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The ones that Suckered Me
I’ve been trying to get-rich-quick since I was thirteen years old. The idea has always held a great fascination for me. Perhaps fulled by an adolescent fascination with Scrooge McDuck, I’ve always thought I was special and that I could do anything I wanted to if I tried hard enough. Usually what I tried hard at was getting lots of money really quickly. Unfortunately, hard work doesn’t cut it when the odds are completely stacked against you.
Advertbar – One of my first attempts. I can’t find any information on it anymore, but, if I remember the name correctly, the advertbar was a banner ad that you download onto your computer that would activate every time you logged onto the internet. (This was in the days of dial-up where you didn’t spend all the time on the internet). Then, as long as you clicked it a few times an hour, it would slowly accumulate revenue for you. The payout limit was about $20 I think. I used it for a month but never managed to reach the payout then got bored of it. The advertbar’s main legacy these days is the headache it caused when people attempted to remove it. Apparently, the program was riddled with spyware.
speedyclick.com – This stands in for a lot of game pay websites that were out there around the time of the dot com bust. Speedyclick was only the most memorable. The object of these sites was to play games like blackjack or Space Invaders and get points for skill which could then be redeemed for prizes. The prizes were paid for by an internet advertising business model. I managed to be reasonably successful with these sites. I got a few checks in the mail but nothing spectacular.
Speedyclick was an exception though. It was the same as the others, except it included within it an online barter system where you could exchange your points or “speedybucks” for goods that people offered up in exchange for your bucks. Now, one day, when I was on speedyclick, I stumbled across a way of cheating the system. When I won a game, I could continue pressing the payout button and it would keep paying me every time I clicked it. I accumulated massive amounts of speedyclick money really quickly doing this then I went on a prize redeeming splurge.
Unfortunately, it didn’t work out quite as well as I’d planned. Most of the really nice items on the barter list where fraudulently put up. So no Playstations or Ford Mustangs for me. I got a few things, though: movies, (like the matrix) some clothes, some money, a speedyclick mousepad that I treasure to this day.
The Grand Internet Sweepstakes Rush – A long time ago, People once thought it was possible to do anything with the internet. They could generate unlimited wealth. They could solve all the world’s ailments. They could win an internet sweepstakes… Internet Sweepstakes used to be everywhere. Maybe it’s my imagination, but the sweepstakes rush seems to have lulled since then. People have found other ways of wasting their time.
One particular site stands out memorably in my mind, Wonderclick.com. Stop me if you’ve heard of this one. It was a site that had hundreds of sweepstakes to enter into everyday. I visited it religiously. Never won a dime--not even from non-wonderclick.com sweepstakes and I entered thousands of them. Others of you from this time may also remember the Gator eWallet program that made filling in sweepstakes forms as easy as pressing a button. Apparently that thing was riddled with spyware as well.
Forex Trading – I got started with this around four years ago. A friend of the family belonged to a company called FX*******. They promised to know all the secrets to making BIG money. They said they looked to the past, (through charts that cost about $100 a month) and used it to accurately predict how the Market was going to move. It was all bullshit, but it pulled me in. They said it was something completely new, that it would change the economy. You could get money from nothing! When China floated their currency we would all be millionaires! Join our Pyramid Scheme! Sucker in all your friends!
Sign up was a thousand dollars and included training which was, essentially, four hours of one guy talking about nothing. They justified the expense by saying that only those most committed would join and be compelled to stay in order to get their moneys worth. Basically, I paid a whole lot of money for someone to sell me charts and show me how to send money to a foreign exchange brokerage and set up live trading. I learned nothing. I made nothing. I got out of it quickly when I realised that I had no idea what I was doing, and I was essentially gambling one way or the other. Of course, Now I know Forex is a zero-sum game, somebody wins only if someone loses. I know it mostly doesn’t follow predictable patterns. I know if there were ways of predicting it, someone smarter than I would have already made all the money from it and kept it all for themselves. (not solicit my money to teach it to me). Now, I’m sure there are people out there making money from trading foreign currencies, but they’re not going to be two month newbies at it, nor are they going to be members of pyramid schemes. Forex was fun, but how about a scheme I actually win at for a change?
Hubpages - Just kidding. No really.
Honourable mentions go out to schemes I was not suckered into: Paid Surveys. Adwords. Bree-X.
I think that’s all of them.
I’m a jaded get rich quicker. You can’t sell me anything. I know what you want and I know why you’re doing it. If you want my money, I don’t believe you can teach me anything about making money because you’ll say anything to get my money. I know because I was/am you.
