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Is this pure genius? A downright scam? or a bit of both?

by Dan Ambrose
9 replies
I found a short article online that told the story of
one man who bought an email list of one million
email addresses.

He sent half of them a stock tip that a certain stock
was going up, the other half got the same message
predicting that the stock would go down.

50% of them saw him proved right. He ignored the rest
and split this 50% into two groups. Half got an email with
another up prediction and the other half got the same
email with a down prediction.

He rinsed and repeated a few times till he was left with
about 15,000 people who saw him get it right several
times in a row.

They were obviously very impressed.

He then invited them to pay $5,000 each for a seminar with
him on picking stocks!


This in my opinion is a downright scam. But at the same time
I cannot help thinking how genius this was too.

Daniel
#bit #downright #genius #pure #scam
  • Profile picture of the author Asher
    Hi Daniel,

    Wow, that IS a very smart move considering
    that stocks only go up or down... he used
    internet marketing to his advantage and made
    himself look like an expert.

    I wouldn't do anything like that but for someone
    who wants to make money, they sure can
    think of some powerful schemes!

    Asher
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  • Profile picture of the author Dan Ambrose
    One thing that did make me think though - how would one go about finding 1,000,000 responsive email addresses??
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      • Profile picture of the author Dan Ambrose
        Originally Posted by qkz283 View Post

        If I had to guess it would involve something not so professional. :p
        What from a guy who obviously has brilliant morals? nah there must've been another way :p
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      • Profile picture of the author Martin Luxton
        So, 1,000,000 email addresses x $10,000 fine per email for spamming.

        He's going to need 2,000,000 people at his seminar

        Martin
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        • Profile picture of the author Dan Ambrose
          Originally Posted by Martin Luxton View Post

          So, 1,000,000 email addresses x $10,000 fine per email for spamming.

          He's going to need 2,000,000 people at his seminar

          Martin
          $10,000 fine per email address for spamming?

          Is this official?
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  • Profile picture of the author BizBooks
    Scam- but the story has a good lesson in it.

    thanks for sharing!
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  • Profile picture of the author Ernie Lo
    WOW that is very smart and sneaky.
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  • Profile picture of the author jason1uk
    Have you watched the Darren Brown horse racing system? Very clever like the original post.

    wwwX.youtube.com/watch?v=p_0b4dkmD0w

    arghhhh
    You are only allowed to post URLs to other sites after you have made 15 posts or more.
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  • Profile picture of the author Valdor Kiebach
    Sounds like some IM urban legend to me, still a good plan if you can get 1E6 emails that are responsive.
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