A Sapphire warning, and why you MUST bin this Biz Empire email
Today's Adventure in the Biz opp Jungle:
'In which Charlie has an angry rant, spots
some hyenas looking to feed off your money,
PLUS a blatant scam from Biz Empire, a whiffy
offer from Sapphire, and a boiler room
nightmare from Dominica.'
Hi,
How hard is it to stay cheerful at the moment?
Every time I turn on the radio or TV, I get a brain-
load of doom. The way the journos are bleating,
we're all going to be jobless, in negative equity,
bankrupt, pension-less, freezing cold, and paying
£9.99 for a loaf of bread.
Not only are we doomed....
It's our fault - that's you and me, matey - that
everything else is going wrong too.
We spent too much, saved too little, borrowed too
much, bet too much on the housing bubble, hoped
too much to be looked after... and we drive our
cars too much.
And we probably smell.
Yes, hang your head in shame!
The government and the good people in the press
told us this would happen. Every day they tried to
warn us of the peril.
"NO, don't do it!" they pleaded. "This is a bubble!
Put your purse away. Don't keep pushing up
prices. Save up like the Japanese. Don't spend so
much. That house is far too expensive. We really
don't know what's going to happen. Please, stop!"
Didn't they?
Did they heckers.
As well as us minions - who DESERVE poverty
and disappointment because, well, just because
we're sick polar bear murderers - now they're
going on about it being the "fault of speculators".
Yes, of course. The fundamental economic
problems of our time.... property bubble,
irresponsible banking, greedy corporations serving
their shareholders and not the public, blinkered
governments riding the bandwagon.... are all down
to evil short sellers.
It's not the lions who killed the deer that are the
problem... it's the hyenas who eat the carcass -
it's THEM WOT DID IT.
Thing is, this was the financial system
EVERYBODY seemed pretty happy with until a
few months ago.
Nobody was complaining about the financial
system when they were all supping champagne
from the emptied skulls of ordinary home buyers.
And I like the way people who didn't tell us so
are now on the news saying, "I told you so."
And I also like the way that we're supposed to buy
some extra jumpers, stock up on Tesco value
beans, and pray that the money we've saved or
borrowed is not going to disappear up the
backside of Mr Git McTosser, the nation's friendly
millionaire bank executive... a man who is
currently yachting with high class hookers in the
Caribbean and smoking cigars made out of cash.
Anyway, what has this rant got to do with business
opportunity reviews?
Well, I'll tell you.
Why it's time to protect yourself from
hungry scavengers
I started the summer thinking, "The papers making
a big deal of a crisis that hasn't happened yet".
Now I'm thinking, "Crikey, it's getting really
miserable."
And because times are hard, and people are
desperate, the scavengers are out, feeding on the
vulnerable.
I've had a massive increase in dodgy, desperate
scam-mail in the last month. For instance, here's
one from Biz Empire that you must ignore. It
reads:
"Psst, a secret is to be revealed to those who call
the infoline...go ahead find out how you can
stayhome and see 1500 to 3500 in approx
48hrs..cold hard cash..dial it up today 1-
8002586070".
No please don't dial it.
However tempting it is to go after "cold hard cash"
right now, there's no way that this will do it.
Anything that offers £1,500 to £3,500 in two days
is to be avoided.
By the way, I don't think "biz empire" is a real
name or company, and it's not the same as
something called 'Biz Empire' in South Africa
which is an advice website for people starting up
small businesses.
I'd also avoid this, which isn't necessarily a
fraudulent thing, but just doesn't quite add up for
me.
Why you should take care of this
Sapphire opp
There's a letter doing the rounds from Mr Charles
Abbot of 'Sapphire Equine Services'. He claims
they are "respected consultants" on "all financial
markets."
Funny, because the search engines come up with
nothing about them.
And my contacts at Fleet Street Publications, who
have been publishing investment newsletters
since the '80s, don't seem to know them.
In fact, I can find no information on this 'respected'
company.
But that's not the worrying element. It's that they
claim to own 50 race horses, through which you
can make a lot of money, by betting on them on
behalf of the owners.
Why? Because it's illegal for owners and directors
to bet on their horses.
In my view this stinks of a horse's rear end.
Trainers would not write to you to speculate with
their cash and even if they did, they would find a
trusted contact to do it and not a total stranger.
They certainly wouldn't mass-mail a letter
advertising their sneaky deeds.
And they would also provide a lot more proof and
credibility up front than they've done here.
Avoid!
If you're into horse racing, my best
recommendation is to try out Pegasus.
I mentioned it a few weeks back, and in response
another reader emailed me to say:
"I can confirm that Pegasus Racing Club has a
good success rate. I joined in May and my bank
has doubled in the four months since that time,
despite the inevitable losses along the way.
The objective is to make steady gain after all
costs, of course, and it is definitely doing that for
me. I always check out the runners and the
betting before placing my bets, and sometimes
things change at the last minute so you need to
use your head."
For more information on Pegasus, click here:
PEGASUS RACING CLUB
Given my earlier rant, I have to say, only enter into
betting system opportunities if you can invest
money you can afford to lose. Whereas a 'buy low,
sell high' home business like Amazon, eBay, or
affiliate selling is low risk, there's a higher risk
even with the very best betting system.
This goes without saying, of course, but best to
remind you.
I've got a final warning today....
A reader emailed me with a warning about
Richmond International Financial Investor
Advisors based in Dominica, West Indies.
"They invite punters to invest their hard
earned savings through them in American
companies about to launch onto the AIM market
with a promise of attractive profits. They have a
very well trained and convincing sales team who
really know how to pull you into their 'net' (so to
speak).
They are clever by proving their cred initially with a
visible profit then lure you into investing more and
more money and then all of a sudden
communication dies and the phone is never
answered and being based in Dominica."
Please avoid these guys. Tell them "TAKE ME
OFF YOUR DATABASE" and slam down the
phone.
As my readers says:
"There is little you can do to get your money back
or chase them up without flying out there armed
with a baseball bat. Even then I'm not sure they
are actually operating out of Dominica. I suspect
they are a US based 'boiler room' using Dominica
as their admin office only."
I'd advise against the baseball bat option, however
tempting that seems. Unless you fancy a violent
holiday abroad!
But if you do you'll be spending money AND
getting on a plane. So beware that you'll probably
kill a polar bear AND cause a stock market crash
in Timbuctoo by default.
Up to you.
Later alligator
Charlie Wright
The Biz Opp Jungle
www.bizoppjungle.com