Avoid Scams - Part 1

[radish]

I will be posting a lot of information on ways to avoid scams because I always see people being ripped off by these scammers and give up making money online, infact they have difficulties to trust any other program after that. I was one of them last time but the most important thing is not to give up and try more. The information that I am going to provide in a few posts are very important and must follow to avoid any scams, infact one can detect a scam program easily using this informations.

Here is a list of common themes you’ll see on illegitimate websites. If you come across any of these on a presell page, you better hold off on completing any transactions. All of these can be considered red-flags that you’re about to waste money.

“Anyone can do it!”

Ah, the most popular slogan with no real backing. If anyone can do it, then why isn’t everybody already doing it? Perhaps the ‘it’ they are referring to in the sentence is the ability to fill out a form with proper Credit Card information in order to give money away. If that’s the case, then yes, a lot of people can get scammed. If anyone could make thousands of dollars online, poverty and unemployment would cease to exist. Everyone would be sitting inside making money online. The truth is that a lot of people will be suckered into believing they can make money online. That’s a pretty important difference.


High-Pressure Sales Tactics

The most common tactic here is literally a clock that is ticking away. If you don’t make a purchase before that clock hits zero, then you’ll severely lose out on a great deal. Can’t you see the previous sale prices with strike marks through them right next to the current sale price? It’s not like HTML is permanent and you can’t edit it after publishing. If it isn’t a clock then it is probably tomorrow’s date. Refresh the page and the clock will start ticking all over again. Go back tomorrow and you’ll see it’s always the next day that the sale ends. No matter what tactic it is, they are trying to force you to make a decision without properly thinking it over. Don’t give in.


Shady Images

There are two major image themes that pop up consistently with these online scams. First, is wealthy stock photography: fancy cars, million-dollar homes, yachts, people holding fistfuls of cash, and beautiful tropical resorts. These pictures lead you to believe that you can live this luxurious life after buying into this program. The second set of images usually portrays some sort of Clickbank, PayPal, or bank account that has thousands upon thousands of dollars currently deposited into it. Anyone with even a beginner’s knowledge of Photoshop (or Microsoft Paint for that matter) can doctor a screen shot in seconds. Suddenly, a mediocre bank account has turned into Bill Gate’s personal account. The only difference that will happen in your bank account will be a loss of money, not a gain.


Million Dollar Formulas

This is what should set the red flags off, but usually it encourages a buyer into completing a sale. The seller usually claims to have stumbled upon the secret to making money online. Think about this logically for a minute. If the seller is thousands of dollars per week/day/second/whatever, why the hell would they sell their techniques for a measly $49? First off, whatever market the seller was operating in would quickly become over-saturated and prove less effective. No one would want to compromise that.

Second, why would it cost only $49 to learn how to make tens of thousands of dollars? We need to look to real life for a minute. Those earning high-five or even six figure salaries are those with college degrees. Now, the average cost of a college degree is about $50,000 and that is just in tuition and administrative costs. Factor in the cost of living for four years and any debt acquired and you’re easily looking at $100,000. How is it possible that anyone could make a similar salary at $99,951 less than what college graduates are paying? As long as you are a living, breathing human being, you should know the answer to that.

More to come in second part, pass this information around to your other friends.

[nicholassyah]

Hi radish, TOP arcticle here. :Thumbsup: Though I agree on all the points but we still can debate on number 4 points. Cause not all ebooks/books/formula people sold in the net are scam. Even Donald Trump write books and share his secret to make money though maybe not all of his secret formula. But I do agree that 99% of those formula "Quick to rich" etc etc books are just scam. Some of them really helpful.

[mianghuei]

good MLM advice. I need those

[radish]

Originally Posted by nicholassyah

Hi radish, TOP arcticle here. :Thumbsup: Though I agree on all the points but we still can debate on number 4 points. Cause not all ebooks/books/formula people sold in the net are scam. Even Donald Trump write books and share his secret to make money though maybe not all of his secret formula. But I do agree that 99% of those formula "Quick to rich" etc etc books are just scam. Some of them really helpful.

Great you liked it, Donald Trump won't share his millionaire skills easily and cheaply, so whatever he wrote in his books should be basic business knowledge and attitude one should have in getting success in business - for an example is never give up attitude, well everyone knows that for sure don't we?

[radish]

Originally Posted by mianghuei

good MLM advice. I need those

MLM tips?? Are you lost?

I guess you need to read the rules again and know that short and meaningless answers are not allowed and won't make you much. Sorry but that is to keep this forum clean and moving better. TQ

[baazigar]

Some good tips here...
I cant understand hoe people get lost believing photos of cheques/bank account screenshots.

Thank you.
I would like to add one tip:

If you think the profit rate is too good to be true, it most probably is not true, stay out...