Bait & Switch Scams On The Internet

This is a Blog that should light up the scam bulbs in all of us. To day my topic is on all these Bait & Switch scams that are popping up all over the internet and Federal Trade Commission has many on their list. The old favorite among all the scammers out there.

The Bait & Switch is in my opinion very similar to the fraud deals that are offered in some offline stores were they offer us a product at a great deal and when you appear in the store to buy it they seem to be sold out or the product wasn't as advertised or even better there was none in the first place.

Now In the online world these predators offer you nothing but Bait & Switch affiliate offers with a sales letter that is practically saying that with this program you can make enough money to be able to buy that million dollar house,boat,private plane and more however check the disclaimer.

When you take the time to check out one of these disclaimers you will see a much different picture from the sales pitch that is on the sales copy. Some of this is our fault too as we keep falling for this crap.

These scammers will fill our heads with things we want to hear and it is alright for us to want these things however what ticks me off is that most of these programs were never meant to work in the first place and the authors of these programs know it. These scam artist will tell you that they want to share these programs with us to help us out financially but in fact the only one that they want to help out is themselves

Author: Kenneth C Young

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Scams On The Internet | Kenneth Young June 6, 2010

2 Comments to “Bait & Switch Scams On The Internet”

By Kenneth Young, June 8, 2010 @ 9:46 am

Hi Maria and thanks for the reply on my article on Bait & Switch Scams On The Internet. Something that really ticks me off with these internet scams and I almost got involved with one. The offer looked really good no bragging about income flowing in like High Tide however what I almost got involved with is promoting websites that have false information on these sites and the company that was offering these mini sites to me knew there was false information. I must admit I sent them back an ear full. The thing that really peeved me was that they were justifying it by saying that this happens all over the net. I think what I will do is send those remarks to the FTC.

Again thanks for your reply

Kenneth Young

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By Maria Brophy, June 6, 2010 @ 3:50 pm

I think there are many valuable resources on the internet, but because of all of the scams out there, the good ones are difficult to find.

Anything that claims you can get rich quick is just not real. The bloggers out there selling products that will help you earn a living through online activities, that tell you it will take time and work, are the real deal.

Just like your momma told you, “If it sounds too good to be true, than it is.”

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