You want to be rich - just do as I do....

The get rich quick schemes are exactly what they claim to be - for those doing the claiming. Most of what they 'sell' I'd give for free. A lot of it is BS, period. I feel sorry for folks that fall for it but the fact it - thousands do, day in, day out.

It's why there's so many on the internet. And talking about the net - there's no regulation because they're not actually breaking the law. They're offering you a 'product' and you're paying for it. The quality of it is the problem. Plus I wouldn't be one bit surprised if the get rich quick schemers know the Online Selling laws inside out - pretty apparent when you read the disclaimers and such.

And most of the claims are worded very tightly - lots of 'mays', mights and 'probablys'.

*spits* And so ... I don't like them but I understand what they're doing. Like with offers of high flying modelling - providing you cough up money up front, all they are for the main are easy ways of parting folks from their money. Morally wrong but usually legitimate.

Making money online generally involves some hard work but, like I keep saying: work smart, not hard;)

probably they do get something out of it. and hence the sites survive. i guess such sites are targeted more towards those who are new to such sort of things. such persons are more eager and anxious to earn more (and probably have heard that there is a lot of money to be earned from internet). hence they get lured by such sites. it is only experience that can tell that such sites are "obviously nonsense".

So long as there are twits posting discussions like, "How can I get rich just by having a computer and not logging on?" i.e. "How can I get rich just by laying in bed all day and not even bothering to shift my butt to buy a lottery ticket", (the other no-brainer) ... there will be sites like that.

The site owners get rich. No one else does.

"Heyyyy - yeah, but look - I made 0.30 by ptc just half an hour today."

Um. Yes, but: "Heyyyyy, the guy who "paid" you has just booked a 6 week cruise on a chartered private yacht on the strength of it."

Sheesh.

Good discussion you started..
Actually the get rich quickly scheme applies for them not for people who buy their product.. as they get rich not people who fall for it.. We spend our money making them rich..

Sad to say there is no rule to stop such frauds, and many fall for it and loose their hard earned money thinking that they can make some extra cash.

I agree with you. But people have been suckers for a get-rich-quick schemes since time immemorial, internet notwithstanding. At the back of our minds, we all want to get rich quick and not work for the rest of our life. So when we read the "realization" of our dreams, our subconscious is tittilated. We like to believe that bad things will happen to other people, but to ourselves. It takes a lot of clear thinking to pull yourself away from this enticing ads. Rationally, if something looks too good to be true, it probably is. But I guess, a lot of people are willing to delude themselves.

I don't pay any mind to these get rich for doing nothing hypes till they tell me I can do it sitting in my pajamas on the beach with a drink in my hand.

It just show up the state of mind of people these days, it is a sign of our hard times, these ads are becoming more and more frequent because so many people fall for them and the reason they are falling for them is because they are so desperate

I'm sure we all wish this was true. Nobody wants to miss out if it is. I sure don't

This is like asking why are there paid-to-get-rich scams out there. Many people that have a nine to five job do not know much about earning opportunities online. Other people are just not very tech-savvy and are new to the internet. These people are very gullible the first time they see these offers and they take it. They don't know the rules of online safety. The online world is no different from our offline "real" world. We still need to be respectful of each other, be polite, don't make threats, etc. But what people don't realize is that if there's scams offline, there are scams online. And you have a good point about how they show the sites before and after. We may be experienced enough to see a scam when we see one, but many people aren't.

I haven't seen those pages lately because I have been busy with school. However, I think that the internet should be more regulated but that is easier said than done. Its hard enough trying to regulate the real world, let alone an indefinite cyberspace.

Good discussion and hopefully someone thinking of doing this will change their mind.
There are just two sites I check regularly to see what's going on. I've always wanted to do my own little business but circumstances are stopping me at present.

But the one site I go to they talk about everything, and I read how so many have lost tons of money by trying over and over again. Why do they do this? I really don't get it. I just can't imagine someone thinking this is for real, when all you do is sit back and make money...are they kidding?

On the other hand, I do read about the people that are truly making decent money, and they are all hard workers, which is what it takes.

I really don't surf the net looking for this crap because that's all it is...I use to years ago but know much better now. I could imagine how many there are today looking for the next sucker because of the unemployment rate. How sad for people.

It's not just the internet where one is bombarded with these get rich quick schemes. If you're a night owl, like I am, one can turn on channel after another and be shown those infomercials on the "way" to making zillions of dollars in a short time, and yes, usually by buying a book ($19.95) or DVD program--most of them deal with being a real estate tycoon...like duh? With the economy the way it is, people aren't rushing to buy homes. The only ones getting rich are the people promoting their "product" which is usually full of crap anyway
It would be great if someone or some organization could monitor the internet for these scam type deals, but lets face it, there are way too many of them--also you probably have someone belly-aching that their constitutional rights are being infringed upon for NOT being able to advertise