Comments on: Anyone Can Get Sucked Into an Internet Marketing Scam – If You’re Not Sure, Please Ask

By: Renetta Gagarin

Renetta Gagarin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:59:58 +0000

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Thu, 20 May 2010 18:20:14 +0000

[...] about a particular opportunity or idea, we’ll be glad to help you research it. We want you to avoid WAH scams, and we want to spread the word about companies that are taking advantage of people who want to [...]

By: Erica Cosminsky

Erica Cosminsky — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:18:31 +0000

I missed this post a few weeks ago but I agree it is easy to get sucked into the scams. I’ve learned that if the site or ad doesn’t address a con or acknowledge the big elephant in the room, it’s most likely a scam. And those simple things your hubby didn’t look for- an FAQ page and contact info… They have your contact info and FINANCIAL info, you have a right to at least have their phone number.

By: Gail J Richardson

Gail J Richardson — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:59:00 +0000

Well I’m not sure what that header-03 is. Can anyone enlighten me why it linked to that. Still learning.What have I done?
Gail

By: Gail J Richardson

Gail J Richardson — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:55:26 +0000

Thanks for sharing Loretta. This kind of stuff has happened to me in the past. I now look for contact information right off but that’s not saying that if I got real excited about something it couldn’t happen again. Their are some really smooth talkers out there. I once had one that I signed up for that didn’t have a phone number associated with it at my bank and it was a real problem to get stopped. The bank said that because I had given them permission for the automatic draft that they couldn’t stop it from coming out.We all need to be so careful of the scammers.
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By: Cindy Bidar

Cindy Bidar — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:02:48 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing this. Too often people who are scammed are too embarrassed to speak up, and that only makes the scammers more successful. Kudos to your husband for fighting back and getting the charges reversed, too. Sounds like this could have turned out much worse than it did!
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By: GrowMap

GrowMap — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:06:32 +0000

This is the second post I’ve seen recently about this type of scam. They are so widespread that any time a site asks for a credit card I am immediately suspicious. Thank you Loretta for sharing this and thank your husband for understanding that it CAN and DOES happen to anyone – and especially to those new to the Internet.

What he was searching for (how to make money online) is saturated with get-rich-quick schemes and expensive ebooks, courses and membership sites. Some are legit but most are not. I have identified which are real in a post about how people really can make money online.

You can safely point your husband to that post. Have him start with the free videos and ebook by Yaro Starek. That is the fastest, clearest path to how bloggers make money. Even when you take advice from those bloggers always research a new strategy BEFORE you implement it because Google changes what they penalize regularly and recently started banning AdWords accounts for life.

They have always done that to AdSense accounts. (AdWords = accounts where you BUY advertising; AdSense = accounts used to DISPLAY advertising.). Even honest bloggers have been banned and had their PageRank zeroed out so better safe than sorry. Be cautious especially of paid text link ads as that may trigger a Google ban.

Funny that most people never think to research what they are about to buy or try online when they are sitting in front of a computer that can be used to find out what others have to say. You can also use Twitter. You may have seen my Tweets during the holiday: Avoid regrets this year: research BEFORE you buy. Search Twitter using @twittiptop Tip Top & read product reviews.
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By: Constance

Constance — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:02:28 +0000

Thanks for the warning! It’s good to know that even though we think we may be savvy, we still have to keep our eyes open. I like the saying, “It if seems to good to be true, it is.” Great article.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:09:31 +0000

So many great additional points and stories here. Thank you everyone for sharing your experiences. I think I may need to do a series of blog posts just to highlight all these awesome extra tidbits that have bee shared!

By: Denise O'Berry

Denise O'Berry — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:41:31 +0000

Well done Loretta. Ironically my husband was watching an advertorial on TV this weekend and said “hey, watch this” — he thought it might be a good addition to what I already do. Just watching it, I could tell it was probably a scam and thanks to Google I found that it was. So remember, not all scams are on the internet. You need to beware of newspapers and TV too.
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