Investigating an Opportunity to Make Money
Now with anything that money is involved – trust but verify. People do funny things when money is involved. I recently bought an ebook that I have been curious about for awhile and I thought, “It’s just $5″ – so I went ahead and bought it. Of course there is a funded proposal type opportunity associated with it that you can get involved with. Now it failed for me in a few different ways.
First off, there was not a clearly explained a – z overview and you had to go through each section and verify that you understood each without knowing where exactly you were going.
Now this may be fine for some people, but it makes me a little nervous. So I hit the forum to investigate a little. I did read the ebook and it was very good; it’s purpose was to keep you from being scammed. The problem was that the program itself had pieces of the things the book told you to avoid. One of the major things (that I have found to be very true) is not to try to run too many programs at once as you can’t really concentrate your efforts.
In the forum I found a ‘rogues gallery’ of people I have seen from many different opportunities. I saw someone who must be a professional testimonial giver as I have seen their testimonials in many different opportunities.
I did find one guy I recognized (at least his name) from other opportunities I have seen floating around. He was bragging about all the sign-ups he was getting and had a ‘secret’ method and to email him to get details. So I did and he replied with the usual things. I proceeded to ask him how his ROI (Return On Investment) was – was he actually making more than he was paying. A very simple question with a simple ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer. In his reply the answer was avoided. To me this speaks volumes.
Now another interesting thing happened as I paid for the ebook with AlertPay. I had not used AlertPay before to pay for something and it worked just like PayPal. Now they gave you the opportunity to make an account, which I declined. A few days later I got an email from AlertPay to change the password to my account. Now red flags and sirens went off as I read this since I had never set-up an account and didn’t try to change the password on an account.
Now if this ever happens to you DO NOT reply to the link in the email as it could be a fishing scheme and you will go to a fake site and give them your info. So I went directly to the AlertPay website and entered a support ticket. I discovered that I did indeed have an account and someone tried to access the account and couldn’t so they sent me the email to change my password. I also discovered that all someone needs is your email address and your password to access your account. I got the account deleted and they were very nice about it.
So to say the least you need to watch your back. Make sure who you are involved with and that they ‘practice what they preach’. Now I am not saying that anyone involved with these opportunities are bad or did anything illegal. It is a strange coincidence as someone had to know I had something in AlertPay and my email address. You do need to be careful though no matter what you are doing. If you really want to know if an opportunity is worthwhile you need to investigate.
It is your money and time on the line afterall.