Home Business Scam – or naivety on our part?

I made this short video this morning for 2 reasons.  One was to alert new people into the world of Internet Marketing that all may not be as it seems and secondly, my annoyance that someone who I know is a decent and hard working woman has lost everything she worked really hard for.

She hasn’t lost it, she has chosen to walk away rather than partake in something that goes against what she believes in.

I remember when this new product was being launched around November 2009 and I was being signposted to it by some credible people in the industry.  It was being hailed as the next best thing and the high paying commissions put it head and shoulders above anything else or so the marketing gurus would have us believe.

I couldn’t see what all the hype was about, wasn’t able really to get what I thought was tangible evidence of how it all worked so decided to opt in myself for the FREE trial.  As soon as I did this, everything started moving really fast – pressure to get payment details set up (dodgy move #1), pressure to take part in Skype discussions for hours (dodgy set up #2), call with CEO during which he tells me he loves me (really dodgy move #3) but quite funny.

You see, being a Glaswegian, the only time you tell someone you love them is when you have a belly full of vodka and you’re wanting someone to buy you a kebab from the van outside the pub at 2am on a Sunday morning LOL!

Anyway, I watched this business with interest, got into the back office and still was unable to find out EXACTLY what it was.  I looked around, watched others marketing it and making promises, but I just WAS NOT GETTING IT!

One woman in particular and whom I refer to in my video was a very active participant.  A bundle of fun, full of positivity, building teams right, left and centre and in general full of praise for this product.  When I say she was full of praise, I was still unable to glean what the heck it was.

2 weeks had gone by now and I was no further forward.  I knew that if I remained on there for another 2 weeks, I was going to be short changed by over $120 monthly.  One quick visit to Paypal and that problem was remedied.

So, in summary, unless you know exactly what you are buying, see actual proof that it works and know and absolutely trust the seller, then please exercise extreme caution and wariness.

There are lots of scammers out there, pouncing on new marketers, giving you their sob story of how they went from nothing to billionaire in a few short months – THIS CANNOT AND DOES NOT HAPPEN so please do not fall for it.

Enjoy your business for what it is, this industry is so amazing and can be so rewarding, as long as you stay in safe waters and swim around the sharks or take a harpoon and jab them out of your way!