Introduction
Nearly everyone who uses the Internet has seen some form of "the Nigerian scam," also known as "advance fee fraud," in which you receive an unsolicited email claiming that the sender has some financial situation that requires you to help and make money by paying an upfront fee. Unfortunately, these scams are only a few of the countless opportunities on the Internet for "bad guys" to separate us from our money.
Instructions
Step One
Learn to recognize fraudulent offers online. For example, many "work at home" and "data entry" schemes promise that the recipient can make large amounts of money but do not mention all the costs involved. Such scams can often be recognized by their garishly colored web sites and flamboyant promises, for example, "Earn $1,000 a day!" They show claim after claim from "satisfied customers" and even show screen captures of income statements that don't show the costs involved. Once the investor has gotten hooked by investing money in the product, the buyer then is encouraged to take on additional expenses by investing in an expensive website.
Step Two
Use the Federal Trade Commission consumer complaint form to submit a complaint to the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection about a particular company or organization. The information you provide is up to you. It's not necessary to provide your name, but if you don't provide your name or other information, it may be impossible for the Bureau to respond to or investigate the complaint or request.
Step Three
Look up the business with the Better Business Bureau, which also accepts complaints about misleading advertising, failure to deliver goods or services, identity theft and other consumer complaints. Complaints can be filed online.
Step Four
Check out ScamBusters, a valuable online resource on the latest scams and how to protect yourself against them and report them.
Step Five
Look up the NFIC website that lists the offices of attorneys general in every state as well as links to other useful government agency sites.
Tips & Warnings
The FTC does not resolve individual problems, but complaints help investigate fraud. Internet, telemarketing, identity theft and other such complaints are passed along to a database available to civil and criminal law enforcement agencies.
Showing posts with label Scams. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Turnkey website
Turnkey websites are in fact ready made Websites . With a turnkey website you not only get the website layout but also the content and usually also affiliate programs plugged in! All you need to do is sit back and collect the cash?
Turnkey Websites - Pros and Cons
So what are turnkey websites are they a get rich quick scheme trick? Well I think mainly yes.
Do they have good points?- They certainly do and when used appropriately could be very useful. Most appear to come from one of two angles-
Offer the punter a get rich quick scheme at a high price. It fails they win.
Or as an extension of an affiliate program where the seller has a product that, although it may be in demand, has high competition and looks for ways of making it easy for people to sell the product.
The second form has merit and is worthy of consideration. They are in fact just moving the affiliate process a little further on. However; remember what all good affiliate programs have in common ! - they are free to join.
Paid Turnkey Websites
So you pay for a turnkey website from Company X - it costs $300 per year and it promotes products from company X. You don't know what you are doing you fail !- Who wins? ---Company X
OK same scenario but it's a success who wins?-- both of you. It costs company X nothing in either case and they make money in either case. They have really no incentive to help you succeed as they make money anyway.
Free Turnkey Websites
You get a free turnkey website from Company X - it costs nothing and it promotes products from company X. You don't know what you are doing you fail !- Who wins? ---No one
OK same scenario but it's a success who wins?-- both of you. It costs Neither you nor company X in either case and both only make money if you succeed. They now have a real incentive to help you succeed or they make no money!
This is in effect an affiliate program and so should be treated as such. If you are going to get into turnkey websites then this is the group I would recommend to start.
Turnkey Website Success Rates
Despite what the ad says not all turnkey websites make money. In fact in writing this article I was unable to find anyone offering turnkey websites who quoted a success rate for their customers.
Now that isn't really hard to do. They now how many webmasters took out a package and they know how much they earned in a year and they know how many stayed in business and how long.
Now if you were selling a turnkey business were 80 out of 100 people who purchased it stayed in business and made $x would you not boast a little in your promotion.
As someone who once did jury service told me -It's not what the defence lawyer says as what he doesn't say that is important. If he says M'laud the defendant is of good character and has never been in trouble before then -its true. If he fails to mention it then----
This may all sound that I'm trying to disparage turnkey websites- I'm not. I just want to warn you to proceed with extreme caution in this area . I personally would categorise turnkey websites with the business opportunity market where the same advice holds true.
Turnkey Websites - Pros and Cons
So what are turnkey websites are they a get rich quick scheme trick? Well I think mainly yes.
Do they have good points?- They certainly do and when used appropriately could be very useful. Most appear to come from one of two angles-
Offer the punter a get rich quick scheme at a high price. It fails they win.
