Do you beleive people who claim they earned hundreds from XYZ site?

fake money - photo of fake money
India
April 5, 2009 6:17am CST
There was a new discussion started by a person here on mylot. He claimed that he had recently joined a blog. Upon working there he earned quick and good amount of money. He also posted a payment proof. He urged others to join the blog as his referral. I decided to check the blog and his claims. I found that the payment proof shown was not his. The payment was not from the blog he had told us. The amount which was paid was way less than the payout amount of that blog. Clearly he was trying to fool us. Did you have such an experience?
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46 responses
@coldmoon (1088)
• France
5 Apr 09
If he was so successful, Obama shoud ask him to become an economy advisor, haha. In fact, I think in some exception cases, a person could earn many money online. But if evry others could do the same, it would't be exceptional.
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• India
5 Apr 09
You have a good sense of humour. LOL I guess being an exceptional cheat can also earn you good money.
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@lexus54 (3572)
• Singapore
6 Apr 09
I believe it is possible to make big money, whether it is through blogging, internet marketing, flipping expired domains or other schemes. But you must know the techniques and the experience in working the system in order to be successful. This guy you mentioned is just an opportunist who is trying to use some deception to get referrals for his programme. Since he has not gotten the success yet, he has resorted to faking some of his claims in a desperate effort to win over people's confidence to join him in the same scheme.
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• India
23 Apr 09
Some people quickly resort to deception.
@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
5 Apr 09
People who claim things like this are usually lying. It is quite hard to believe that in just a short time they earn big already unless it is some sort of scam. So just be careful. I do believe that there are people earning big online. But these people are not new, they have been online for quite a time and practically knows the ins and outs of online earning.
@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
5 Apr 09
Yup, that is most likely the truth about it. Nobody does give something so big online. So usually those people earning online are those that have been doing it online for quite a time.
• India
5 Apr 09
Earning big and quick is hard to beleive. Sites which claim to make that possible turn out to be scam.
• Chatsworth, California
5 Apr 09
Sure, if the guy hasn't slept in months, ways over 300 pounds, wife and kids left him without him even knowing, and his dog is currently eating drywall for its survival, then yes, yes it is very possible that he made that kind of money in such a short amount of time.
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• India
8 Apr 09
You really made me laugh. Although what you say is true, its still funny.
@jshekhar (1562)
• India
6 Apr 09
Hello friend, I am really sick of such topics and I do not even bother reading the matter now. I do not look at the payment proofs because I believe they are all fake. Earning money is not as easy as these people make it sound to be. Most of them just want a lot of referrals, which in turn would fetch them more referrals and ultimately they will be able to earn money without working themselves.
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• India
10 May 09
I also have the thoughts as you do.
5 Apr 09
Isn't that the dream, earn your living on line? Well a dream is all that it is. Ok so you can make some pocket money on these sites but really I don't believe anyone can quit their day jobs on the strengh of online wages.
• India
5 Apr 09
Its a dream whith a big risk.
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• United States
7 Apr 09
LOL you said Pocket money- That is the name of my website and I say right on the first page I don't believe anyone can get rich from this and don't quit your day job! ROFLMAO!!! (my link is on my profile if you you want to see it *wink*)
@derek_a (10874)
6 Apr 09
I try to keep an open mind about people making such claims, but I don't take their word for it unless they have copies of payments into the paypal or other accounts as some people do. Everybody wants to get as many referrals as possible, and that can cause them to be somewhat economic with the truth! - Derek
@angemac23 (2003)
• Canada
5 Apr 09
I do not believe it when people say they made lots of money online because I have tried and tried everything and I make no money!
• India
5 Apr 09
Join the group. A lot of us have worked hard only to find that scam site's admin made money and ran away.
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
6 Apr 09
Once I made 300 or 400 dollars from this one website, they had a promotion going on, and if I got referrals I would get money for it, they had a promotion going on, I wish I could fine something like that again.
@cocooreo (705)
• Malaysia
7 Apr 09
I actually always believe their claims. However, I am sure that I will not earn as much as them as I lacking of confidence in myself and I am not as determined as them. Therefore, I am happy to read their story but I hardly will join any of that now due to I am incompetent. This person you are talking about might be just join the site, therefore, he is unable to show the proof himself but have to use other people's proof of payment. In order to earn faster, the best way is to get as many referral as possible. Therefore, he has the proof from other people to convince people around him.