You’d think all of this would make me stop, but for some reason, every time I hear get rich quick, my ears pick up. Do I stop trying to get rich quick? No. But I’m losing less money than I used to. Maybe one day I’ll even start to make some. Or perhaps it’s simply that failing at getting-rich-quick is my hobby.
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The way many forex training companies are set up, yes. Exactly like pyramind and ponzi schemes. But the trading itself I think is more akin to gambling, if you're straight flush beats his three of a kind, you get the money.
THE 6 DOLLAR PAYPAL MONEY MAKING METHOD
As On 20/20 - TURN $6 into a good chunk of change in a short time
Earn money using PAYPAL as seen on Oprah & 20/20
THE PAYPAL 6 DOLLAR MONEY-MAKING METHOD
AS SEEN ON OPRAH EARN HUGE $$$$$$$$
all you need is:
1) An email address
2) A PayPal account
3) $6.00
THIS IS A September 2008 , CURRENT EMAIL LIST, What do you have to lose being you are only sending 1 dollar to six people. I WAS SKEPTICAL AT FIRST, but over about a week hundreds starting appearing in my paypal account! It was like Christmas morning!!!!
INSTRUCTIONS:
STEP 1:
The first thing to do is highlight and SAVE this entire post in word
or notepad on your computer so you can come back to it later. After
that, if you are not already a PayPal user you need to go to
the PayPal website at
https://www.paypal.co.... and
SIGN UP. If you want to be able to receive credit card payments from
other people then you will need to sign up for a PREMIER or BUSINESS
account (not just a PERSONAL account). This is highly recommended to allow others easy payment
options. In order to place the initial $6 into your account, you
will have to verify your bank account with PAYPAL (which may take a
few days). PAYPAL is 100% secure and is used by millions of people
worldwide.
STEP 2:
Here is where the action occurs. The first thing to do is to send a
$1.00 payment to each of the 6 email addresses on the current list
from your PayPal account. To do this quickly and successfully,
follow
these simple steps:
1. Login to PayPal and click on the "Send Money" tab near the top of
the screen
2. In the "Recipient's Email" field enter the email address
3. In the "Amount" field enter "1" (This is your $1.00 payment)
4. In the "Category" field select "Service" (Keeping it legal)
5. In the "Subject" field type "Tutoring Help", and in the "NOTE" field
Enter "Thanks for the help” or even better “Thank you for answering my (pick a subject ex. Business, financial, etc) question” By doing this, you are
creating a service and maintaining the legality of the system by
"paying" for the service. In theory you are tutoring others how to make money online through paypal. It is very important that you follow those directions since that is what keeps it legal. You probably have seen this exact method before with others telling you to write “please put me on your email list” in the note section. I originally used the “please put me on your email list” and it worked great until paypal said that is considered a pyramid scheme. They were really nice about it, telling me that I couldn’t do this anymore (They let me keep the 754.34 that I had made over the 3 weeks, I just had to stop). So I now have been using this NEW method for about 3 months and there have been no problems. This is providing a helping service to others, which paypal has verified as legal. I promise you that this works and is legal, I even called customer service explaining what I was doing would not get me in trouble. They gave me the thumbs up, saying this method meet their user policy! Whats the worst that happens, you lose 6 dollars? Unlike most people, I have tried this program and have figured out what works! The great thing about this email list is that I have contacted all of them by email. They all are active in this paypal method, guaranteeing that they will be posting their list with your email address to hundreds of posts. You have to be careful, since many email lists are filled with inactive or wrong emails! If you need help getting started or have any questions feel free to email me at paypalmoney12@yahoo.com, working together is what will allow us to make this potential large sum of money.
Remember, all of this is ABSOLUTELY LEGAL! If you have any doubts,
please refer to le 18 Sec.1302 & 1241 of the United States Postal
laws.
Now, click on the "Continue" button to complete the payment.
Repeat these steps for each of the 6 email addresses. That's it! By
sending the $1.00 payment to each address, you are implementing the
compounding POWER of the system. You will reap what you sow!
Here is the current e-mail list:
*************************************************
The email list:
1) sk_8_rg@earthling.net
2) jumper@mail.com
3) psycho_t@post.com
4) brookslobodien@yahoo.com
5) pacsun69@hotmail.com
6) macrhino@gmail.com
************************************************
STEP 2:
Now take the #1 email off of the list that you see above (from your
saved file), move the other addresses up (6 becomes 5, 5 becomes 4,
etc.) and add YOUR email address (the one used for your PayPal
account) as number 6 on the list. This is the only part of the
document that should be changed. ** Make sure your email address is the one you
have registered with PayPal **
STEP 3:
Post your amended article to at least 200 newsgroups or message
boards.
