weird email (underground cash secret)

[GeorgR.]

i just got an email which tells me
"...i have already 25 paid members "in my team" and i am "guaranteed $576 commission every month" and i just need to "lock in" and purchase this underground cash system for $49 and change. (The letter has an affiliate link at the end going to this sales page)

Now..i never heard of this system and i don't know why and how those people are "in my team" because i am pretty sure i never promoted this particular product. The names look kind of familiar, i think its some names from the warrior forum, probably people who actually purchased this product.

Just to get an idea about how the letter is written

Therefore, you have a GUARANTEED $575.00 Commission every
month from now on!. Earn $25.00 Per PROCESS!

Each $25.00 x 23 = $575.00 Commission will be yours...!

You must UPGRADE $49.95 before TUESDAY,JUNE 30 @ 11:59:59
PM (Pacific Time)---- or you will forever forfeit the $575.00
commission that is now yours for the taking.
You\'ll be paid via CHECK this JULY.

so..wth? What is this?

[Fernando Veloso]

George,

Looks a very clever (or not) approach to make sales fast. Notice the "buy now or lose the goodies".

Is this from a reputable source?

Fernando

[VegasGreg]

It's just a lead generating sales (spam) pitch.
I am sure the "catch" is that once you sign up, there is a good chance you won't make that much and their excuse will be that "not enough people signed up by the deadline, but if you keep promoting you will get there yourself".

And if the $49 purchase is solely for the purpose of promoting the program and earning commissions, then it is an illegal pyramid plan.

Proceed with caution.

[HeySal]

Just a scam, delete it. There are all sorts of scams that tell you that you are already part of something - keeps you from objecting to their program if they can fool you that you already signed up. There used to be a program when I was new on the net that I looked over once - they captured my info on the page somehow, I never gave it to them. After that for a long time I received spam similar to the one you have posted. It always showed me how many people were already in my downline if I paid right now.

There are other scammers that just spam you and have a line that you are a subscriber to their list even though you never heard of them. This kind of thing used to (might still) go on terra as well as online - copier toner companies were real good for sending "orders" that were never actually ordered. They would call a company and ask a question about their copier and if they got any answer the company would suddenly get a several hundred dollar package of toner COD. IF the person in accounting didn't know better, they would sign a check for it.

Lesson - if you don't know someone and they claim that you are in their program, just delete, hang up, or report them for fraud, depending on how serious the situation is.

[OSContent]

Let them know that they can deduct the $49 from the $576 in commissions they owe you--and then forward the remaining $527 through Paypal.

In all seriousness, though, I would assume this is a scam unless you have a really good reason to think otherwise. If it isn't a scam, it's probably just a ploy to get you to look at a sales page.

[Kay King]

Sounds like an old upgrade ploy used by many mlm's.

Bet it leads to a site with one heck of a disclaimer....

[TLTheLiberator]

Frankly, I'm sick and tired of all the mlm, recruiting people stuff.

99% of the people that will never make any money with their online business are involved in some sort of mlm crap.

Leave it alone or else.

TL

[GeorgR.]

Originally Posted by OSContent

Let them know that they can deduct the $49 from the $576 in commissions they owe you--and then forward the remaining $527 through Paypal.

In all seriousness, though, I would assume this is a scam unless you have a really good reason to think otherwise. If it isn't a scam, it's probably just a ploy to get you to look at a sales page.

i was thinking about that...of course

Well, i am/was 99,99% sure that it's a scam...but the funny thing is, the letter puzzled me that much they actually succeeded making me look at the sales-page - a few times.

a) Create a LOT of confusion.
Who on earth are those people? Why are they "in my team"? Things like that.

b) The need to check the site because the prospect to lose the "guaranteed commission"...things like that.
(Letter created confusion..so you want to check and see whats going there)

Actually, thinking about it, its brilliant. Very scammy, fraudulent even, since i can assume its a blatant lie that i have "$576 Guaranteed commission waiting" as the letter does indeed state - but different from other spam/scam letters where i usually dont even bother reading them.

[soundwealth]

Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso

George,

Looks a very clever (or not) approach to make sales fast. Notice the "buy now or lose the goodies".

Is this from a reputable source?

Fernando

AM new to internet marketing And I will like to learn all the basics of internet marketing,dear admin u can enlighten me by sending an email

[ExRat]

Hi,

The small print is fun. I especially enjoyed this bit -

*Testimonials above are dramatazations of actual client testimonial

[Ricky Parker]

Originally Posted by Customersupport

If there are any unaddressed questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us by phone. Our trained customer support staff are always available to help.


Thank you,
Customer Support
Underground Cash Secret

Haha

Someone following up via a forum from spam email.



Let me see if this is how it works:

Step 1: Setup Google Alerts with the name of something I wanna promote.

Step 2: Blast out a **** ton of spam email

Step 3: Follow up whenever I get an alert

[katiec]

This rubs me the wrong way, I'd consider it Spam.

[KirkMcD]

I used to get that spam all the time.
It went on for a few years before I was able to block them.
They keep changing their return address and email servers.

[birddog200]

It is a scam. A friend of mine actually fell for it. Then I swowed her how to make some legit money with lessons I've learned right here in the warrior forum.

[designfuschion]

I smell scam/spam.
Things like this i'd delete straight away. Paying someone 49$ to get a supposed 500 or so is rubbish.
If it's too good to be true,better of deleting it.

What makes me sad,is the number of people who would/does actuall fall for scams like that all the time.

Here in oz,there is a radio duo called hamish and andy. (are actually currently caravanning across USA!! ) They play all sorts of pranks on air between 4pm and 6pm.
Anyway,usually on wednesdays they have a segment 'blast from the past'. 1 of them rings a random phone number and tries to convince the person on the other end that they are a long lost friend from the past. Hahah,they have succeeded numerous times.
Anyway,1 time to change things up a bit,they did a 'nigerian scam' lottery scenario -had this lady totally convinced they were legit and she was totally prepared to give cash. After the call they immediately told her it wasn't real and it was their radio show etc.
I was ROLF'ing but at the same time,absolutely just stunned at how gullible people are. I mean, Hamish Blake's voice is pretty distinctive.

Hopefully newbies read this thread and become aware of things.