Black Hat Hacker

   Black Hat Hacker

Black hat is when you actually risk jail time or major government fines in your marketing or money making efforts.  Black Hats are basically criminals, petty or otherwise.   Some of these items used to be legal or at least unregulated, but now have laws against them. 
The internet is so large and the FTC and government agencies are so understaffed that most of them will never be caught.

If you are doing the following you are risking the wrath of the authorities, at least in the US:

• Email spam
• False testimonials
• Unrealistic earnings expectations
• Hidden rebill charges
• Credit card transfers to other companies
• Software theft