Friday, July 18, 2008

Millionaires Money. Is it a scam?

I've been around the work from home scene for many years and when it comes to scams targeted toward women, I thought I'd seen it all.

Until today.

While I was cruising the net this morning I clicked on a link to a website that is giving away money to those who need it. It's backed by a philanthropist who just wants to do good. There are even numerous quotes from the Bible!

That's precious, isn't it?

Every bell and whistle in my mind was sounding an alarm, but to be fair and on the one in a million chance that I was wrong and this site really was hosted by a sweet millionaire who just wanted to do good, I spent some time snooping.

The first thing that smelled rotten to me was the Google Ads. Why does a millionaire who simply wants to give away money need revenue from Google?

There were countless spelling errors throughout both the site and the blog. Sure- we all make spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. But when you're attempting to gain the trust of the public, it's just not OK.

And then there was the affiliate push toward a website. The site explains it by saying the millionaire wants to teach you to fish - you know - give a man a fish he eats for a day, blah, blah, blah.

But the icing on the cake has to be the fact that when you apply to the millionaire for help, you'll be taken to the sponsor websites. "You don't have to click on any ads" they say, but that's little consolation.

In short, if it smells funny, don't eat it - and this site smells funny. I'm not going to throw any link love toward these scammers and my hope is that you'll do your part by telling others to stay away.

Have a great day!
Sher



 


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