Noun: Scam: a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation.
Yes and it’s happening more and more every day on the Internet, and in particularly within the Internet Marketing arena. As an ever-growing population of Internet entrepreneurs search for ways to earn an honest living online, so the number of confidence tricksters grows and we hear more Gurus with ‘secrets’ to sell, more software that blasts your ads to a zillion websites, and even more promises of earning massive amounts of cash overnight.
In truth, Internet Marketing ‘Gurus’ never give anything away! End of story! Yet they seem to delight in showing you images of bank statements, Clickbank or Paypal statements or a couple of dozen references from supposedly delighted customers, all of which can be created with a little imagination and some good imagery software.
And don’t be fooled by the promise of an ‘iron-clad’ money back guarantee. Online business is a numbers game. There are only a small percentage of purchasers who will bother to ask for a refund and the scammers know that. Many will not even answer your email should you ask for your money...