Have You Ever Been Stung By A Bee? Ouch!

The idea of fast money or overnight wealth is appealing at best to almost anyone; with people from all walks of life falling under the spell of persuasive ad copy. The promoter of a scam does not care who you are; race, age, and background are unimportant, their only goal is to separate you from your money.

The types of Scams that are being perpetuated run amok across the internet, and vary in the degree of harm or damage they can cause. Loosing $25. may not seem like a lot, but coupled with another's $25., and another, until the numbers are in the 100s, 1000s, or 100,000s, means that someone is profiting greatly on deceit and lies.

Scams range from outright fraudulent and illegal activities, where the seller has no intention of delivering the product to the purchaser; to areas that may not cross the line to being illegal, but rip you off with poor service and misleading promises.

Point in case, rip-offs that make you believe you are a shining star of talent, as in some bogus Poetry competitions that have moved from the printed page, to online solicitations. They invite poetry submissions, then send out boiler plated congratulatory letters proclaiming "You've Won!"

These promoters tell you that your poem has been selected over hundreds of others to appear in an upcoming anthology, that will be distributed worldwide. The same letter is sent to everyone that submits a poem.

"Your poem will be listed for free," (but)... "if you would like to see it in print, the copy will cost you $150."

Better yet, a gold-plated, personally engraved bound copy will cost you only $250. It could be the worst poem in the world, but for those easily duped, with fragile egos, the idea of being published and seeing their work in print, makes them even more gullible.

With the explosion of the internet, the proliferation of internet scams have soared, and you can find bad players in almost every aspect of the industry.

The lures... are like sweet nectar, drawing you in like the honey in a hive draws the bee, and are aimed at hard working, everyday folk who simply yearn for something more, something better. The 'pot-of-gold' at the end of the rainbow... the big lottery win... the million dollars in less than one year...or the "I made $3,700 in 24 hours."

How do you not become so beguiled by the exaggeration and lies, when you hear so many people declaring that "they did it?!"

I've always considered myself a fairly intelligent person, and certainly not a greedy one; yet when it came to the internet and the lure of wealth, I became gullible and found myself falling under the spell as well. Looking back, I realized that I was easily persuaded when I really didn't have the money to spend. Being financially strapped, makes one even more vulnerable, it is during this time that you are even more desperate for the miracle to happen, and common sense may become clouded by desperation.

It was only after I took two months away from my internet business to research, study and learn, learn, that I was able to better understand why, I like many others was so easily duped by these advertisements. I had to stop and think about all the things I was doing wrong.

Avoid the bee stings and prosper!
JVon Robinson