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EscortBiz · 10-04-2004, 10:35 PM

lets hear it, no shame I think everyone who gets anywhere in the business world has to go thru allot of bullshit first

10-04-2004, 10:43 PM

how about the "your check is in the mail please keep on getting us sales" scam

beemk · 10-04-2004, 10:44 PM

never have, i thought about doing the vending machine thing (not through some shady ass person) but it seemed like it was more work than it was worth.

brizzad · 10-04-2004, 10:44 PM

send $1 to 5 people, turnkey adult sites

fuzebox · 10-04-2004, 10:45 PM

The earn a laptop for $5 thing...

I'm still hopeful though

tootie · 10-04-2004, 10:46 PM

Stuffing envelopes and assembling products from home

uchase/webpry · 10-04-2004, 10:49 PM

hungryman design

Theodor S. Geisel · 10-04-2004, 10:50 PM

NSA -- National Safety Associates.

My dad and I were both "Direct Marketers" because we bought a shitload of water and air filters from these freaks. Then, we had shitload of water and air filters from these freaks that no one wanted.

Well, we had clean water for about 5 years after that.

FlyingIguana · 10-04-2004, 10:50 PM

i ask too many questions to get scammed on dumb shit. learned early on by talking to a rich florida vacationer not to fall for those get rich quick scams.

i was looking to get into 900 numbers back in the early 90s. way too expensive for a teen on a limited summer income.

vivalaspam · 10-04-2004, 11:14 PM

I know of 2 people that have Taken Carlton Sheets courses and make a pretty hefty living at it.

mkx · 10-04-2004, 11:19 PM

The send $1 to 6 people worked for me. I just read the instructions, and instead of sending money to the 6 people on the list, I posted the scam with 6 addresses a couple times on a few newsgroups, 3 of them being my own, and I made $6 off it from 2 people. Cold hard cash.

EscortBiz · 10-04-2004, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by vivalaspam
I know of 2 people that have Taken Carlton Sheets courses and make a pretty hefty living at it.

why is it that i always meet people that know people but never anyone who did it themselves?

Mike Okitch · 10-04-2004, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by raulph
The send $1 to 6 people worked for me. I just read the instructions, and instead of sending money to the 6 people on the list, I posted the scam with 6 addresses a couple times on a few newsgroups, 3 of them being my own, and I made $6 off it from 2 people. Cold hard cash.

The sad part is that many on GFY make less than that.

Bigjohn · 10-04-2004, 11:31 PM

What! These are scams

LOL, Don Lapre has a new one out too.... "The Greatest Vitamin in the world". Seriously, that's the name of the actual product!

I can't believe that people actually fall for some of these!

KRL · 10-04-2004, 11:33 PM

These aren't scams EB. Why'd you include those in your list?

800/900 Phone sex lines

Turnkey adult websites

Mike Okitch · 10-04-2004, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bigjohn
What! These are scams

LOL, Don Lapre has a new one out too.... "The Greatest Vitamin in the world". Seriously, that's the name of the actual product!

I can't believe that people actually fall for some of these!

Judging by how hyper he is, crack must be the best vitamin in the world

sillysillyme · 10-04-2004, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by vivalaspam
I know of 2 people that have Taken Carlton Sheets courses and make a pretty hefty living at it.

Thanks for telling me I got it in the closet.

Drake · 10-04-2004, 11:37 PM

None to date

EscortBiz · 10-04-2004, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KRL
These aren't scams EB. Why'd you include those in your list?

800/900 Phone sex lines

Turnkey adult websites

Well its all about how its sold, a 900 800 number or site shouldnt cost you money

The site is a FPA and the person who sells it gets 50%

800/900 are mostly extensions

Yeah you can make money in 800/900 and adult sites and you can make money in real estate too but my point is the way they sell it is a scam.

blackmonsters · 10-04-2004, 11:47 PM

Yeah; when I was 8 yrs old I looked in a comic book and ordered those fucking "Sea Monkeys"!!

