Oct 17 2008
Avoiding Scam Advertising to Advertise Scams
Ok, I know the title of this post might be a bit confusing, but then the whole concept is a bit confusing. There are a lot of “Avoid Scams” web sites out there. Many of them offer excellent advice and tips to avoid the con men and keep your money where it belongs - with you.
Other sites, however, are nothing more than underhanded marketing gimmicks to get you to enroll in - you guessed it - another work at home get rich quick instant money SCAM.
This sort of advertising really gets under my skin. I can understand why an advertiser would want to do it. Afterall the engaging sob story about how some guy lost hundreds or thousands of dollars on scams is touching. Then it leads to the improbable miracle of discovering the one (or two) methods that actually work. Needless to say they fail to mention the dozens of others who tried the same programs and got nothing in return.
I came across this site the other day. Of course I can’t say that what he advertises is a scam, I’m not going to sign up to find out. But it shows all of the classes signs. Anyone asking for a telephone number just to be able to give you the introduction is not the kind of person I would give a second thought to if I met them on the street. Remember that anybody looking to sell you a way to make money is making money by selling to you not by using their own system.