• India
5 Apr 09
Stereodiva said on this site that she not only earns enough but pays others to earn that much.She had said so in one of the discussions she had initiated.
• India
7 Apr 09
Who is Stereodiva? I searched mylot and there was no result.
• India
8 Apr 09
Find her in my friends' list in my profile.
@Ramsay (130)
• Canada
5 Apr 09
When I see stories of people who have earned thousands of dollars online, I generally do not beleive them. They are so few and far between that if they really existed, how come more of us dont know about them. There are so many scams out there that feed on peoples money. Maybe it is these site owners only that make the money by ripping off unexpecting people who pay money to join their sites, hoping to make money. Theres always some who will.
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• India
7 Apr 09
That is true. Why don't anyone know details about people who earned big. The people who heard about such rich guys don't know how they became rich. The rich guys is willing to tell you his secret IF you buy his product or book online.
@HelloMickey (1655)
• Hong Kong
7 Apr 09
I agree with you, he was just trying to fool us. I never believed it. If the return/revenue sounds to good to be true, I would have no chance to try to find out more information from them. Stay away from cheaters, they are trying to use our greed to earn them big money.
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@wxo200345 (101)
• China
7 Apr 09
to some extent, this activity can be understandable for nearly all the earned website regulate the more the number of referrals you own the more incomes you will earn. so most of the people no matter whether they have really earned money from the website, they would like to say they have already made succeeful payout,even a untruth payment proof to enable some unwise persons to believe there is a remarkable opportunity for they to become millonaire in one night. i believe there are some opportunities to earn money online,but it belongs to minority. for the most ,the money only comes from hard work.
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• Philippines
7 Apr 09
I don't usually join sites referred to by someone I don't know personally. Even with payment proofs. I still believe the person I he is my acquaintance.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
6 Apr 09
i do not believe them right away until i see people and see more than 1 person with testimonials. it is so easy to fabricate pictures nowadays..
• India
8 Apr 09
That's a good way to find a scam. Only one person telling about how he earned big is more likely to be a lie.
• United States
6 Apr 09
no,i don't believe them.a lot of people are just trying to get referals,in some cases you make more from referals than by participating in whatever the site does. anybody can fabricate "payment proofs" with a good spreadsheet program and photoshop for logos.i trust more in actual experience from friends
• India
12 Apr 09
Fabricating payment proof just to get referrals would be cunning indeed.
• Lubbock, Texas
6 Apr 09
Earning money online, even earning a good living online is possible, but a proof of payment is useless. Even if it has the person's name etc. on it there are people that can produce this kind of document on their computer. If anyone tells you they're making a fantastic amount of money in a short time by doing this or doing that, feel free to try it. . .if it doesn't cost you anything. The truth of the matter is that people who are making a fantastic amount of money on the internet didn't do it quickly, they spent a year or more finding what worked and what didn't. You're going to find many many people trying to get recruits to this program and that program, but unless you have unlimited time and can work some program without spending money on it, skip it.
• India
9 Apr 09
Either you have to be lucky or be willing to stay put for a long time in order to start making a real income.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
6 Apr 09
I suppose anything is possible. I know what the potential is for blog earnings if you can use the right methods but I don't pay much attention to the posts for all these different sites. I only stick to sites that many people have tried and found success with.
• India
9 May 09
Go with popular and trusted sites and one is less likely to regret it.
@LiveLove (443)
• United States
5 Apr 09
It is possible, but many sites are scams. I make $5-$10 but MAX in a week on just one PTdoSomething sort of site and I probably could make more but I don't have time to focus on that sort of thing. Usually people sign up to several and once they reach the payout, then it might be in the hundreds, but I am not certain anout just one site that could have that high enough amount of pay unless the person got many referrals.
• India
5 Apr 09
I was talking of making money from one site alone. Working on 20 odd sites for 2-3 months could earn you $100 if they don't turn scam by then.
@LiveLove (443)
• United States
5 Apr 09
That's true about the site turning scam. On DingoBux, I was so close to the payout minimum and then out of nowhere I got refereed to Neobux. I was angry at how much time I put into that site, only to get cheated...
@kdmlrys (398)
• United States
6 Apr 09
Take note of this - "Money is just too powerful to turn your life around - for better or for worse!" I think most people will agree to this statement. Basically, some people will do anything for money. It's quite obvious with the rampancy of crimes due to the same old motivation - money, recycling over and over again.
• India
9 Apr 09
You have just pointed out the root cause, for peoples behavior.