Earn Money Easy Online – Really?

Don’t let the title mislead you, this is not about making money fast online, rather it’s about helping you to avoid falling prey to the ‘easy money‘ type scams.

Peter V Crisp

“However; You can earn money online and you can do it easily – but it takes time and dedication – on your part. I can show you how to do that and exactly how you can work at home and make money. But first I need to warn you about the many get-quick-rich scams that are so prevalent on the internet. I know because I too, have been taken in by them”.  

Get-Rich-Quick  

A get-rich-quick scheme is a plan to acquire high rates of return, on a small investment. The term “get rich quick” has been used to describe shady investments since the early 1900s. Beginning with the ‘Ponzi Scheme‘ named after Charles Ponzi, who became notorious for using this technique in 1920.

A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation where the operator pays returns to its investors not from profits earned but from the new capital paid in by new investors.

New investors are enticed into the scheme, by offering higher returns than other investments. The returns are usually abnormally high and extremely profitable, in the short term.

People were attracted to the promise of fast, easy money. Hence the lure to things like gambling, theft, blackmail, politics and at its extreme, war.

The Promise of Fast, Easy, Money…

A David Rhodes Type Chain Letter; from Perth, Australia in 2006

The original “Make Money Fast” letter is said to have been written around 1988, by a person, who used the name, Dave Rhodes.

The letter encouraged readers to forward one dollar in cash, to a list of people provided in the text and to add their own name and address to the bottom of the list after deleting the name at the top. 

By 1994 “Make Money Fast” became one of the most persistent ‘spams‘ around with many variations (such as claiming to be from, a retired lawyer or claiming to be selling “reports” in an attempt to make the scheme appear lawful) and rather than sending the money by post you could send it electronically via the likes of PayPal.

Pyramid Schemes

Using the theory behind pyramid schemes, the resulting flow of money would initially deliver a reward of thousands of dollars, to the people participating in the scheme as their chain spread and more and more people sent money to their address.

You may have seen or heard of other examples of these chain type letters /emails that became more and more sophisticated as time went by; (see examples below)

• Bill Gates Email Beta Test;  An email chain-letter that first appeared in 1997 and was still circulating in 2007. The message claims that Microsoft is conducting a beta test and each person you forward the email to, you will receive a payment from Bill Gates of around $200. (Used to gather email addresses)

• The Lottery scam involves fake notices of lottery wins (without you even entering the lottery in question). The winner is usually asked to send information such as name, residential address, occupation etc. The scammer then notifies you that releasing the funds requires a small fee (insurance, registration, or shipping). Once the victim sends the fee, the scammer invents another fee, another delay and so it goes on. In the meantime ‘your details‘ have been sold or worse are used to get credit using your identity.

• Nigerian Scam/419 scam – An email scam attempt popularized by the ability to send millions of emails. The scam claimed the sender was a high-ranking official from Nigeria with a large sum of money that they cannot claim but must divest and they need your help to do so. They require a smaller sum of money up front to access the money before it can be sent to the receiver.

(See a variant of this type of scam in the example below)

Many Variations

There are many variations on how these scams can work. Some of the more commonly seen variants involve employment scams, pet scams, romance scams and online sales and rentals such as those advertised on websites such as Craigslist and eBay.

They want to get your personal information so they can instigate identity theft in order to get lines of credit or credit cards using your identity. Or sell the information to someone else who will do this or similar. Or worse they can access your bank account and clean you out.

A Common Theme

Essentially, however, all these scams are similar in that – YOU are suddenly presented with an opportunity to make “FAST” & “EASY” money.

When it comes to the internet there are more specific characteristics such as, they typically promote “secret formulas” and will usually claim that the system requires no special IT or marketing skills.  

They will also have  an unrealistic timeframe in which you could make hundreds or thousands of dollars a day. 

And they usually have catchy titles and images of wealth and luxury to encourage potential victims into signing up.

• They imply that anyone signing up will become rich within a few weeks or months
• They claim the route to success is to follow “the secret” that no one else has
• They use pressure to get the victim to sign up quickly claiming that time is short.
• They often make a point of displaying testimonials from “previous users.”

“When really none of these things are true. It all lies and B.S. designed to get you to give them your hard earned cash, using the lure of Fast & Easy money”.

How To Make Money Online Scam Free

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 YOU Can Earn Money Online 

You can learn how to honestly make money online. You can carve your very own piece, of internet real estate, and get a stake from which to connect to some of the 3 billion people who are searching everyday, for information online.

By giving these visitors what they want and by providing solutions to problems. By fulfilling needs and satisfying them in that process. You could well earn revenue from any products or services that they freely elect to purchase, as a result of your recommendations.

You Can Make Money

So, it very possible to earn MONEY, by providing solutions to problems. Your website (and don’t worry because you will learn exactly how to create it) is going to help these people, by providing them with the information they are looking for. This is achieved by having quality content that they are interested in reading and seeking out.

So, without using any tricks or B.S you simply satisfy the desire of the visitor and show them how they can find what they are looking for. And you provide the appropriate solution, in an honest and straightforward way.

You can learn how to build a successful, honest online business, by following this proven process…

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The community at Wealthy Affiliate really does want to help you build a successful online business. You get to follow step-by-step, video based training, that will teach how to build an incredibly successful business.

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Learn exactly how to work at home and make money and how to earn money easy online in an honest and sustainable way for the long term without scamming anyone or being scammed.

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The Choice is Yours

You really only have two choices;

1. Do nothing and everything stays the same
2. Take control of your destiny and create your own future.

It’s never too late to create a new tomorrow, starting today, by learning how to monetize your passion, following your heart. Developing new skills and increasing your knowledge base about the things you already have an affinity with.

Rediscover you untapped potential.

So Don’t Give Up It’s Not Too Late

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