SCAM!! - What Is Your Definition Of The Word SCAM ?

Super Crazy And Mad.

Getting people's money by the practice of deception.

Will

To fool one inorder to gain money or goods while not holding up to your end.

I'm just wondering why you want to know.

Misleading a person into parting with his or her money.

Deceiving people to get money. Surely that is a SCAM.

Agreed,

Most people interpret as not getting the result they imagined.

Scam is deception to take an advantage, not telling the truth and leading you with the wrong direction.

Scam is a lie..

From my perspective a scam is anything you pay for that doesnt deliver what it offers.

I've been a full-time I.M now for 3 years and to me what I get sick to death of hearing is people teaching people "How To Make Money Online" when they are NOT making money them selfs... To me that's a SCAM!

Of course everyone can use the word SCAM when it comes to a product or website because that product or website won't work for everyone, I've sold and even given away products that have worked for me and my students but yet those it didn't work for called it a scam.

I think it's a very fine line between what is and what isn't a SCAM to be honest.

Everything that is in any relation to cheating and deception are all SCAMS. Products or services that as they claimed, are trustworthy and operational, but as a result, you will be provided with the lowest quality and unacceptable services that is worth nothing.
I have been a victim of some scams before, and honestly, I was infuriated since I invested some money but there was nothing on the other side of the transaction.
As I said earlier, cheating and deception are in relation to SCAMS. And SCAMMERS should be in jail.

If the person cares about their customers and has a good product which I just don't feel like is right for me is not a scam.

But if you buy a product and find out that there's no download link then that obviously is. It's just common sense.

Great idea, and it's good to see this addressed because it truly IS overused!

Strangely, where I've seen it used most often is by affiliates hoping to draw attention with what I suppose they consider to be some sort of scare tactic.

Under the false pretense of revealing some "secret" about a product or service they arouse curiosity in order to entice ("ready-to-buy" perhaps??) traffic, refute the false rumors, put the potential customer's fears to rest, and thus seal the deal to gain the commission.

I feel that by using such tactics, they actually do the vendor for whom they are an affiliate a great disservice!

Many vendors have taken steps to forbid the use of such verbage by their affiliates because it's truly suggestive enough (in my humble opinion) to be considered slander/libel depending upon the context in which it's used.

~Karen

My definition of the word scam is, six figures over night, get rich with a click of a button. If I see anything like this on a website or forum thread I consider it to be a scam.

So Cowardly And Malicious = SCAM, great thread by the way.


Kevin

Scam is if someone sells something and doesn't deliver the product he said he would after the sale is done.

In the simplest sense, a scam is gaining money by means of deception.
(Other people already said this.)

But it might be interesting to mention that MANY scams/scammers are very elaborate in a sense that they take advantage of human psychology and emotions.

Here is a classic example: Maybe you know the story of that woman who fell for the Nigerian "send me money" scam - and that woman lost money and money and was repeatedly told it is a scam.

HOWEVER - even after the news covering her story and countless people trying to convince her that the classic Nigerian scam letter IS, WELL, A SCAM...she was still insisting that it might be legit *after all* and was going to send more money following the letters from the scammer(s) asking for more money.

The other example is a classic also, it's those "Congratulations, you won $2.000.000" letters which can look VERY convincing.

Every person (rationally) "knows" that they did NOT win the $2M and it's only a garbage mailing letter trying to sell something - however, our brain tends to "favor" the better alternative that you MAYBE really won $2.000.000 (against any logic) - simply because the "win" is better as the harsh reality to admit you are just getting scammed.

And if you look at many scam schemes, you will see how incredible elaborate and BOLD they sometimes are and how incredible stupid the people are - but its psychology that we want to believe things against all odds and logic.

And this is the reason why the "perfect marketer" is selling dreams and hopes (money, luxury, sex etc...) and why those schemes are working for so long already and people are STILL falling for them. People want to believe...and while clinging to the beliefs and dreams they leave any rational sense and healthy doubts behind in favor for the promised riches. Just an INTERESTING subject, IMO.

Alan Thanks for the laugh with the video..lol. I needed that
Thx

When you buy a website and the seller is deceptive, and you can't find any info on him... 'til months later when you discover that people have nick named him as "the Australian Scam Boy, Shea" Yep, you can pretty much be sure it was a scam.

Not sure why this thread was revived but anyway, the overuse of the word "scam" is part of the stupification of our lives and the world, I think.

In the end, the word "scam" means more to the person who uses it then anyone else, as will all word choice.

SCAM is some bad methods which are doing by internet marketer. These methods against the rule of internet marketer. The doer will get bad reputation because doing of those methods.

scam : not delivering/ obey the promises in a purpose.....