Or as an extension of an affiliate program where the seller has a product that, although it may be in demand, has high competition and looks for ways of making it easy for people to sell the product.
The second form has merit and is worthy of consideration. They are in fact just moving the affiliate process a little further on. However; remember what all good affiliate programs have in common ! - they are free to join.
Paid Turnkey Websites
So you pay for a turnkey website from Company X - it costs $300 per year and it promotes products from company X. You don't know what you are doing you fail !- Who wins? ---Company X
OK same scenario but it's a success who wins?-- both of you. It costs company X nothing in either case and they make money in either case. They have really no incentive to help you succeed as they make money anyway.
Free Turnkey Websites
You get a free turnkey website from Company X - it costs nothing and it promotes products from company X. You don't know what you are doing you fail !- Who wins? ---No one
OK same scenario but it's a success who wins?-- both of you. It costs Neither you nor company X in either case and both only make money if you succeed. They now have a real incentive to help you succeed or they make no money!
This is in effect an affiliate program and so should be treated as such. If you are going to get into turnkey websites then this is the group I would recommend to start.
Turnkey Website Success Rates
Despite what the ad says not all turnkey websites make money. In fact in writing this article I was unable to find anyone offering turnkey websites who quoted a success rate for their customers.
Now that isn't really hard to do. They now how many webmasters took out a package and they know how much they earned in a year and they know how many stayed in business and how long.
Now if you were selling a turnkey business were 80 out of 100 people who purchased it stayed in business and made $x would you not boast a little in your promotion.
As someone who once did jury service told me -It's not what the defence lawyer says as what he doesn't say that is important. If he says M'laud the defendant is of good character and has never been in trouble before then -its true. If he fails to mention it then----
This may all sound that I'm trying to disparage turnkey websites- I'm not. I just want to warn you to proceed with extreme caution in this area . I personally would categorise turnkey websites with the business opportunity market where the same advice holds true.
Internet scams
The Internet is awash with money making scams. The general rule I always follow is that if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.
The most common ones involving websites involve turnkey websites or sometimes sold as niche websites. Before you invest any money in an online business you should always do some research.
Basic Research
What I always do myself is.
To search Google and Yahoo for the company and any related information looking for good/bad reports.
Ask myself some questions -
If I knew about this would I tell everyone about it?
How do they make money from this?
How do they benefit by telling me?
If it is really so easy why aren't they doing it themselves.
Visit http://www.ripoffreport.com and search their database
Wait a few weeks before making any decision.
Make sure I can cancel at any time.
Make sure I am not committing to anything long term.
If I have any doubt I leave it alone.
Final Thought
If you discovered a Goose that could lay Golden eggs would you tell everyone about it? If the goose had little geese that could do the same would you sell them?
On that vain the other day I came across a company offering turnkey websites guaranteed to make over $1000 per month if not 10 times my money back. The ad said they were already up online and making that money.
My investment was something like $100 per month. A real no brainer my profit $900 per month! ---Easy Money!
Seriously if you had a website earning $1000 per month would you sell it for $100 per month.
You can make money on the Internet but you will have to work at it. No one is going to give or sell you an Internet money machine- they are going to keep it for themselves!
The most common ones involving websites involve turnkey websites or sometimes sold as niche websites. Before you invest any money in an online business you should always do some research.
Basic Research
What I always do myself is.
To search Google and Yahoo for the company and any related information looking for good/bad reports.
Ask myself some questions -
If I knew about this would I tell everyone about it?
How do they make money from this?
How do they benefit by telling me?
If it is really so easy why aren't they doing it themselves.
Visit http://www.ripoffreport.com and search their database
Wait a few weeks before making any decision.
Make sure I can cancel at any time.
Make sure I am not committing to anything long term.
If I have any doubt I leave it alone.
Final Thought
If you discovered a Goose that could lay Golden eggs would you tell everyone about it? If the goose had little geese that could do the same would you sell them?
On that vain the other day I came across a company offering turnkey websites guaranteed to make over $1000 per month if not 10 times my money back. The ad said they were already up online and making that money.
My investment was something like $100 per month. A real no brainer my profit $900 per month! ---Easy Money!
Seriously if you had a website earning $1000 per month would you sell it for $100 per month.
You can make money on the Internet but you will have to work at it. No one is going to give or sell you an Internet money machine- they are going to keep it for themselves!
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