I still want my fucking money back!

Bigjohn · 10-04-2004, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KRL
These aren't scams EB. Why'd you include those in your list?

Turnkey adult websites

Deal with Teleteria and you can have a first hand experience.

sillysillyme · 10-04-2004, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by blackmonsters
Yeah; when I was 8 yrs old I looked in a comic book and ordered those fucking "Sea Monkeys"!!

I still want my fucking money back!

I fell for that also.

Goatse · 10-05-2004, 01:55 AM

I used to be interested in Napoleon Hill's stuff for a while. His books are great when it comes to adopting the right attitude to be successful, but it's all theoretical. If you don't have the ideas and the means to take them to fruition, your life won't change at all. So I guess I got scammed for $100 worth of books.

bangman · 10-05-2004, 02:43 AM

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Originally posted by Mike33
None to date

lilspup · 10-05-2004, 02:56 AM

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Originally posted by tootie
Stuffing envelopes and assembling products from home

I fell for those too

Adultnet · 10-05-2004, 03:22 AM

i was not owned by scam yet. hope it wont happen.

Muff · 10-05-2004, 04:04 AM

There was a special on 60 Minutes about the Canadian Lottery Scam. People were losing hundreds of thousands from that.

pradaboy · 10-05-2004, 04:56 AM

i fell for the $1 to 6 people thing, allthough here in Holland it was ?5 to 4 people.

Still made 10x my investment so I can harldy say I was scammed

justsexxx · 10-05-2004, 05:46 AM

Hmm I was promoting making bank

Does that count? Although after 05934059349534 mails, calls and such I finally got a share back.

Andre

slapass · 10-05-2004, 05:50 AM

I did the real estate one but I made some huge money from it so was it a scam?

EscortBiz · 10-05-2004, 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by slapass
I did the real estate one but I made some huge money from it so was it a scam?

congrats~!

WiredGuy · 10-05-2004, 06:10 AM

I'll admit I tried one of those MLM things. I actually made a couple hundred off it. Not bad for a $40 investment.

WG

chase · 10-05-2004, 06:20 AM

I spent $300 for a POS website dealio...they fucked up my paperwork and put me in for a merchant account that I didn't want and now I have it on my credit, trying to dispute it. We'll see how it goes! It was a group of mormons having one of those "marketing on the internet" seminar things...before I knew any better.

BTW, those real estate things, how in the heck does it work, with no down payment and even with bad credit? i just can't settle that in my head, lol

mardigras · 10-05-2004, 06:25 AM

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Originally posted by FlyingIguana
i ask too many questions to get scammed on dumb shit.

Same here. If it sounds to good to be true, it is (no probably). I'm usually the one who finds the fine print for others.

lynch1000s · 10-05-2004, 06:30 AM

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Originally posted by EscortBiz
lets hear it, no shame I think everyone who gets anywhere in the business world has to go thru allot of bullshit first

Agreed, we all have to start somewhere, and not everyone has an MBA from Harvard. The average millionaire entrepreneur has started over 10 failing businesses in their lifetime, so you have to gain experience to succeed.

My first business was started after buying Don Lapre's money making kit. Although I didn't make any money from it, I learned a lot, and hopefully I'll be a millionaire entrepreneur one day as well.

Peaches · 10-05-2004, 06:53 AM

The stockmarket

I swear I have a knack for picking the wrong ones!!

Matt 26z · 10-05-2004, 07:32 AM

When I was like 13 I fell for the "stuffing envelopes for money" scheme. It was all very vague, but I did it anyway.

Sent them $40

Like two months later I got about 50 advertising flyer's with pre-printed address labels to put on them and send out.

The catch was that those flyer's promoted the same "business opportunity" I fell for, and I'd only get paid if those people fell for it as I did.

