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Is this a scam?
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Rafa
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Obvious scam.
aryntha
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Of course it's a scam. The entire "news site" is from a non-existent news station, made up to look like an actual news site.
These "make $8000 a week at home" scams usually involve paying a hefty sum to an agency for "leads" or "notes", -- information that's actually available for free, and while it has the potential to produce sales (you're essentially operating as a 'broker' or 'middleman', supposedly matching 'notes' to 'clients') -- they rarely ever actually do.
It's a simple reality check really. People fall for these things, because they figure that maybe, just maybe - the only reason why other people haven't figured out how to become millionaires in a week is because they either are just skeptics or don't have faith. Or, they think that it really is "undiscovered", and maybe they're one of the lucky few who managed to give this amazing scheme a try.
But if you stop to process that for a minute, it all falls apart. A single useless meme like Ceiling Cat spreads across the internet at lightspeed. Free music and warez/pirated software does, too.
Think about it. If there were a way for everyone to become a millionaire (let's not get into the impossible economics of that) - do you suppose that it'd somehow stay "quiet" or "secret" or "on the down-low" on the internet?
No -- The reason one has to ask the question, "Does this work?" - in the first place, is because it does not work. If it did work, at all, you'd hear no end of it. The intertubes would melt under their own heat.
It really just goes back to the idea of "if it seems too good to be true, it probably is." (Caveat: Sometimes you CAN get something for nothing, and, in fact, sometimes there IS a free lunch -- but it's only lunch, and usually fast food.)
The above adage goes just as well for lasers. I'm becoming an "old pro" at being burned by laser sales. It's made me much more skeptical and more cautious. Don't give your money, time, blood or sweat to strangers who promise the moon and stars, just because it would be so cool on the off chance that you *might* get them.
That's not to say there aren't good deals to be had -- or easy (to you, depending on your proclivities) jobs to get that pay pretty darned well.
It's just to say that if you've got to ask the folks on LPF --- it means you're going to a community that you trust for advice --- and it also means that internally, you probably know the answer already.
Sorry for the long windedness. Preventing people from falling for scams is something I feel pretty strongly about.
This has been your LPF Saturday Morning Affirmation by Uncle Aryntha. Please tune in next time...
These "make $8000 a week at home" scams usually involve paying a hefty sum to an agency for "leads" or "notes", -- information that's actually available for free, and while it has the potential to produce sales (you're essentially operating as a 'broker' or 'middleman', supposedly matching 'notes' to 'clients') -- they rarely ever actually do.
It's a simple reality check really. People fall for these things, because they figure that maybe, just maybe - the only reason why other people haven't figured out how to become millionaires in a week is because they either are just skeptics or don't have faith. Or, they think that it really is "undiscovered", and maybe they're one of the lucky few who managed to give this amazing scheme a try.
But if you stop to process that for a minute, it all falls apart. A single useless meme like Ceiling Cat spreads across the internet at lightspeed. Free music and warez/pirated software does, too.
Think about it. If there were a way for everyone to become a millionaire (let's not get into the impossible economics of that) - do you suppose that it'd somehow stay "quiet" or "secret" or "on the down-low" on the internet?
No -- The reason one has to ask the question, "Does this work?" - in the first place, is because it does not work. If it did work, at all, you'd hear no end of it. The intertubes would melt under their own heat.
It really just goes back to the idea of "if it seems too good to be true, it probably is." (Caveat: Sometimes you CAN get something for nothing, and, in fact, sometimes there IS a free lunch -- but it's only lunch, and usually fast food.)
The above adage goes just as well for lasers. I'm becoming an "old pro" at being burned by laser sales. It's made me much more skeptical and more cautious. Don't give your money, time, blood or sweat to strangers who promise the moon and stars, just because it would be so cool on the off chance that you *might* get them.
That's not to say there aren't good deals to be had -- or easy (to you, depending on your proclivities) jobs to get that pay pretty darned well.
It's just to say that if you've got to ask the folks on LPF --- it means you're going to a community that you trust for advice --- and it also means that internally, you probably know the answer already.
Sorry for the long windedness. Preventing people from falling for scams is something I feel pretty strongly about.
This has been your LPF Saturday Morning Affirmation by Uncle Aryntha. Please tune in next time...
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If I had a way on connecting with people through my computer
that wanted to send me money for "something" and I made a Profit
from it... why would I tell everyone how to cut into my potential
market and possibly lower my sales income..
The only way this would happen is if I charged you for the "Computer
money making trick" to cover any of my potential sales losses from
sharing the trick with you...
Jerry
that wanted to send me money for "something" and I made a Profit
from it... why would I tell everyone how to cut into my potential
market and possibly lower my sales income..
The only way this would happen is if I charged you for the "Computer
money making trick" to cover any of my potential sales losses from
sharing the trick with you...
Jerry
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iskor12
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Yes it's a scam and this is one of the worst fake websites that I have seen thus far.
