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Beware Of Internet Scams! ...and These Internet Marketers
The video below pretty much sums up the main "Collect Your Inheritance From Nigerian Prince Rashajamubad" internet scam out there.
We've all seen those emails that tell us we have inherited MILLIONS and all we have to do is contact them with our bank details. Yeah right...
The guy in the video is a striking resemblance to Kevin Riley, isn't it? Could it be his long lost twin brother?
But all jokes aside...Internet scams are real and we need to be aware of them.
Whatever you do don't get sucked in to an internet scam like the above video...
Never give out your bank details to anyone via email or instant chat who you don't know or trust 100%.
Also be aware that sometimes email and instant messaging accounts like Skype and MSN can get hacked so it can look like your friend's account but really it's a hacker posing to be your friend. Be very careful.
Also be careful of emails posing to be from paypal or ebay asking you to update your account. A good rule to follow is that if it doesn't include your username or real name in the subject line, then chances are its a scam.
Then there is the other type of internet scam...
The scam of "Buying a product online that looks too good to be true".
Usually, these are products are in the "make money online" market. Either an ebook course, get rich quick scheme, or free DVD with hidden monthly recurring payments.
On the outside, before you buy and get sucked in, the sales letter has all the promises to make you rich no matter what you do.
Sure there is usually a product you download or get in the mail a few weeks later...which is when you find out that the actual product is not nearly all that it's hyped up to be.
Most people get burned when they want a refund but can't get one. This is the most common complaint I hear about. Heck, it's even happened to me!
I was a victim of a scam!
A couple of times actually...once I had my Skype account hacked....which I was able to recover by a miracle.
But the other unsuspected scam I got burned with was by Nick Mark's free dvds and newsletters. I wanted to cancel my subscription but when I tried to contact them, I could never get through. Emails bounced, phone calles never answered. How he was voted internet marketer of the year, I will never know. Cheating scam artist.
So be aware of these "back end" scamming marketers who suck you in with an innocent looking front end product but have hidden fees and won't grant a refund...even if the sales letter promises a refund.
Refund Requested, Refund Refused?
I found an interesting thread about a customer who bought a product from Justin Blake, was unsatisfied, asked for a refund, got in contact with support, but was denied a refund. It blew up and cost Justin Blake's business and reputation. A simple quick refund would have been much cheaper. Read about it here...
The lesson to be learned here is that it pays not to be a scammer and the necessity to be aware of scammers. Falling for a scam can be severely damaging to your finances, of course, but destroys trust in the internet and puts a bad image on internet marketers.
Not all internet marketers are scammers. Sure we like to sell you stuff, that's why we are in business, but scamming is not what we are about.
I and the other 95% of honest marketers out there truly believe in customer service and great value for money. That is how how we stay in business.
How to Start Your Own Home based Info-Product Business
Dear Home Business Entrepreneur,
In the 20th century, it was the factory age. Through the 1960s to the 90s, entrepreneurs invested and created physical factories to produce goods to sell.
The 21st century is the information age and the internet is the engine that drives it. Those who have the information and can deliver it are those who are prospering, even in tough economical times.
Free Video Training!
Below is a free video training course showing you "How to Build a Recession Proof Info-Product Internet Home Business".
Just click on the videos to watch. No opt-in required!
With so many people online looking for the EASIEST ways to make money, I have been hard at work creating a new set of reports that will show ANYONE how to make money online from scratch!
What's more, is that these methods are ZERO-COST. Meaning that you don't need any money to start with. There will be a small cost for the report to learn these methods though.
And what's even better, you don't need a website of your own to use ANY one of the methods I reveal.
I'm going to let you in on the TOP 10 methods for making money online that are so easy, anyone with half a brain can do it.
Just watch the short preview video below....
So when can you get your copy?
The launch date is set for Tuesday, January 20th 2009. Now been pushed back to early February 2009.
Come back to this blog then or if you're on one of my newsletter mailing lists, look out for my emails!
You'll be NUTS to miss out on this. And fast movers will benefit the most!
My cell phone video camera creates ASF files which aren't compatible with my video editing software. I need to convert them to something a little more common like WMV (windows media) so I can upload them to my software.
That's where the free file converting website Media Convert comes in super handy. I discovered it about 12 months ago and I finally thought it was time for me to share with my readers because it has saved me time and time again.
Not only can it convert weird video files, but almost ANY file you can think of. You don't need to download any software, you can convert any file from the website. You upload the file, wait for it to convert and then download the file in the format you want. Media-Convert.com gets a two thumbs up rating!
If you do any type of video marketing with Youtube or facebook etc, then bookmark the site. It will come in very handy!
I have been getting hammered by newbie internet marketers asking me "how do I get a website?" or "how do I set up an autoresponder?" or "how can I make money from my blog?"
Everyday there is a new question and today I want to share a simple and cost effective answer to those questions.
A while back, Kevin Riley, my fellow Japanese internet marketing buddy released the "Newbie Toolkits" which are easy newbie-friendly guides to getting everything you need for an internet business set up from scratch.
I bought them and loved them so much I bought the resale rights to them, which means I can pass them along to you at a discount price.
