Don't get sucked in by the fancy cars

Now that I've been trolling the net and looking for business opportunities, I'm sure I'm not alone in discovering that most of it is hyped up garbage trying to suck you into their schemes. Your better judgement tells you that anyone who is living the lavish lifestyle portrayed on some of these websites, really doesn't need your money. But their spin is good and obviously they suck in enough people to make a few bucks. Or at least the ones at the top of the schemes are making some good money.

Here is my list of the techniques used to loop you in to these schemes. Stay away from where ever you see these on websites:

1. Lavish lifestyles and expensive cars
2. Clickbank lists of great sales. These are usually copied from other websites.
3. Scam reports. They present as investigators of scams, but they link to stuff they sell.
4. Money back guarantees. They know no one will claim them and in some cases these people never honour them anyway.
5. The word "guru" or "mentor".

It also depends on your philosophy of life whether or not these schemes are for you. If you don't mind taking advantage of people, then you are different from me and you may be able to live with yourself knowingly ripping people off. They say that over 80% of people fail with all these schemes, but the guru's blame the victims for not working hard enough with these systems and that's why they fail. The trouble is, that all the hype the guru's use in the promotion of their schemes is different than what they eventually deliver to you in their package.

Here's an example. How many times have you seen........Easy home business, 1 hour per day,
system on auto pilot, earning $2,300 per week, no experience needed, simple to learn, etc.
Then when you get whatever it is they sell you, they tell you, nothing in life is easy and the system is only as good as the work you are willing to put into it. In a way that is true, but it is certainly not how it is promoted.

Unfortunately, there are not a lot of really good solid business opportunities out there. But keep looking, and hopefully you'll find something that doesn't just leave you out of pocket.