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FIB - Scams 101 - Ye Olde Archives
Posted By: Jim Wilson In Response To: 1 STEP SYSTEM (Jazz)
Tuesday, 14 March 2006, at 7:04 p.m.
I took a look at a couple of websites and alarms started going off...
First of all the sites were vague as to what it is really all about.
Next is a timer on one of the sites. "Better hurry!" Uh huh...I am rushing right onto the next click. I'm sure if that timer runs out I won't be able to buy into your deal...
Then there is the overdone testimonials. To me it seemed like a bit of oversell. If a product is really good it will indeed get some testimonials. But that doesn't mean you have to post all of them!
You are left asking some pretty important questions. What is this site selling? For how much? How can others make money at it?
Summary: There are lots of promises on the site but nothing that really indicates to me that those promises will be kept. And the single biggest thing that set off alarms to me was something I found on one site. The person who owned that site basically stated how "simple it was". "I started making money the day after I got started and did nothing". And yet the main website warns that it will take an investment of both time and money.
It IS NOT simple to make money online. As I have said about a million times; it takes work and lots of it, luck, skill, an investment of time and money, knowledge, and did I mention work. ANY offer that offers the opportunity for you to make money without ALL of the above being involved is feeding off of your dreams to better your lot in life. Shame on them for feeding on those dreams. Shame on anyone else who might fall for such "opportunities" when there is so much info available about such things.
I am not saying with absolute certainty that this offer is a scam. But there are WAY too many whistles sounding off for me personally to ever remotely think about investing.
Hope this helps,
Jim Wilson
AuctionHints.com
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