Can you believe it? I almost got taken from a sales letter. Oh this was no

I once received a letter in the mail, and it explained a way people are making money through the mail. All I had to do was make copies of the letter but add my address to the top of a list of addresses, and remove the one on the bottom. Then mail them to people I knew. I also had to send a one time payment of $20. Afterwards, the letter said I only had to wait for maybe two weeks until I start receiving cash. It also said I could repeat these steps to make more. Because I could understand how it would work and I've seen something similar a few years before, I taught it to be real but I never tried it because I was told it was a scam.

Yup for sure, I can't remember what the site was called, but I was reading the sales page and it was perfect and since it was free I thought there was really no risk. The guy had everything (i thought at least) and then I got to the end of the page, I was about to type in my info since like I said before nothing much to lose since it was free, then my 6th sense kicked in. I was always the type to do my due diligence about a site, and i was not going to stop there even though it was free. So I did a little research and voila found a guy on youtube who was going to try the site out for 30 days and keep the viewers posted. So there was no risk for us, but only for him, I really admired that. A week or so later, he makes a video and tells us that he won't be doing it, since the site was really just a splash page for herbalife, the real program it is promoting, he had mentioned that this site had scammed him before, and is not looking to be scammed again. I looked up herbalife, and there were many complaints about the site, so at the end of the day, due diligence is always step 1 before even reading the sales page since if it is a scam, there is no point in reading it and if you did, you just wasted some time you could have been looking at another site. "Spiderman's 6th sense is the spidey sense, mines is the due diligence sense, always saves me at the last minute" EduCashin

I haven't been in a situation like you. And I wouldn't even want to be put in that situation in the future. In the first place, I don't give much interest on any topic in the interest which will make me shell out money from my pocket. Secondly, I couldn't afford to pay $17 because that amount is so big in our currency.

I have read & believed things like that but lucky for me at the time I couldn't afford to sign up so I just signed up to their free newsletter/tips & thought I would sign up when I could afford it. I still get some of those newsletters, most of the time, I delete them but sometimes I read them as they have good tips for making money online that you could apply to anything you do. I should really unsubscribe so my inbox doesn't get as cluttered but I can never find the time or I've deleted the email before I think of it.

You mean, there was nothing involved. No product or anything? Wow.. This must be some kind of pyramid game where only the people at the top stands to gain. That being said, many people still do join it as they believe it will earn them more but truth is they are tricking more people to join under them. This is the only way they will earn and I think it's kinda selfish to some extent. As for experience, I once was almost taken in just like you but seeing there was no product or anything of the sort, I came back to earth. Greed would be the greatest sin amongst mankind's seven deadly sins.

i have not yet received a letter like that. its very hard for me to sign-up to any sites that needs payment right away, i could sign-up for free, see what's inside, what they offer.... but if there's monthly payment, for sure i wont be upgrading or buying it. but i did try a cycler..., i received a very simple letter, and went into the site, joined as a free member, checked the forum, etc. etc. and paid the site, but its only for $2. one time payment, looks legit to me, there's forum, admins always there, spreadsheet to see where your position is always updated through mails all those stuff... i hope im not gonna be scammed, even if with that amount only, it's hard earned. i hope im still here on earth... lol

I was scammed once, not online. so since then I avoid any money making sites that says I have to pay for something first. It's true that even if the sites do not ask for money they can still be scam, but at least I don't lose money to begin with. I never read anything that sounded so real aside from the one company that scammed me, it was a work-from-home company and I wasn't the only victim so somebody probably reported this company because I read that this company was oficially declared scam.

I do not quite dare to believe that, because too many online swindlers. I have taken, and paid training, the results have nothing to learn.

I have yes. In fact I went as far as to get involved with the company. It was great for about 6 weeks then it sucked. It was called prepaid legal services. Scam if you ask me. I guess you just have to become one of the scammers to get paid there. I have seen millionaires come out of that company personally, but the y got in on the ground floor, before the scamming started.