They company was actually selling no products.

wyldblyss · 10-05-2004, 07:39 AM

I don't think I have fallen for any scams. I'm not a very trusting person so I tend to be cautious about things.

chase · 10-05-2004, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Matt 26z
When I was like 13 I fell for the "stuffing envelopes for money" scheme. It was all very vague, but I did it anyway.

Sent them $40

Like two months later I got about 50 advertising flyer's with pre-printed address labels to put on them and send out.

The catch was that those flyer's promoted the same "business opportunity" I fell for, and I'd only get paid if those people fell for it as I did.

They company was actually selling no products.

Bingo...now I am wary of anything...particularly the ones that are so vague and won't tell you precisely what the prdocts are until you fork over some dough.

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cool1 · 10-05-2004, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by blackmonsters
Yeah; when I was 8 yrs old I looked in a comic book and ordered those fucking "Sea Monkeys"!!

I still want my fucking money back!

I fell for that too!

cool1 · 10-05-2004, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Muff
There was a special on 60 Minutes about the Canadian Lottery Scam. People were losing hundreds of thousands from that.

I fall for the 6/49, Super 7 lottery scam almost every week.
I keep thinking some day it will pay me.

mgold · 10-05-2004, 09:01 AM

Carlton Sheets myself, but I did return it after making a copy. did you hear that he is in jail now for some securities fraud

TommyM · 10-05-2004, 09:01 AM

Never felt for any... only when I was a kid, I was in a pyramide game, with candy, but I actually earned on that one ;) LOL

C_U_Next_Tuesday · 10-05-2004, 09:05 AM

never fell for any of them.. I am too skeptical. I have had freinds fall for a few of those... even after I tell them its a scam..oh well.

Wizzo · 10-05-2004, 09:08 AM

How about the titty dancer "your different than my other customers" scam.... haha

View Poll Results: Check all that apply
Don Lapre (tiny classified guy)	10	28.57%
Brad Richdale (tiny tiny classified guy)	3	8.57%
Carlton Sheets (you dont need money to buy real estate)	10	28.57%
MLM Scams (vitamins, insurance, cosmetic stuff etc.)	13	37.14%
The Send $1 to 6 people scam	10	28.57%
The nigerian scam (I have 25 mil but I need your 50k to get it)	2	5.71%
Vending Machine scam (you spent 10k and got back 5 dimes)	2	5.71%
Prepaid phone cards	4	11.43%
800/900 Phone sex lines	5	14.29%
Turnkey adult websites	13	37.14%
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10-04-2004, 10:44 PM	#3
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10-04-2004, 10:46 PM	#6
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10-04-2004, 10:50 PM	#8
Theodor S. Geisel Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: United States Posts: 349	NSA -- National Safety Associates. My dad and I were both "Direct Marketers" because we bought a shitload of water and air filters from these freaks. Then, we had shitload of water and air filters from these freaks that no one wanted. Well, we had clean water for about 5 years after that. __________________ Theodor S. Geisel [ ICQ: 2 0 6 6 1 0 7 ] [ theodor.geisel -at- gmail -d0t- com ] [ PROGRAMMER :: PHP :: MYSQL :: HTML/CSS ]

10-04-2004, 10:43 PM	#2
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10-04-2004, 10:44 PM	#4
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10-04-2004, 10:45 PM	#5
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10-04-2004, 10:50 PM	#9
FlyingIguana aspiring banker Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: toronto Posts: 10,870	i ask too many questions to get scammed on dumb shit. learned early on by talking to a rich florida vacationer not to fall for those get rich quick scams. i was looking to get into 900 numbers back in the early 90s. way too expensive for a teen on a limited summer income.

10-04-2004, 11:14 PM	#10
vivalaspam Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 283	I know of 2 people that have Taken Carlton Sheets courses and make a pretty hefty living at it.

