How do you define an Internet scam?

If you have ever typed “make money online” in your browsers search bar you will know that there are thousands of websites offering to show you how it’s done.

Some tempt you with claims like see how Fred Bloggs made $5 000 in 12 hours and how you can too. Others tell you that they will show you some kind of secret formula to success. Make money with emails, make money with online surveys and make money with just about anything else that provides you with a way of reaching people online. If you visit these websites you will find that most of them have one thing in common. You will get very little information unless you give them your email address or your money.

What is an internet scam?

Let’s say that you do pay someone some money and they tell you that the way to make money is as follows.

They tell you to build a web site like the one you saw when you paid them. On your home page you tell people that you will show them how to make money online if they pay you. Set up a payment page and advertise your website.

Most people would call this a scam, myself included, but to the person that follows this advice and makes a pile of money it’s a sound idea. There is no clear line drawn in the sand that defines a scam because it largely depends on ones perception. You could even say that we get scammed all the time like when we pay £100 for a pair of trainers that we know cost next to nothing to make. This is acceptable to us, it is deemed as something normal. Does a defence lawyer earn an honest living? Some might say no because he must sometimes know that his client is guilty, it’s their perception. But the lawyer is working within the law regardless of what is moraly right or wrong so another mans perception is different.

The forums are full of people who are quick to shout about Internet marketing scams and you can find bad reviews about just about every product out there. On the other hand the affiliates are saying this product is the best out there because they want you to buy it and the forums are full of them too. Most of us agree that the Internet offers probably the best vehicle for the ordinary person to make their fortune with little financial outlay. The question is, what can we do to avoid getting scammed trying to achieve our goal?

How to avoid being scammed.

Rule number 1, if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. I know you heard it all before but a lot of you didn’t listen coz if you did these guy’s wouldn’t be in business. Fredd Bloggs might well have made £5 000 in 12 hours but he’s probably been doing this for years.

Rule number 2. If your vendor is telling you what he earns, what they earned and what they had to say about him but nothing relevant about his product don’t but it. Would you go in a shop, pick up a box with no label and just pay for it without knowing what it contained.? I think not!

Rule number 3. If you have to give up your email make sure you know what will be done with it. Email addresses or list’s as they are known in the trade are bought and sold like sweets on the web so be sure yours wont be.

Rule number 4.  Be realistic. If you go ahead and have a go keep your expectations realistic. The biggest reason for failure in this business is failing to keep going. This is often a result of unrealistic expectations caused by the promises made at purchase. It takes time to learn new skills and it will take you a month or so to find your feet. The thing is this is a skill well worth learning and I don’t say that lightly. Whatever your perception of the marketing practices around the web you cannot deny it’s potential power. Any ordinary person with nothing more than a PC, a phone line, a little time and just a little money, can reach the majority of the population of the developed world and that is a powerful thing.

It is possible to make money online and real big money at that, but you need a starting point.

IF YOU BELIEVE YOU WILL JUST GET ONLINE WITH NO EXPERIENCE AND GET RICH IN A MONTH OR TWO THINK AGAIN.