools. In the long run, there would be no Koscot if it's cosmetics remained unsold. There would be no Dare To Be Great if people did not attend it's schools.

Turner Enterprises limped along, managing to stay just above water, even though Bailey won every case. The damage done by the newspaper headlines that ran in big, black lines over the reports of the harassing litigation had been too great. The accounts of Bailey's victories were hidden over and under the lingerie advertisements. His cases won, Glenn Turner was left to his own devices. The politicians who had initiated the suits, in order to build up images as "Fighters for the People",
had either won or lost their elections and moved on to other things. [other victims??] They no longer cared about Glenn Turner or Koscot or Dare to Be Great. If they apologized for the harm they caused, not only to Glenn Turner but to thousands of investors, there is no record of any apology. After all, politics is polics. Right?"

Do courts enforce the law or create new laws??
Although the Koscot case seems to be one of the most visible court cases in MLM or Netowrk Marketing, it is not the only one.

In the early 1960's, the late William P. Patrick and his company Holiday Magic came under attack by courts ostensibly due to running a pyramid scheme and his company was shut down.

In the 1990's, the State of Utah charged Nu Skin as breaking security laws with their form of distributorship. The court went on to state, that the "promise of lucrative rewards for recruiting others tends to induce tha participants to focus on the recruitment side of the business at the expense of their retail marketing efforts, making it unlikely thatmeaningful retail opportunities for retail sales will occur."

The charges were later dropped, obviously.

Interesting is that in the Nu Skin and Koscot cases, no mention was ever made by the courts of the entry fee ... for Koscot and ... for Nu Skin. Only large investments came out in the court rooms

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A 76-page FBI affidavit alleges that Blagojevich was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps during the last month conspiring to sell or trade Illinois' U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama for financial and other personal benefits for himself and his wife. At various times, in exchange for the Senate appointment, Blagojevich discussed obtaining:* A substantial salary for himself at a either a non-profit foundation or an organization affiliated with labor unions;* Placing his wife on paid corporate boards where he speculated she might garner as much as $150,000 a year;* Promises of campaign funds - including cash up front; and* A cabinet post or ambassadorship for himself. ... Read more

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This is an article from a February 2005 magazine which reviewed "Qurb" software.It appears that you might be purchasing the software, but it is only a 960 word copy of the 2-1/2 year old article.This has absolutely no value.If you are interested in Qurb, as I was, and you find any site selling it, you will get all this information including the features which have been added in the 2-1/2 years since this was written. I was totally discouraged that Amazon would "Sell" a reprint of an old magazine article. If you want to give away six bucks, put it in the the plate at chuch next week.You'll feel good about it.Buying this will only make you feel bad that a good company would list and sell anything so totally devoid of value. ... Read more

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Author: Elizabeth Wagner Pittman
Publication: American Criminal Law Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2010
Publisher: Georgetown University Law Center
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Title: Dear Carol!(advice on mother-daughter relationships, boyfriends, girlfriends, health issues, e-mail fraud and education)(Column)
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This digital document is an article from Major Acts of Congress, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 738 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.An encyclopedia of congressional acts from the earliest days of the American republic up through recent years. This reference work provides comprehensive information on the legal statutes that affect all citizens. ... Read more

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Title: La. regulator sent to prison; called 'amoral.' (Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Douglas D. Green, sentenced for mail fraud, money laundering and conspiracy)
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From the supplier: Government officials are pushing for new initiatives to help in the war against mass mail fraud being committed against every household in the US. Direct mass mail fraud consisting of bogus sweepstakes, travel scams, chain letters, illegal foreign lotteries and sham prize offers are costing US consumers millions of dollars annually. The Federal Trade Commission, the National Assn of Attorneys General and the US Postal Inspection Service have reported on new initiatives that they are undertaking to fight mail fraud.

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Randall Harold Cunningham (born December 8, 1941), usually known as Randy or Duke, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005. Cunningham resigned from the House on November 28, 2005, after pleading guilty to accepting at least $2.4 million in bribes and underreporting his income for 2004. He pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion. On March 3, 2006, he received a sentence of eight years and four months in prison and an order to pay $1.8 million in restitution. Prior to his political career, he was an officer in the United States Navy for 20 years during which time he became a flying ace for actions during the Vietnam War. ... Read more

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