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  • Tips to suss out scams

    Thanks to Larry Miles
    1) First and foremost use google and search for the all speakers names with "scam" on the end. For example "larrymiles scam" do not search for just "larrymiles" as most marketers with any skill will have control of the first page of search results by having numerous web sites with their marketer BS on it.

    2) If you click on a search result that looks interesting and you end up at a web page with the content removed treat that as a red flag - either the internet marketer has threatened the poster with legal action to take it down or possibly the poster is wrong. If you get more than 2-3 websites with the content removed then assume something is going on. In any case within the search results look for a cached version and you will sometimes get the post anyway.

    3) Search for the product/strategy they are selling as sometimes the people selling are not the original makers and have a "clean profile" - for now.

    4) Always ask yourself "why are they selling this if its so fantastic' - wouldn't they keep it to themselves? There is no product/strategy out there that is smart enough not be caught out if many people are using it. Some internet software products are designed to go into social media/SEO tricks and thats when they get detected as spamming.

    5) Use facebook - look for the groups that are anti the person/product. Facebook is a great meeting place of people who are too scared to post on their own sites.

    6) Always read the contract in detail before signing and if you are spending 1000's I would pay a couple 100 to get a lawyer to review it.

    And lastly - if you are willing to fork out $1000's for a product/strategy that sounds too good to be true, uses spammy looking landing pages and you have not done any research then maybe you are too stupid and should lose your money.
    "There's one way to find out if a man is honest-ask him. If he says 'yes,' you know he is a crook." Groucho Marx

  • #2
    Great info thanks muppet .. some good practical things to be more informed...

    No.8 would be to check you gut and if it doesnt feel right, dont handover any money.

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    • #3
      9) Most marketers will use pressure sales tactics such as writing about how fantastic the product/strategy is when they are using it. You read this and think "wow I should be doing this as well". Ignore this - its the marketer using simple psychology to think you are missing out as most humans cannot stop themselves from the herd mentality.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by muppet View Post
        And lastly - if you are willing to fork out $1000's for a product/strategy that sounds too good to be true, uses spammy looking landing pages and you have not done any research then maybe you are too stupid and should lose your money.
        Whats the old saying about look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves?

        The NZ business owner has a minor success in the war against scammers today with the Commerce Commission tackling the NBO/NZBO/NZBOL/NZ Look problem. See http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10643703

        How these guys flew under the radar for so long is that they were only asking for $100 - $200 dollars. You only need a handful to work out every day to make a killing but no one is so aggrieved they'll take private legal action against you.

        So even if it's only small change you are being scammed for, check it out. They only continue because they know they can! If it didn't work they'd move on to something else.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by muppet View Post
          Thanks to Larry Miles
          4) Always ask yourself "why are they selling this if its so fantastic' - wouldn't they keep it to themselves?
          Sounds like a property investment seminar to me.

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