So Sad About the Scams
I was reading my community's intranet today, and once again there was a post trying to entice people into a "get rich quick" multi level scam. The person who posted it claims to be making a six figure income, yet just a couple of weeks ago she posted asking where to find the most deeply discounted theme park tickets. Doesn't sound like someone pulling down big bucks to me.
Our intranet is rife with MLMs touting everything from miracle diet pills to health potions to legal servces to goodness only knows what else. It saddens me that so many people keep falling for the same scam over and over again, albeit with a different product or service at the core.
That's why I'm so happy to be here at Wealthy Affiliate. This is reality, not "get rich quick." If those same people joined up over here and put the same amount of time and money into following the WA plan to grow an online business, they'd be so much better offer.
I guess selling a miracle diet pill or anti-aging lotion sounds a lot more "sexy" than building your own website and doing actual work, but the proof is in the end result. The same people in my community seems to be onto a new MLM every few months, so it's pretty obvious the old ones are failing. Meanwhile, I'm here for the long term, and I'm already making money. It's a solid business, not a flavor of the week, and I'm glad to be here.
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Great blog!
MLM is great for the top tier. Don't know who says the following but rings true in MLM; "when you hear about an opportunity, you've missed it".
Good blog. Scamming is so prevalent we sometimes forget just how criminal it is, ethically and morally. It preys on people that are naïve and optimistic or desperate for money. It panders to the greedy. And it's really only those who are willing to compromise their ethics that end up winning. I think that's why people are so enthusiastic when the come here. They say they are happy, and they are, but a lot of that happiness is sheer relief that they found something, finally, that is genuine.
WA actually give you tools to LEARN how to set up a business yourself, not just some piece of software that probably doesn't do anything except make money for the scammer
Even if there are sometimes miracles in real life (or even not) this doesn't mean that you can reach every goal just on putting a button. Making real money online means that you must involve yourself, it means hard work and a lot of patience, patience and even more patience. Only a few percentage of the people do have enough patience, enough self confidence to get a single penny. Online marketing is like the real life: learn and work hard!
So sad. I've been doing some research on the scams perpetrated against Boomers and seniors. It's terrible what some will do to make (or steal) a buck.
This is what is taught within these programs. It is the "fake it before you make it" approach and in order to sell to others, you need to "show" success....even if it means lying about your income, showing pictures of cars you don't own, or standing in front of a mansion that you just walked by.
These are everywhere and all of these folks are going to continue doing what they do...faking it...and never actually making it as a result. They are missing a core ingredient to success, HELPING people.
Paragraph one is what prevents me from promoting products from clickbank by giving a review of something I haven't tried. It's not uncommon for reviews to be made this way but how? Is that not unethical? To recommend a product I haven't tried?
I know the easy fix is to just don't go there in the first place.
I was in fact one of those people that tried MLM etc and waited for the dough to start rolling in. Nope - I was wrong. I am very happy here with what I have accomplished so far. I am no longer looking for the next big thing but now looking forward to creating my next website. More success to you!
One of my most believed in sayings - "There is no such thing as a free lunch"! Anything worth getting in life is worth working for! I watched two of those get rich overnight videos this morning - I watch them because they make me laugh!
Lazy does not work in this business! You will be branded a bunny rabbit, jumping from product to product!
People want the work done for them. They do not want a business that might be too much work. So anyone that advertises getting rich in a day or month will always get a following but only for a short period of time.
I much prefer to have my own business so I can control what I want to do with my business and market what I want.
Thanks for sharing. Debbie
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Right on! Thanks for the post!
Ken