As an internet marketer this kind of deception gets my blood boiling.
I’m about to tell you about a very dishonest tactic internet marketers use. This is not directly related to acne. But I’ve seen this trick played on different markets and I wanted to warn you about it.
For two reasons. First, this scam is very convincing and easy to fall into. Two, falling into this one can get VERY expensive and you end up wasting lots of time getting out of this net. You may even have to cancel your credit cards.
This video explains how the scam works. This example is related to the ‘how to make money in the internet’ niche, but the way it works in the other markets is identical.
Not a pretty things to watch – eh?
This video explains how the scam works to promote Acai berry weight loss product.
The first part of the scam is very similar to the internet marketing scam video. But go to about 5 mins and 10 seconds and you’ll see another way this scam works.
I hope you learned something from these videos.
I haven’t seen this scam in the acne market yet, but I’m sure it’s coming soon. For dishonest marketers these offers are just too lucrative to resist. For example, I stumbled on this scam when I research the teeth whitening niche. The offers would pay me $35 to $40 for every person who signs up for the free trial. Get people to sign up for two and you are looking to earn $80 per person!
Getting out can be expensive and frustrating. When I researched the teeth whitening products I found tens of stories where people had lost more than $100 and spend hours and hours on the phone with unhelpful ‘customer service representatives’ in India (they have to earn the $80 they paid to people who referred you to this scam).
Handling the toll free numbers is outsourced to an Indian company. The agents are paid to keep you on the program. If you are willing to spend hours screaming on the phone you might get a partial refund, but please don’t count on it.
Your best choice is to ask your credit card company to revoke the charges and ask them to give you new credit cards (as long as the company has your credit card numbers they can keep charging you).
Please keep your eyes open, and be careful of all the offers that just seem too good to be true.
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