If you pay the ransom, you may be signing your son's death warrant.

如果你付赎金，可能就要了你儿子的命。

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The result is that ship owners, knowing that no rescue is imminent, pay the ransom.

结果就是，指望不上即刻救援的船只所有者，只能支付赎金。

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Of course, these scareware applications are nothing more than malware that hold your PC hostage until you pay the ransom-in most cases, you can't uninstall them or even use the PC.

当然，这些伪安全软件应用程序只不过是恶意软件，它控制你的电脑以此为质直到你支付赎金，并且大多数情况下你无法卸载它们，甚至用不了电脑。

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Shipping companies are known to pay hundreds of thousands - and sometimes millions - of dollars in ransom for the release of their crews and vessels.

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But a couple of questions have always bothered me Do people pay the ransom?

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South Africa's foreign ministry said it was giving the families consular assistance but that it would not pay the ransom.

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He said the rebels from the National Liberation Army made contact with his family and when his father agreed to pay the ransom requested for his release, the rebels killed him.

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