How to identify a scam pyramid scheme sales letter ?

12 July 2009 One Comment

Just for fun, this morning I open my spam folder and found that I have been received 1917 junk emails since last week, hmm … unpleasant famous Randomly I read further some email, just to be shocked by how many nowadays scam sales letter offer were published on Internet. A get-rich-quick pyramid scheme on e-book, list and report selling like spammed to my account every minute. by the way how to identify if a sales letter is a scam ?

1. Sells dream rather than product
Scam sales letter like to play with people emotion and mindset. Rather than promote main advantages of their product, scam sales letter will show how rich the seller currently from business they offers, thousand of dollar$$$ come daily to his/her account easily without any effort, some photos then will be placed on sales letter to support their claim. Why they do this ? because they know that most of people are vulnerable with these phrase: easy money, success within minute and other magic word on how to get-rich-quick.

2. Fake screen shoot of seller account balance
To show how many results seller has received from business they are offered, a screen shoot of their bank account statement or Paypal statement will be attached on sales letter, but please check it closely, try to compare with original statement from same institution if you could find one, and if you sharp enough you would find some awkwardness on it, start from font type, bold level or other behavior.

3. Testimonial
Testimonial is good, testimonial could be a good reference for us before we buy something, but when it come from a source that we can’t track its origin then testimonial will be useless. A scam sales letter will have long list of testimonial, they said they have bought something that offered by this sales letter and already get advantage from it by earning thousand of dollar/week by following sales letter guidelines within days. Well, to be skeptical, it’s to good to be true, and when you are looking for a way to cross check it, you won’t find any because no link neither email to verify their statement.

4. Overpriced bonuses
Scam sales letter will say that if you order now, you could get bonuses along with main product. Bonuses normally in digital form and they worth it like hundreds dollar each with sum could be more than 1000 USD for all of those bonus, so it make price they have offered is very cheap compare than what you would get if you order them. Well frankly speaking, you could find it on internet for FREE, all you have to do is just find it

5. Multiple discount
Seller of sales letter will say, they offering worth like thousands dollar if you looking for it on the market, but since they care about you, they will give discount, and another discount because they know you are a newbie on this, and oh ya … another discount because you found it on internet or maybe because today it’s seller birthday, whatever, so now you pay only 15% or something like that from it origin price, see how generous this seller. But they don’t, you know why? because they get all of those material basically for free from Internet, they just compile it, and that shouldn’t cost you more than $100.

6. Order now or price will be increase 5x tonite
Ohhhhh …. how this could be? this offer only valid for few hour from now, I have to be quick, where is my credit card? Hmmm … don’t get to rush cowboy, just wait till tomorrow and see how the price still the same.