This week ’s Adventure in the Biz Opp Jungle…
“In which Charlie goes scam bashing… hears about a GENUINE
money making event that will earn him, literally, BILLIONS of
pounds overnight… and gets chased by a bunch of fat cats.”
Hello
To get your minds off the football for a while, I’d like to introduce
you to another little pastime of mine.
It’s boisterous… it’s fun… and it’s all over in ten minutes.
No, you can get that dirty thought out of your head.
…I’m talking about SCAM BASHING!
A very kind reader sent in an opp for me to look at, and it was so
ridiculous, I thought I’d show you the mental process I go
through when I read a promotion like this. It might be a useful
approach to take yourself.
Ready? Here goes…
“Who Else Wants to Become a Millionaire this Year?”
Yes that’s the headline of this rubbish internet mailshot. If you
want to have peek, look here http://www.new-millionaire.com/ -
but come straight back to me. DO NOT BUY IT.
It begins with what copywriters call THE BIG PROMISE. In this
case, it’s a whopper:
“Just 15 minutes today is all you are going to need to set yourself
up as a millionaire in as little as 6 months from now.”
Erm, well, no it won’t. I’ve never heard of anyone going from no
money to a million in 6 months. That’s like a car going from 0 to
100mp in a second.
Quite simply, it’s too good to be true. When someone next tells
you that they can make you a millionaire within a year, just moo
like a cow.
Works for me.
Now back to the scam…
“Very shortly the world's media are going to go in to a frenzy
about an incredible opportunity that is going to create billions
upon billions of dollars literally overnight.”
In copywriting circles, this is called adding ‘urgency’ – to get you
to rush into a decision. Usually it comes with some kind of
prediction, and evidence to back it up. In this case, the writer
gives no details of how billions of dollars will flood the economy
overnight.
Unsurprising, really, as it’s utter balls.
And he goes on…
“You won't hear about this on the radio, see it on the TV or read
about it in the newspapers until after the event.”
No, you won’t hear about it on the radio or telly AT ALL.
“The few people who know about this tend to keep it very quiet,
and quickly turn themselves in to very wealthy individuals.... and
now you have the chance to do the same”.
Wow, so this guy has heard about a mystical money event that
nobody in the media has heard about it. And rather than keep it
to himself – like the other billionaires – he’s going to pass it on.
I assume that if the billionaires find out that he’s leaked the
secret, they’ll come chasing after him in their top hats,
brandishing massive golden hammers.
Actually, that’s MORE likely than you or I becoming a millionaire
within 6 months with his help. But he’s doing his best…
“I'm going to give you the same information that major
governments and leading world banks are using right now to
generate billions upon billions of dollars.”
Again, he’s mistaking me for an idiot.
What the world banks to generate billions of dollars is either print
MORE MONEY, causing inflation. Or they lower interest rates so
that people spend and borrow more.
Who is this guy? President Bush?
Later on, it gets worse…
Near the end of the promotion, the writer says:
“You will simply spend around 15 minutes following the very
simple instructions I am going to give you; after that your work is
done. At no point will you need to do another thing whatsoever.
There is absolutely nothing to do at any point after the initial 15
minutes.”
Right, so 15 minutes and you’re done. Quite literally, DONE.
You’re more likely to be molested by an angry, vengeful salmon
in a wedding dress in those 15 minutes.
Then there’s a bunch of testimonials without any names or even
initials attributed to them! I mean, if this guy was a decent
scamster he’d have at least made up some names! What’s he
got to lose?
There’s not even a name to sign it off! Would YOU trust
someone who doesn’t give his name?
I don’t need to road test an opp like this. It’s so obviously a
scam, it should be wearing a moustache, twirling a cane, and
cackling like a maniac.
AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE, please!
This one also sounds too good to be true
This one is called the Ultimate Earning System. Now this may
not even be a scam, but I am going to bash it anyway, because it
DEFINITELY won’t do what it promises.
The headline is:
" I'm going to show you A Little-Known Secret That Can Help
You Earn £300-£1000 Every Day Spending One Hour A Week
Online!"
Well, £300-£1000 is not exactly specific is it? Although it is
possible to generate big money online… one hour a week for a
grand a day?
Nah…
"I know it sounds incredible,” says the mystery writer (again, no
name at the sign off). Well, yes it does. Because it IS. “But I am
going to introduce you to a fun and easy way to generate an
extra income of over £30,000 per month spending 1 hour a week
on the internet.”
So now it’s OVER £30,000 a month. He’s sticking with his
LEAST conservative estimate.
Well, who cares about realism anyway? This guy lives in a
chocolate house surrounded by playboy bunnies and golden
robot servants… IN HIS MIND.
“You're probably like me fed up of working hard and have
nothing to show for all your time and effort and have experienced
all that useless information and tips which claim to never lose but
are still waiting to 'make money'.
Yes, and you’re shoving another one down my throat. Cheers,
mate.
Later he says, “Ultimate earning is not a "get rich quick"
scheme. So £360,000 in your first year for an hour a week’s work
is NOT get rich quick?
What is this then? Get-rich-at-light-speed?
What worries me about this is that there are no details, not even
teases of details. It’s promises, promises, promises… but no
PROOF.
A photo of his bank statement is not proof. We need evidence
that he has genuinely found something new and workable.
The clincher is the free laptop worth £1,199, offered at the end.
Not a bad free gift for a product that you pay £29.95 for. In fact,
it’s such a good gift, my BULL-o-meter is off the scale.
I wouldn’t touch this with a stick attached to another stick at the
end of a bargepole.
But if you know otherwise and have tried it, let me know. Or,
even better, go to the forum - and vent your spleen.
This is a long letter today, but I just wanted to deal with an email
I got about fast2net.co.uk…
Not so sure about this one…
A reader writes:
“Could you tell me about a company called fast2net.c.uk?
They set you up as an affiliate with online shopping
companies. Their start up costs are £150 which is a lot of
money for me because I’m on a very tight budget.”
Well, I’m a one-man show, so I can’t always research my
reader requests in detail… but whispers from my contacts
say that you should probably steer clear of this.
It's not a scam, but you have to be quite PC literate to do it.
You also shouldn't expect much in returns each month, if
any.
What happens is that you pay £150 for 2 websites, choosing
from Adult, Gambling, CD, DVD and Books and Women's
sites. They set up these affiliates on websites like Amazon
and Clickbank for you.
The trouble is, your websites will be ‘clone sites’, which means
they’ll be identical to thousands of other sites, all going for the
same affiliate sales.
Fast2net.co.uk will then offer you various schemes to bring
in customers each month. These cost money. Costs that will
far outway any profits you might have.
Again, send me a mail or go to the forum if you know
otherwise. I’m an open minded man. (Says the guy who’s
just gone mental over a couple of sales letters.)
But I suggest you keep your £150 for something better.
Oh, and if you’re looking for some real and workable internet
opps, check out the ‘online businesses’ section on the left of this site.
That’s it for now,
Cheers me dears,
Charlie
The Biz Opp Jungle
PS: Argh, no! The fat cats and billionaires have discovered
that I’ve LEAKED THE SECRET of how they scam millions
out of us. They’re coming for me! Help me, aaaaarrrgggh…