| I wanted to quit my job. So I decided to make my | | | | Proof Reading Jobs. Next I signed up for a very |
| fortune online. I had no idea what I was doing, but that | | | | popular proof reading company. I had to pay $25 to |
| had never stopped me before. I joined a mlm | | | | take their test. No problem. I was happy to do so. I |
| company. They said to succeed online you need to | | | | figured I'd get that back in no time. The test was rather |
| get an auto-responder and purchase leads. Great. But I | | | | tricky, but I passed it, and soon I had access to my |
| didn't know what an auto-responder was...I was pretty | | | | private member's area. Yippee! Well, maybe not |
| vague about the lead thing too. So I asked, "What's an | | | | yippee. Yikes was more like it. There were a few |
| auto-responder?""It's like a fax machine," was the | | | | problems: 1) I had to advertise the site. 2) I had to bid |
| response.Great. Problem was they were talking to a | | | | on the jobs. 3) The bids were as low as .25 for proof |
| bus driver. I'd never used a fax machine. I had probably | | | | reading a 75 page e-book. and 4) The site never |
| seen one, but I couldn't actually remember having seen | | | | recognized my referral id.Hmm. Looks like I'd done it |
| one...and if I had, I wouldn't have known what to do with | | | | again.Mistake # 4. Assembling simple circuit boards at |
| it. Point is, their answer didn't help. But I was not to be | | | | home. The first problem I encountered with this one |
| discouraged. I went online and found an | | | | was the length of time it took to receive a reply to my |
| auto-responder. Setting up that first auto-responder | | | | initial inquiry. By the time I heard back from them, I'd |
| was like pulling my own front teeth. Then I bought 2000 | | | | forgotten about it. When I did hear from them, a |
| double-opt-in-leads and sent out my ads. Results...2 | | | | one-time fee was required. It was the same old story. |
| spam complaints, 200 counter offers, and zero sales. | | | | We require a fee because not everyone is serious |
| Hmm. I must have done something wrong. So I | | | | about this great opportunity. We have to be sure |
| cancelled my membership to the mlm and decided I | | | | you're serious about this work. Well, I was serious, and I |
| didn't hate bus driving that much.A month later I | | | | proved it by sending them $49. Five months later I |
| decided to try again. Soon afterward I discovered | | | | received my circuit board...and a bunch of other things I |
| something I had not known about myself.I have an | | | | couldn't identify...not even with the use of their simple 12 |
| uncanny knack for finding and falling for every scam | | | | page set of instructions. I did figure out a couple of |
| online.Mistake # 1. Typing Sites. I've already written an | | | | things: 1) I needed to provide my own equipment to |
| article on this particular subject. For the full article, see: | | | | assemble the circuit board, and 2) they only sent out 1 |
| # 2. Paid per Lead Sites. This particular opportunity is | | | | cirucuit board every 6 months. Since they only paid |
| much like the above. You place ads that state: "You | | | | $1.25 for each assembled circuit board, I quickly |
| can earn up to $30 an hour processing simple e-mails | | | | concluded that I wasn't going to get rich assembling |
| from the comfort of your home! You will be paid for | | | | circuit boards. Turns out most home assembly jobs |
| each lead that you collect. Each lead must include | | | | are scams. I only know of one that isn't.Mistake # 5. |
| e-mail address, home address, and phone number." | | | | HYIP's. By this time, I was getting desperate. I think |
| The particular company that I fell for stated that it paid | | | | that's why I fell for this particular scam. I could tell they |
| $1 for each lead collected. Well I can do that I decided! I | | | | were a scam from the beginning...well almost the |
| took out a paid ad in the Denver Post. It only cost me | | | | beginning. But, I decided that I had a strategy. Get in |
| $400 for a full month. The leads poured in. I had | | | | early...get out early. I lost track on how much I lost with |
| hundred of leads coming in each day. Guess what | | | | that strategy...but it was more than everything else |
| happened? Not only wasn't I paid for any of the leads, | | | | combined. Truth is, ALL HYIP's are scams that feed on |
| the company also cancelled my membership. They | | | | greed. Stay away! Please!Now after looking at the |
| refused to answer my e-mails as to why and shortly | | | | above, you'd think I would have given up and gone |
| afterward, blocked my e-mails entirely. Not only dirty | | | | back to work with my tail tucked between my legs. No |
| but cowardly. I promptly reported the crooks to the ftc. | | | | way! I don't give up. Good thing to, because I finally did |
| Nothing ever came of that as far as I can tell. The | | | | make money online...enough to stop driving buses. Now |
| company is still online! So beware!Mistake # 3. Online | | | | I just work from home. And it sure beats the rat race. |