Scams and Fast Money
By Mr.e
"If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is."
Now there’s a simple test to apply to any business opportunity. Makes sense,
doesn’t it? And for most of us that’s all there’s to it.
There’s just something alluring about the notion that you can make lots
of money very quickly, sort of like winning the lottery, unlikely, but possible
…
You’ve no doubt come across your share of this kind of opportunity. You’ve
probably even looked a few of them over, checked some of them out. And then
you gave your head a shake.
There are however some among us who see a different picture. The rash visions
my ship coming in, fast cash and the easy life, whimsical Caribbean cruises,
world travel to all the cool places and that chunky bank account. The same vision
that goes ‘POOF’ and evaporates into the thin air it’s projected
on as soon as the above test is applied.
Hey, the grass is always greener … go ahead. Leap over the fence and lose
yourself in the bright colors, tons of bold print and countless ‘follow
me’ or ‘for more info’ links that draw the curious, unsuspecting
and bedazzled visitors deeper into a web of willing cooperation.
And who can resist all that shiny razzmatazz and flashy gizmos combined on gaudy,
bright and often decidedly cheesy looking brochures or web-sites that dangle
the golden carrot and promises of realizing your dream.
How many legendary personages have you been told of who ‘made it’
with one of these ‘business opportunities’. Not too many, I suspect
and I bet their circles of peers are equally small, if elite.
Perhaps you know someone who has signed on with such a ‘business opportunity’,
somebody who (as you read this) is trying their darndest to get sign you into
the same out-fit, buy a product or service you have no need for, never even
knew existed or give a damn about. Worse yet, this someone probably is a family
member.
Ok, so their intentions are as good as … they are simple. One word: Money;
no revise that; three words: Make Money Fast. They want to make money and the
latest MMF (Make Money Fast) ‘business opportunity’ has left them
breathless after seeing a vision of future riches that is much too difficult
to resist.
Their touch tone phones are smokin’ as they find themselves dialing every
number in their tattered phone books in an attempt to convince long lost family
members that their lives would be much improved if only they tried the product.
I must admit that I don’t have a good thing to say about these kinds of
operations other than to give them (both the cunning operators and the oft ill-fated
sales force) credit for trying. The tactics and pitches I can do without. I
don’t know about you, but that kind of sales and marketing strategy turns
me off, totally.
I suppose its all the more frustrating when I realize that I know several of
these well intentioned people who have a track record of whacking away at this
or that ‘business opportunity’. Not being able to make a go of any
one of them, they keep grabbing at the next shiny thing that is dangled before
their desperate eyeballs.
Beware when surfing the web, the waves are great, but there’s sharks in
them thar waters too. The vast reaches of the Internet are peppered with scams
galore, sucking in gullible computer newbies and swamping their senses with
the latest gift-wrapped techno glitz, new and improved business opportunities,
manipulating the new technology to regurgitate the same old scam schlock.
IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE ... DON'T TEMPT FATE