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FIB - Scams 101
What did I do to get on the home-based business garbage mailing list?
Posted By: Dennis Bevers
Date: Friday, February 8, 2008, at 6:01 p.m.(pst)
In the past month, I've received more bizopp garbage and scams than I see online some days.
Just today, I got a second mailing from T.J. Roleder offering "Cash-in 48 hours!", along with all kind s of amazing secrets, along with bonus gifts - total package worth a "GUARANTEED", "TRUE VALUE" of $3,985.00".
They even enclosed a small blue envelope (to be read only AFTER reading T.J.'s multiple page letter, promising, "This is like shooting fish in a Barrel!" Inside was a memo from the desk of Shelly Webster, Gen. Mgr. of M.O.R.E. Inc.
I was fortunate to be selected as one of only 1000 people to receive the blue envelope in my mailing (possibly because I didn't respond to his previous letter last month.) If I was one of the first 30 of those 1000 to respond, I'd get the whole original package plus not 7, but 8 more gifts, making it worth $8,614.00.
I just needed to be one of the first 30, and agree to the 4 following conditions:
1. I must be SERIOUS about making a lot of money. That one's easy.
2. I must agree to carefully read about T.J.'s problem and SERIOUSLY consider if I want to help hime and become a Founding Partner of his newest company. (Does that sound similar to a pre-launch?)
3. I must agree to keep all of this completely CONFIDENTIAL - Well I just blew that one. I was only allowed to inform my spouse or immediate business partner.
4. Doesn't matter as I already blew it, but #4I would have to have the financial mean to take advantage of this offer - (about the cost of a good used car, plus a monthly maintenance fee.)
What a joke?
That just barely topped a smaller envelope from the generically in cognito - Source Economic/M.A. Enterprises. There bizopp sounded suspiciously like envelope stuffing, but they explained that I would be mailing special letters for them, and could even choose my income Group level.
If I selected Income Group #1, for just $49.00 Application fee they'd send me 49 letters, 49 envelopes, and 49 customer mailing labels.
Income Group #2 - $69.00 - Ju guessed it - 69 letter, envelopes, and labels.
Income Group #3 - $99.00 - No surprise, 99 letters, envelopes, and labels.
Income Group #4 - $139.00 - Here's where the big money starts - 290 letters, envelopes, and labels
Income Group #5 - Available only by advancement from among those who joined Group $4 to start. Once I've been paid 4 paychecks I will be promoted with the earning potential of $5000 weekly. Yep, they'll send my 500 letters, envelopes, and labels each week.
And they offer a money back guarantee. My full application fee, which was only for processing to begin with, will be refunded with my 3rd paycheck.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they give people the option of paying by cash. Who in their right mind would send $49 to $139 cash in the mail?
The big inconsistency is that first they talk about paying $10 for every envelople folded, stuffed, and mailed, then later insert the word potential income.
Obviously, if the letters were legitimate, they could hire a U.S. mailing service to print, fold, insert, address and mail the letters for less than $1.50 each including the postage. And the higher the volume, the more likely they could find a bulk mailer to do the entire job for under $1 per letter, less than 1/10th they claim they pay.
Outright scam from beginning to end.
Typical envelope stuffing scheme that preys on the naive individuals who are clueless about such scams.
Click this link to see a list of criteria for evaluating almost any bizopp.
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