Sentences with phrase «money by preying»

There are many pseudo-gatekeepers in the self - publishing world who make their money by preying on an author's insecurities.

The promoter uses that common bond to raise money by preying on their common trust of the group and its members, thus betraying the trust of an entire group of people.

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On Twitter, accounts that presented themselves as Bitconnect customer support but appeared to have been set up only after the service shut down, such as @BitconnectStaff and @BitConnectExch, seemed to prey on users desperate to get their money off the platform by suggesting they send all their cryptocurrency to a separate digital wallet address.

Or, maybe worse, they fall prey to acting as a conduit for some type of organized crime ring looking to make big money by selling or manipulating stolen personal data.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

Hunters and their prey — Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Captain Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery / Homicide police division.

Many of those shouting the loudest are companies looking to make money in publishing the same way it's been made for decades: by preying on the dreams of aspiring authors and charging them for questionable editing, marketing, printing, or distribution services.

High Fiving Dollar's Sarah Li Cain kicks off Smart Thinking this week by asking if we are falling prey to certain money blocks.

Most of us believe that we're too smart to fall prey to financial fraud, but successful fraudsters trick smart people out of their money by offering incentives that are just good enough to be true.

One of the big issues is that, so for more sophisticated consumers who tend to be savers and have money yes they're learning what a fiduciary is but there's a whole segment of the population that is less sophisticated and unfortunately they're the ones that are most at risk and essential preyed upon by less ethical folks.

Often the disreputable agencies behind these scams prey on people in dire financial circumstances by promising overnight fixes and charging large sums of money upfront before any work has been completed — both of which are illegal.

Set in Victorian era London, The Slaughter: Act One has players assuming the role of hapless private investigator Sydney Emerson who, in between trying to make rent and beer money by finding lost dogs and enduring alleyway kickings, is swept into a case involving a serial killer who is preying upon the denizens of the city.

I am also well aware that by preying on people's embarrassment and naiveté you will unfortunately be able to pry some money out of the pockets of some of the humiliated parents.

NPEs are charged with exacerbating both of these issues by using the threat of (or actual) patent litigation to prey upon companies who may not have the wherewithal, money, or desire to fight a patent infringement lawsuit.

These companies make money by portraying themselves as «official» submission services, and by preying on people who don't understand how search engines work.