10-04-2004, 11:19 PM	#11
mkx Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 4,001	The send $1 to 6 people worked for me. I just read the instructions, and instead of sending money to the 6 people on the list, I posted the scam with 6 addresses a couple times on a few newsgroups, 3 of them being my own, and I made $6 off it from 2 people. Cold hard cash.

10-04-2004, 11:31 PM	#14
Bigjohn Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Deep inside my mind Posts: 1,118	What! These are scams LOL, Don Lapre has a new one out too.... "The Greatest Vitamin in the world". Seriously, that's the name of the actual product! I can't believe that people actually fall for some of these!

10-04-2004, 11:33 PM	#15
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10-04-2004, 11:47 PM	#20
blackmonsters Making PHP work Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: 🌎🌅🌈🌇 Posts: 20,589	Yeah; when I was 8 yrs old I looked in a comic book and ordered those fucking "Sea Monkeys"!! I still want my fucking money back!

10-05-2004, 01:55 AM	#23
Goatse Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,086	I used to be interested in Napoleon Hill's stuff for a while. His books are great when it comes to adopting the right attitude to be successful, but it's all theoretical. If you don't have the ideas and the means to take them to fruition, your life won't change at all. So I guess I got scammed for $100 worth of books.

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10-05-2004, 04:04 AM	#27
Muff Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,782	There was a special on 60 Minutes about the Canadian Lottery Scam. People were losing hundreds of thousands from that.

10-05-2004, 04:56 AM	#28
pradaboy sell me your banners Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: on the tubes Posts: 12,931	i fell for the $1 to 6 people thing, allthough here in Holland it was ?5 to 4 people. Still made 10x my investment so I can harldy say I was scammed __________________ Media Buyer - Sell me your traffic! FREE to register domains... Better than 99% of the crap sold here!

10-05-2004, 05:46 AM	#29
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10-05-2004, 05:50 AM	#30
slapass Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 14,622	I did the real estate one but I made some huge money from it so was it a scam?

10-05-2004, 06:10 AM	#32
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10-05-2004, 06:20 AM	#33
chase Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 6,019	I spent $300 for a POS website dealio...they fucked up my paperwork and put me in for a merchant account that I didn't want and now I have it on my credit, trying to dispute it. We'll see how it goes! It was a group of mormons having one of those "marketing on the internet" seminar things...before I knew any better. BTW, those real estate things, how in the heck does it work, with no down payment and even with bad credit? i just can't settle that in my head, lol __________________ Need Hosting? Reality Check Network services me purrrfectly!

10-05-2004, 06:53 AM	#36
Peaches Old broad Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Away Posts: 13,933	The stockmarket I swear I have a knack for picking the wrong ones!!

10-05-2004, 07:32 AM	#37
Matt 26z So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ¤ª"˜¨๑۩۞۩๑¨˜"ª¤ Posts: 18,481	When I was like 13 I fell for the "stuffing envelopes for money" scheme. It was all very vague, but I did it anyway. Sent them $40 Like two months later I got about 50 advertising flyer's with pre-printed address labels to put on them and send out. The catch was that those flyer's promoted the same "business opportunity" I fell for, and I'd only get paid if those people fell for it as I did. They company was actually selling no products.

10-05-2004, 07:39 AM	#38
wyldblyss Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Buck Starts Here Posts: 5,779	I don't think I have fallen for any scams. I'm not a very trusting person so I tend to be cautious about things.

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mgold Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 68	Carlton Sheets myself, but I did return it after making a copy. did you hear that he is in jail now for some securities fraud

10-05-2004, 09:01 AM	#45
TommyM Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 1,147	Never felt for any... only when I was a kid, I was in a pyramide game, with candy, but I actually earned on that one ;) LOL

10-05-2004, 09:05 AM	#46
C_U_Next_Tuesday WW4L Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: over the river and through the woods Posts: 10,581	never fell for any of them.. I am too skeptical. I have had freinds fall for a few of those... even after I tell them its a scam..oh well.

10-05-2004, 09:08 AM	#47
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