Internet Marketing - Oh, My!

That’s what Dorothy said in the ‘Wizard of Oz’.....’There are lions and tigers and bears! Oh, my!” Out there on the World Wide Web, there really are lions and tigers and bears, as well as, other critters that can eat you alive, make your life miserable, or rob you of your dreams and ambitions.

The dangerous jungles creatures are also very smart jungle creatures. They all have opposable thumbs and are capable of setting traps for you to fall into. The ‘bait’ they use to get you, the unsuspecting newbie’ to fall into these insidious traps is ‘help’.

They trick you into believing that what they are offering you is help when, in fact, what they are doing is tricking you into falling into their traps. Some bait that is used is:

You have been CHOSEN: This little piece of bait usually arrives in your inbox. It is nothing that you solicited so it IS SPAM but it is very clever SPAM. The email will say something like, “You have been chosen to participate in a______________!!

The blank can be filled in many ways. One of the ways that went around for awhile, and may still be making the rounds, is “You have been chosen to participate in a program that is marketing walk-up Internet access.”

All you have to do, since you have been CHOSEN, is to buy this machine that will be installed in a ‘high-traffic’ area close to where you live. Then you can just go pick up your money whenever you find the time.

They imply that you can easily find the time to go pick up your money between flying by personal jet to play golf with Donald Trump and having dinner with the President. Snap!

You send in your several thousand dollars to purchase (or lease) this machine then you have absolutely no control over where the machine is places...IF it is placed. It can be put in a low traffic dimly it corner of a dive in the sleaziest part of town...it isn’t up to you. Oh, My!

You are SO SMART! Well, everybody likes to be thought of as intelligent, don’t they? This is very good bait! It is designed to make you believe that FINALLY somebody realizes just how smart you really are.

Again, this bait usually arrives in your inbox and it is SPAM. The offer tells you that because you are such an intelligent person, you can become an Internet Consultant and earn millions just by advising others. Sometimes you will also see these kinds of advertisements on websites as well.

But, wait just a minute! Didn’t you just get here? Aren’t you still considered a newbie in the world of Internet commerce? What exactly do you know and what can kind of advise can you give? Ah.....but the critters that baited this trap will gladly tell you everything you need to know so that you can become a highly paid and sought after ‘consultant’.....for a price. Oh, My!

You are SO HONEST! Well, of course you are honest. You know that, you just didn’t realize that others were aware of this fine quality.

This offer for a credit card or a guaranteed loan is made by unsolicited email sometimes but you can also see these advertisements in trade magazines and in newspapers.

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