Review: Online beauty product fraud
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Another online shopping fraud…

This case happened just one month ago in which at least 66 people were found cheated when making an online purchase of skincare products from a website named “BigPussyCat”. The victims were enticed by the cheaper price offered through the advertisement and made an online transfer amounting to RM 73,445.10 for the products.
It is no doubt that Internet brings many advantages and provides a convenient way for us to trade online. However, there is an increasing trend of internet fraud which has grown faster than Internet itself! Nowadays, online shoppers have become the targets in the e-commerce world. There are many online fraud exist such as Internet banking fraud, phishing and scams other than online shopping fraud.


There are some ways to prevent from being a victim of internet fraud. Online shoppers should visit the real website of those well-known companies such as Amazon.com and Wal-Mart as they are more reliable. Usually, a secure website will have ‘https’ in front of the web address rather than ‘http’. This indicates that the company has been independently checked to make sure they are who they say they are. It is important to know that if you purchased goods through unsecure websites, your personal information might be at risk.

In addition, people should shop for reliable brand names. Do not judge a company on how professional their website looks. Besides that, many websites appear to offer fantastic prices on the hot product. However, it is not much of a deal if they take our money and run just like what had happened in this case.

If you think you have been one of the victims, please report the case with the local police or lode a complaint to SKMM Consumer Complaint Bureau. Besides that, Consumer Fraud Reporting provides a list of where to report different types of scam or fraud in some countries.


References:
Online beauty product fraud. http://ecommerze.blogspot.com/search/label/Legal
Consumer Fraud Reporting: Reporting a Scam(2009). Retrieved July 7, 2009 from http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/reporting.php
How to avoid online fraud. Retrieved July 7, 2009 from http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/TechnologyInYourHome/InternetTechnologies/DG_10038621
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A discussion on E-learning offered in Malaysian universities: Pros and Cons from the student perspective
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E-learning is another learning method which also called as virtual class. Lecturers or tutors and students are not interacting face-to-face. Lecturers are using technology which means via Internet, to educate or instruct their students. Some of the universities in Malaysia had begun to implement e-learning in their campuses such as Universiti Technologi Malaysia (UTM), Open University Malaysia (OUM) and so on.

Advantages of e-learning:
· Flexibility
It is more flexible for students who are learning thru e-learning. They may learn in place that is comfortable for them at any time they prefer. Some of the students are working as part-time worker. So, they are able to adjust their studying and working timetable.

· Freedom to express opinion
Students may have equal opportunities to express their ideas or opinion and to ask any questions by posting them in forums or chat rooms and also thru e-mailing. It is helpful especially for those students who are shy to rise up question when face-to-face interact to the lecturer or tutor.

· Improving student’s English and computer skills
Everything in e-learning is all in English. Thus, they will slowly improve their English in terms of grammar and vocabulary while learning and discussing through e-learning. On the other hand, their computer skills will also improve when they keep on using computer as their learning tools.

· Motivation to learn
New learning method—e-learning is attracting students’ attention. It act as a motivation to encourage students to learn and discuss with lecturers or tutors.

Disadvantages of e-learning:
· Lack of computer skills
Students who are just the beginner of computer users may be facing difficulties when learning through internet. This will obstruct their learning progress.

· Lack of face-to-face interaction
Lecturers or tutors will have no face-to-face interaction. Lecturers may not know students behavior and feelings while students may have less understanding about the course.

E-learning may bring many benefits to students in learning progress. However, there are some limitations which have to be solved to get better outcome from e-learning.


References:
Call-EJ Online (2006). Retrieved on 2009, July 7, from
http://www.tell.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/callejonline/journal/7-2/Ming-Bidmeshki.html

Asian of Distance Study (2006). Retrieved on 2009, July 7, from
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A review on Lelong.com.my
Anonymous

  • History
First of all, let us look at the history of Lelong.com.my in brief. Interbase Resources Sdn. Bhd is the founder of Lelong.com.my. It was established in 1998 and has come a long way to be acknowledged as one of the the largest e-commerce company in Malaysia with business in B2C, C2C and Online Community Building. Behind the successful achievements of Lelong.com.my is a team of elite with diversified skills that compliment each other in a way or two.
  • About Lelong.com.my
Let's get into the main thing, what is Lelong.com.my ? Basically, it provides services such as selling and buying(auction), and opening new e-shop that are similar to international transactional site such as eBay.com. The main idea of the site is to provide members with a local flavour and ability to trade locally in a secured manner.
  • Registration and e-shop














Lelong.com.my users can register an account for free and start selling their products. In return, Lelong.com.my charges a small amount of money from users depending on the transaction process. Well, users can also open an instant online store with 5 easy steps. However, the features of the store varies according to the subscription fees. Click HERE for screen shot of random shops.
  • Forum and Safetrade
Lelong forum is a good place for users to discuss just about anything products, news, information, to casual topic itself. The communities are friendly and users get along in an instant. The moderators are helpful and effective in the sense of handling all kinds of issue within the forum. On the other hand, the site has a safetrade feature which benefits both buyer and seller. Basically the feature ensure that the buyer pay the exact amount and seller ship the exact goods.

In the end, Lelong.com.my is styled and functioning corresponding to the desire of Malaysian. However, the site is still lack behind in the sense of services and creativity. Hence, the team need to urge themselves to provide a higher standard services and strives for creativity.

References:
  • How Safetrade Works. Retrieved 2009, July 8, from http://www.lelong.com.my/safetrade/html/overview.asp
  • www.lelong.com.my. (2007, December). Retrieved 2009, July 8, from http://www.shvoong.com/internet-and-technologies/1733850-www-lelong-com/
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Corporate blogging: A new marketing communication tool for companies
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Blogs are published on the web to reflect the interests, thoughts and opinions of the person, publishing the blog. Blogs are characterized by frequent updates and may links to other blogs and web sites. A corporate blog is a blog published by an organization to reach the organization's goals and provide the connection with their audiences on a more personal level, build trust, collect valuable feedback and foster strengthened business relationships. Blogging investment is giving opportunity to companies earn tangible returns such as increase sales, partnerships, business opportunities, press coverage and lead generation.


Corporate blog is categorized into internal and external. An internal blog is normally accessed through the corporation's Intranet. It can improve the communication among different layer of managements and allows employees to communicate with each other in order to share their thoughts, problems facing in daily job and experiences. Other than that, internal blogs can improve internal communications through delivering timely information, facilitating employee collaboration and enabling knowledge transfer. External blogs usually fall into three broad categories: sales, customer relationship management (CRM) and branding. An external blog is targeted at people outside the organization. It is commonly used to facilitate the communication with clients, customers and partners of the business. Customers can leave their comments on the blogs to express and share their thoughts and opinions. Moreover, companies can conduct their public relations activities by posting press releases and updates about new company products and services on the blog. Since then, companies can advertise their new products through blogging as well.

Creating corporate blog in an enterprise will generate many benefits. Firstly, management can communicate directly with customers, suppliers, investors and employees to disseminate and explain strategy. Corporate blog gives the writer an opportunity to answer critics in a controlled forum. Besides that, corporate blog allows employees sharing their ideas freely and honestly which brings the blogging companies new connections and generates trust which can increase business opportunities. It is ideal for internal association being a workspace where project members keep each other updated without writing reports or searching the Outlook inbox which can save the time. People are likely to give great feedback if they know someone specific is listening. Through these feedbacks, the blogging company can identify its problems and solve it in return to generate big benefits such as improve customer relationship and generate more profits.


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