Keep in mind that there are tens of thousands of groups online! All
you need is 200, but remember the more you post the more money you make
- as well as everyone else on the list! I've began to see money roll
in before I even hit 100 posts, but try to hit around 200 to allow
maximum exposure. Use Netscape, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari,
or whatever your internet browser is to search for various news
groups, log on to any search engine like yahoo.com or google.com and type in
a
subject like 'MILLIONAIRE MESSAGE BOARD', 'MONEY MAKING DISCUSSIONS',
'MONEY MAKING FORUMS', or 'BUSINESS MESSAGE BOARD', PAYPAL 6 DOLLAR, OPRAH 6 DOLLAR PAYPAL METHOD. You will
find thousands and thousands of message boards. Click them one by one and
you will find the option to post a new message. Fill in the subject
which will be the header that everyone sees as they scroll through
the list of postings in a particular group, and post the article with the
NEW list of email addresses included. THAT'S IT!!! All you have to do
is jump to different news groups and post away. After you get the hang
of it, it will take about 30 seconds for each newsgroup.
HOW THE MONEY WORKS:
When you post 200 messages in various forums, it is estimated that
at LEAST 15 people will respond and send you a $1.00 ($15.00). Those
15 will Post 200 Posts each and 225 people send you $1.00 ($225.00),
etc. through 6 levels of email addresses. For comprehension
purposes, here is an easy viewing chart:
REMEMBER, THE MORE NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN, THE MORE YOU WILL
MAKE!!
GOOD LUCK!!
Remember, all of this is ABSOLUTELY LEGAL! If you have any doubts,
please refer to le 18 Sec.1302 & 1241 of the United States Postal
laws.
Get Your PAYPAL CASH Gift Today!
ONLY 2 SIMPLE AND EASY STEPS! DON'T BE AFRAID to send gift
Simply send a $10 gift to the person at POSITION #1, if your birthday is BETWEEN JAN 1 THRU JUNE 30, OR, if your birthday is BETWEEN JULY 1 THRU DEC 31, send the gift to the person at POSITION # 2.
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. . .
STEP 1 Ok, if you're not already a PayPal user, the very first thing you need to do is use the PayPal link below and SIGN UP. It takes just two minutes! Here's the URL: www.paypal.com be sure to use this link so you can sign up for a free PREMIER or BUSINESS account. You'll need to have a PREMIER or BUSINESS account (and not a PERSONAL account) otherwise you won't be able to receive credit card payments from other people.
STEP 2 It is an undeniable law of the universe that we must first give in order to receive. So the first thing to do when you have your Premier/Business PayPal account is to IMMEDIATELY send a $10 payment from your PayPal account to the email address in the position (1 or 2 - depending on your birthday in the timeline), along with a note saying: "HERE IS A $10 GIFT FOR YOU." Be certain to add this note, as this is what KEEPS THIS PROGRAM LEGAL. Instructions on how to send a payment are under "SEND MONEY" at the Paypal Site. It's so Easy!!
REMOVE the email address you are replacing (the one you sent $ 10 to), and REPLACE it with your own email address. REMEMBER: Use the same EMAIL ADDRESS that is used with YOUR Paypal account!!
Paste your newly typed email address over the old one and then post to 50 Message Boards, Chat Rooms, or Newsgroups!
POSITION #1 (January-June Birthdays) Brenton.johnson@live.com
POSITION#2 (July-December Birthdays) homebasedbusiness@gmx.com
YOUR NAME COULD CYCLE FOR A LONG TIME! THIS MAKES IT THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.
NOW PLEASE BE HONEST! THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT GIVING, HELPING OTHERS, AND RECEIVING HELP IN RETURN! PLEASE DO NOT ABUSE THIS PRIVILEGE!
This is excellent seed money to start or expand a business, buy your dream home, car and pay off whatever bills you may have. Good luck and God Bless. Play fairly and good fortune will follow!
WHY THIS PROGRAM WORKS: Straight to the point, the reason this program is SO SUCCESSFUL is because this in 50 different message boards, there are only TWO outcomes (1) A person's birthday will fall on the same half as yours YOU GET $ 10 OR (2) A person's birthday will fall on the other half of the timeline, therefore, YOU STAY IN YOUR POSITION posted in 50 other MESSAGE BOARDS, etc.
