How to Recognize Dodgy Offers and STOP Wasting Time & Money

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I haven't posted much recently but I'm sick of seeing those ads all over saying "Google helped me make $432.67 a day working from home".

If you take the time to check, the sites are full of inconsistencies.

Two examples:

1. People getting their first massive check within a week - from a company that pays affiliates monthly!

2. Careless commenters - one "woman" said "my wife in in shock"

If you want a more detailed critique check out this guy's post here

AMANDA WINSTON « Talking Bollocks

Have a safe and scamfree week


Martin
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Gladstone
    Completely agree with you here - it is extremely easy to spot how much of a scam these things are. Still, its good to put this information out there so we can make more people aware of it!
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    • Profile picture of the author Martin Luxton
      Mark,

      It might seem easy for you and me but there are still too many people out there who see the money and not the warning signs. Maybe they are too desperate or haven't yet developed the critical faculties needed to protect themselves.

      Martin
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Oksa
        Originally Posted by Martin Luxton View Post

        Mark,

        It might seem easy for you and me but there are still too many people out there who see the money and not the warning signs. Maybe they are too desperate or haven't yet developed the critical faculties needed to protect themselves.

        Martin
        Yep. People are blinded by the promise of easy money, at least that's what conventional wisdom states. I believe most people have that small voice in the back of their heads, but they choose to ignore it.

        In other words, their critical faculties are still there. However, by saying they were convinced by a scammer, they can void themselves of any personal responsibility.

        All the best,
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  • Profile picture of the author Ali Rangwala
    Hi Martin,

    lol, that's a pretty funny comment, though as I remember that kind of scam tends to have well-crafted, believable comments. I wrote a post detailing a large number of attributes of moneymaking scams which you might find interesting (would love any feedback to improve the article), although it's more about the Clickbank kind of scam (link in signature).
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  • Profile picture of the author barry jenkins
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    Honestly, its kind of hard to know, even with a good research, mistakes are still made.
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  • Profile picture of the author ReveryMarketing
    They are out to target NOOBS. However, look at the flip side of things...

    Those ads have been running for years. They have obviously been working because they have stood the test of time and money.

    Hell, one of those fast cash ads is what got me started back in 2005. Remember the data entry ads?

    Hahaha!
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  • Profile picture of the author danielmcclure
    If you ever want to find out about a product in more depth just search the product name and "scam" or "rip-off". You may find a few sneaky affiliate reviews but you can usually work out the difference and if there are lots of negative results that don't seem to be promoting the product when you click through then stay away!

    Also pretty much anything that claims you can bank millions overnight without any effort :p
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  • Profile picture of the author Lloyd Buchinski
    I've seen a few sites like the 'Amanda Winston' one. To me the comments were obviously fake and 'comments closed due to spam' was a convenient excuse.

    But the OP link has a nice way of nailing that down.

    If we view the source for webnewsweekly.com/uk/ we can see that the comments from supposed customers are "hard coded" meaning they were created by the web page author when the page itself was created not by web users later on. We can also see the date on the comments are derived from a variable named Now1string which is set to always be equal to today's date minus one day.

    The page is a scam. Don't be drawn in by this rubbish.
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    • Profile picture of the author john-7665
      The rule is simple: Everything that sounds too good to be true, is usually just a scam. I have noticed this one about google a long time ago and it keeps coming up on many sites. It is a pity that so many people are falling for this.
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