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| scams are successful because people are gullible Not trying to hijack the thread, but I almost had a fistfight over a scam that was printed on a piece of paper. It was one of those "stuff envelopes for cash" deals that had you send in $29.95 for your "starter pack"(whatever that was) and get you on your way to making big money just by stuffing envelopes.
My friend actually believed it was real, because someone he knew had actually done this. Or so he claimed. In truth, this is a not-very-complex scam that only requires you to believe what is printed on a piece of paper, and then get you to mail money to a rented temporary drop box. One month later, said drop box is gone and you, the unwitting sucker who believes everything he reads, is out $29.95.
Scam over. Why do people continue to fall for it? Desperation. Greed. Stupidity.
Pick your reason. And then send me your money! I will make a millionaire out of you! I can do it! I have done it! All you need to do is believe me!
Would I lie to you, a perfect stranger?
NO, I will not lie to you. I have never lied to you and there is no reason for you to expect me to lie to you....
So send me the money! I'm honest. Believe me! | |
| Re: scams are successful because people are gulli Actually, that scam is legal, if the person you send that $30 to sends you a piece of paper back that tells you to put ads in papers and run the scam on others. As long as they follow through with the response, they are legit.
Netbux is like the rest. A few people early on will get some money, so that the company is "legit"
Then everyone else will get screwed. | |
| I know, I'm an idiot. Ok, please do not make fun but I already registered for Netbux as a non-referral, before I read this article, probably the most idiotic thing I've ever done. Now what do I do, is there any backing out of this? What's going to happen next, will I get a bunch of spam mail now? | |
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