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How To Spot A Scam!

June 10, 2010 by  
Filed under Scams

Have you ever wondered how to spot a scam? Do you often wonder who is writing the written reviews that are online?

In this article I am going to go over a little known fact that you will find out just as soon as you enter the marketing world!

First of all, and perhaps the first rule of thumb. Assume that who ever wrote the review is trying to sell you something!

That is right, as an educated Internet Marketer, I can honestly tell you that when you wish to earn one of the top positions on Google, you are going to have to work very hard. In other words, those reviews that you see when you type “such and such scam” into Google, yea that writer had to work very hard to get that article pushed up on Google. So, what does that mean exactly? Well, in the simplest way of wording it.. Follow the money! That’s right, the writer want you to buy something! Now, is this a bad thing?  Not alway, it really depends on the marketer that wrote the review. If the marketer that wrote the review is very well informed of the facts, and seems to have the right opinion about whatever scam they are writing about, then odds are that the marketer also did their research finding an alternative product for you to try that will help you!

So, how do you spot a scam?

One of the other first things you should do when trying to find out if something is a scam, look for these tell tail signs!

-They mention something about a pyramid

-They talk about re-selling the product itself

-They are not transparent (this means that you see little behind the curtains before you purchase)

-Do they stone wall you?

-Is there a “Real” customer support

-Can you contact some of the current customers, or past customers of the program?

-Do they offer you a refund within a reasonable time frame such as 30 to 60 days

-Do they over promise and under deliver on their sales page?

These are some of the tell tail issues that you see when spotting a scam!

I hope that this helps, and as always leave a comment if you are wondering about any other scams out there that you may want me to size up! We do take requests!

Pete- (dontbuythatyet.com)

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