Scam Alert: Avoid These Network Marketing Programs

While we all know that the Internet has made some things easier and has given people opportunities that didn’t exist before, it also has its downsides. One of the biggest things on that list of the downsides is that it has also increased people’s ability to scam, or be scammed. While I try to help people and educate them on things to look for, I understand why people are so skeptical these days, when it comes to online business opportunities.

However, there is a difference between educating people to be wise about their choices and telling people to completely stay away from online opportunities and potential success.

Just to warn you, before you read any further, this is officially my first rant post. But hey, I think I’m entitled to it every once in a while.

The Reason For This Post

Earlier I was in one of my Facebook groups, and a woman who has been a long time member of the group posted, and warned the group about how she had just been scammed. To shorten the story, she signed up for an opportunity that she saw in another Facebook for a work from home group. The job, which wasn’t really a business opportunity, was to post ads for rental properties on Craigslist, and collecting the money for the would be rent.

She was eventually contacted by the security of a federal bank, and then by the FBI. It turns out that she was selling fake rental properties. The people who had enrolled her into this scam was hacking into people’s bank account, and funding their accounts, and their downline’s PayPal accounts with this stolen money. This poor woman had no idea that she was being used in an illegal scam.

More so, she wasn’t the only victim involved, because I’m sure there were others who enrolled, and not to mention the people whose money was taken.

When I Think About What a Scam Is

So, here comes the rant.

This leads me to thinking, that when I think about what a scam is, this is the type of stuff that definitely qualifies. This and getting calls from people with heavy accents, that you can barely understand that claim they are from Microsoft, and want to access your computer remotely because they see you have a virus.

What doesn’t qualify as a scam to me is legitimate Network Marketing companies, or affiliate programs that sell an actual product.

On a side note, this woman didn’t realize that no legitimate company is going to pay you to work from home to send emails out or post ads. Signing up for an online opportunity where you are simply getting paid for your labor, spells scam. If it were that easy, then everyone would be working from home. This is why I encourage people to do their homework and research the opportunity before joining.

Legitimate Companies Being Called a Scam

Now back to my main point…

Therein lies the problem. When a person is interested in a legitimate opportunity, but wants to be sure it’s not a scam then, the best thing to do is to research like I just said. But what if they do research and find three or four websites on the front page of google, that state it’s a scam?

You’ve seen these sites, where ‘Program A’ is a scam and you shouldn’t join it, but “Program B’ on the other hand is the greatest program on the Internet. These are affiliate websites where the poster writes a negative review on the competition and calls them unethical, just so they can sell a membership to their offer. Is that not unethical as well?

There are also other websites that claim to expose scams, to what are actual legitimate programs - like Network Marketing.

It sits wrong with me to tell people to stay away from a business opportunity that could literally change a person’s life. Are you really helping people in that case, or do you have your own agenda?

No, Network Marketing and some of these big ticket affiliate programs aren’t for everyone. Most people fail, but that doesn’t mean that there is anything wrong with the industry or the opportunity. Most people fail at being Independent Insurance Agents, or Real Estate Brokers, but that doesn’t mean the entire industry is a scam.

And yes, some of the products may be over-priced in some cases, but don’t we have a say in that? If people are willing to pay a higher price, the higher prices aren’t going away. If there are people who can afford these programs and products at premium price, and make it work for them, then great. Again, everyone can’t do it, but for those that can…

We are talking about a $19 Billion dollar industry that has made more millionaires out of home-based business owners than any other method!

So, instead of warning people that Network Marketing is a scam, why not focus on the REAL scam artist out there, and warn people against them?

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