HOW TO POST TO NEWS GROUPS:
Use Netscape or Internet Explorer and search for various newsgroups (on-line forums, message boards, chat sites, discussions.) Log on any search engine like yahoo.com, google.com, altavista.com, excite.com, etc., then search with the subject "millionaire message board" or "money making message board" or "employment message board" or "money making discussions" or "money making forum" or "business message board", etc. You'll find thousands & thousands of message boards. Click on them one by one and find the option to "post a new message". Post the copy of this article (from your word processor with your email address in the appropriate position) as a "new message" by highlighting the text of this letter and selecting copy then paste from the edit menu. Fill in the Subject (this will be the header that everyone sees as they scroll through the list of postings in a particular message board or group). Click the "post message" button.
It only takes about 60 seconds to complete postings on message boards once you catch on. Remember, the more message boards you post on, the more money you'll receive.
That's it. There is no more to do.(Except maybe enjoy the gifts you receive!)
Get Your PAYPAL CASH Gift Today!
With just $10 and a Paypal PREMIER or BUSINESS account, you could make $$Thousands$$ in 2 SIMPLE STEPS!
READ THIS VERY CAREFULLY THEN READ IT AGAIN.
THIS IS FAST. THIS IS NOT THE ONE YOU WILL BE WAITING TO WORK GUARANTEED-you could have $10,000 in two weeks. Only $10, a Paypal PREMIER or BUSINESS account and 30 min are all to get this going.
GIFTING MADE EASY, PLEASE READ ON TO FIND OUT HOW...
If you want to make a few thousand dollars real quick, then please take a moment to read and understand this program I'm sharing with you. NO IT'S NOT what you think. YOU DON'T have to send $10 to five or six people to buy a report, receipt or get on their mailing list. Nor will you need to invest more money later to get things going. THIS IS THE FASTEST, EASIEST PROGRAM EVER, you will be able to complete it in LESS THAN 30 MINUTES and you will never forget the day you first viewed this online.
This is the FASTEST and EASIEST way to earn serious money online that you've ever seen so far in the history of the Internet! This program works no matter what country you are in, or what currency you use. It doesn't matter how old or how young you are. And you certainly won't need any special knowledge or talent.
You won't need to run a website, or make phone calls, or make photocopies, or send out letters through the mail, or pay for advertising, etc.
The only things you will need are:
* An email address
* A Premier or Business PayPal account with at least $10 deposited in it
* 30 minutes of your time
ONLY 2 SIMPLE AND EASY STEPS!
If you are doing other programs, by all means stay with them. The more the merrier, BUT PLEASE READ ON!! First of all, there are only TWO POSITIONS, not four, five or six like many other programs. This program is more realistic and much, MUCH FASTER. Because it is so easy, the response rate for this program is VERY HIGH and VERY FAST, and you will receive your reward in FOURTEEN DAYS. That's only TWO WEEKS - not one or two months. Just in time for next months BILLS. TRUE STORY --> June Alscar tells how she ran this gifting summation four times last year. The first time, she received $6,000+ in cash in two weeks and then $14,000+ in cash the next three times. When this program is continued, as it should be, EVERYONE PROFITS!! DON'T BE AFRAID to send gifts to strangers. It will come back to you ten folds. A person can gift you up to $10,000 per year and you don't have to report it to the IRS.
THIS CAN AND WILL WORK FOR YOU! HERE ARE THE DETAILS: Post this letter in 50 message boards, chat rooms, or newsgroups. You don't need to post 200 like others programs or email 1000 people just to get started. Even if you are already in a program like the send six dollars to six people. CONTINUE IT and stay with it, THOSE DO PAY OUT, but do yourself a favor, DO THIS ONE TODAY as well, RIGHT NOW!!! It is simple and takes a very small investment, only $10 and a Paypal PREMIER or BUSINESS account.
IT WORKS AND IS DONE IN 2 SIMPLE AND EASY STEPS!
This program WILL PAY FASTER before the other programs you are working on even trickle in! Just give one person $10. THAT'S IT! Follow the simple instructions and in two weeks, you should have $10,000 because most PEOPLE WILL RESPOND due to the LOW ONE TIME INVESTMENT, SPEED AND HIGH PROFIT POTENTIAL.
PLUS, since it's done all ONLINE, there is no time wasted mailing out letters and such! !
We are not even figuring a 10% response! So let's all keep it going and help each other in these tough times. We all owe money to bill collectors, and creditors. But, with this, if people take the time to help each other, the good fortune will follow. SO, Take the measly minutes this SIMPLE and REWARDING program offers and give the gift that gives back TODAY!.
