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How To Avoid the Top 3 Marketing Scams Online

by: 7xcessories( 373Feedback score is 100 to 499)
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The main purpose of guide is to sum up the top 3 marketing scam online and how you can avoid these scam. Below is my top 3 favourite list.


#1 - Email Scam

If you 're using email account every day, I am sure you won't find it a surprise to receive a few of these chain emails from unknow party daily. They claim to be from bank or you have won a lucky draw. And  you need send a small sum of money to have your cheque cleared. And if you ever tried to email them, you will be routed to a party asking for your detail information and giving you extremely clear instruction on how you can claim your prize.


#2 - Pyramid Program

Yes, this is not something new just that it got shifted to the online work. But people still fall for it like crazy. The most popular Internet marketing scams is the pyramid scheme. It works just like a pyramid where you start at the bottom and you climb to the top  by recommending people to join under you. They will ask you to pay a monthly fee to in order to qualify for monthly payment. As usual, people get burn and give up eventually.


#3 - Paid surveys

As discuss in my previous guide on survey scam, there are site which say you will be rewarded by  completing surveys. However, these survey companies do not pay you in cash but in points. For What? And when you have accumulated the right amount of points, you could then exchange the points for goods. I am not saying this is totally not possible but always do your research.

Personally, I have been paid by online survey companies and they are reliable because I don't get paid often. It's like once every 6 month. I even scanned my checks to prove to people. Well, these are just three commonly found Internet marketing scams. You need to beware of more look like really  'scam' site out there. Don't give your attention to these sites.

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Guide ID: 10000000005667293Guide created: 02/15/08 (updated 01/11/09)

 
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