How to Identify Online Money Making Scams?
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 13:13It would be great if every single add that promised fast money with little effort were true, but unfortunately, anyone can buy a Google add and there is a good chance that most of the ads are scams. If you want to find the few legitimate ways to make money online, then your best way to that conclusion is to first find the frauds. In other words, if you run each ad through a discretionary search, then you will be able to tell how to make money, by knowing every single way you can’t. This means that you will have to learn how to identify money making scams if you ever want to actually make money online.
The very first way to spot an online money making scheme is by if they are promising to tell you the “secrets of online money” only if you pay. There is no advice online that is worth paying money for online in exchange for learning how to make money online. It is similar to paying to find out the color of the sky, if you really need to pay for the knowledge, it probably will not be on any practical use to you. In other words: a fully fledged scam. You should never have to pay for anything, a membership fee, a survey fee, or an information fee. If you are paying to make money, you are simply throwing your money away.
The second way to identify money making scams is by looking at the integrity of your source. If your source really knows how to make money, then they are not going to be sharing their secrets in a second rate environment. Does the web page have a cohesive design and attractive layout? Look at the text of the article, is it grammatically correct, or does it look as if it is mass produced or written hastily? These are basic tips to judge the worth of any page, and a page claiming to hold the secret to making money online is not an exception. If you would not trust the source, why would you think their suggestions were valid?
If you are looking at a money making scam that contains testimonials and reviews, look at the level of excitement in the reviews. Think about yourself, and think about how you would post if you were honestly making an educating review of a service. If the comments seem too chirpy and fake, chances are good they are. This is basically common sense, as a person with experience, you have the ability to tell when somebody is acting, and if the writing sounds like acting, you should navigate away from the page immediately.
It would be great if there was one solid way to identify scams, but unfortunately, you will have to develop your own sixth sense to avoid getting scammed. Basically all of the above tips come down to one thing, careful discretion. So if you do not want to get scammed, you will just have to learn how to trust your gut, and ignore the nagging ‘what if’ in the back of your head.
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roger Switzer says:
April 9th, 2009 at 5:59 am
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