Simply send a $10 gift to the person at POSITION #1, if your birthday is BETWEEN JAN 1 THRU JUNE 30, OR, if your birthday is BETWEEN JULY 1 THRU DEC 31, send the gift to the person at POSITION # 2.
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. . .
STEP 1 Ok, if you're not already a PayPal user, the very first thing you need to do is use the PayPal link below and SIGN UP. It takes just two minutes! Here's the URL: www.paypal.com be sure to use this link so you can sign up for a free PREMIER or BUSINESS account. You'll need to have a PREMIER or BUSINESS account (and not a PERSONAL account) otherwise you won't be able to receive credit card payments from other people.
STEP 2 It is an undeniable law of the universe that we must first give in order to receive. So the first thing to do when you have your Premier/Business PayPal account is to IMMEDIATELY send a $10 payment from your PayPal account to the email address in the position (1 or 2 - depending on your birthday in the timeline), along with a note saying: "HERE IS A $10 GIFT FOR YOU." Be certain to add this note, as this is what KEEPS THIS PROGRAM LEGAL. Instructions on how to send a payment are under "SEND MONEY" at the Paypal Site. It's so Easy!!
When you send your $10 payment to either address in the list, do it with a great big smile on your face because "as you sow, so shall you reap!" After you have transferred a $10 payment to the email address, something very eerie happens. It gives you an indescribable, overwhelming sense of certainty, belief and conviction in the system. You've just proved to yourself that, because you have done it, there must be a great number of other people ready to do exactly the same. Thus you have now seen for yourself, first hand, that this business actually works!
REMOVE the email address you are replacing (the one you sent $ 10 to), and REPLACE it with your own email address. REMEMBER: Use the same EMAIL ADDRESS that is used with YOUR Paypal account!! Paste your newly typed email address over the old one and then post to 50 Message Boards, Chat Rooms, or Newsgroups.
DON'T MULL OVER IT, JUST 30 MIN OF YOUR TIME, THAT'S IT THERE IS NO MORE TO DO!! ACT FAST AND GET THE GIFT.
HONESTY AND INTEGRITY MAKE THIS PLAN WORK!! DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU!
POSITION #1 (January-June Birthdays) pannell.jared@gmail.com
POSITION#2 (July-December Birthdays) kirsty.hamilton6@btinternet.com
YOUR NAME COULD CYCLE FOR A LONG TIME! THIS MAKES IT THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.
NOW PLEASE BE HONEST! THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT GIVING, HELPING OTHERS, AND RECEIVING HELP IN RETURN! PLEASE DO NOT ABUSE THIS PRIVILEGE!
This is excellent seed money to start or expand a business, buy your dream home, car and pay off whatever bills you may have. Good luck and God Bless. Play fairly and good fortune will follow! WHY THIS PROGRAM WORKS: Straight to the point, the reason this program is SO SUCCESSFUL is because this in 50 different message boards, there are only TWO outcomes
(1) A person's birthday will fall on the same half as yours YOU GET $ 10 OR (2) A person's birthday will fall on the other half of the timeline, therefore, YOU STAY IN YOUR POSITION posted in 50 other MESSAGE BOARDS, etc. BOTTOMLINE: Either you get the $10 or your name gets passed on for other people to give YOU $10 or pass YOUR name on to other people that will. It makes you think though, the more you post YOUR OWN POSTS, the BETTER the results! 4 FACTORS THAT MAKE THIS PROGRAM SO SUCCESSFUL. . .
* EXTREMELY FAST RESPONSE
* EXTREMELY HIGH RESPONSE RATE
* UNLIMITED PROFIT POTENTIAL
* QUICK, SIMPLE AND CHEAP TO GET STARTED
So there it is. You now have the knowledge that will enable you to make over $10,000 within the next few weeks. The only thing that can hold you back now is a lack of faith or a lack of self-belief. However, any doubts you may currently have will disappear within a few days of putting this plan into practice. Trust me on this! You certainly won't regret it.
Best Regards, David
Have any questions? Send me an e-mail at david@dpringle.com and be sure to visit our website for hundreds of other "home based business" opportunities, as well as lot's of "free stuff": dpringle.com
P.S. Does this sound too good? Well maybe to some skeptics it is. But it actually works, and is worth the 30 minutes of your time now. So, just make a nice cup of tea and get started
EYEAM4ANARCHY says:
10 months ago
Forex actually sounds like the original Ponzi scheme.