Working at home scams?

Question

http://www.instantmoneyvault.com/index_default.php

I've seen a few sites like this, but the above seems the most legit aside from some typos. Are these scam sites? Most people would say stuff like "if it was real, everybody would be working at home". Well, most think they ARE scams so if you don't join, you don't see any profits. Can I get somebody's 2 cents on this site?

Answer 1

It has instant money in the url, anything that promises instant money or get rich quick and says you don't have to do much for it, I stay away from. There's no such thing as a free lunch, and if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Did you look at the earnings disclaimer? If those figures were normal, and the lifestyle she painted was normal, would they need an earnings disclaimer if the average person could consistently make the sort of income she's talking about?
Here is a passage from the earnings, disclaimer:
ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OR REPRESENTATIONS, AS TO INCOME EARNINGS ON THIS WEB SITE, ARE NOT TO BE CONSIDERED AS AVERAGE EARNINGS. TESTIMONIALS ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE.THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE THAT ANY PRIOR SUCCESSES, OR PAST RESULTS, AS TO INCOME EARNINGS, CAN BE USED AS AN INDICATION OF YOUR FUTURE SUCCESS OR RESULTS.

MONETARY AND INCOME RESULTS ARE BASED ON MANY FACTORS. WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW WELL YOU WILL DO, AS WE DO NOT KNOW YOU, YOUR BACKGROUND, YOUR WORK ETHIC, OR YOUR BUSINESS SKILLS OR PRACTICES. THEREFORE WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR IMPLY THAT YOU WILL WIN ANY INCENTIVES OR PRIZES THAT MAY BE OFFERED, GET RICH, THAT YOU WILL DO AS WELL, OR MAKE ANY MONEY AT ALL. THERE IS NO ASSURANCE YOU?LL DO AS WELL. IF YOU RELY UPON OUR FIGURES; YOU MUST ACCEPT THE RISK OF NOT DOING AS WELL.

INTERNET BUSINESSES AND EARNINGS DERIVED THEREFROM, HAVE UNKNOWN RISKS INVOLVED, AND ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE. MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON ANY INFORMATION PRESENTED IN OUR PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR WEB SITE, SHOULD BE DONE ONLY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU COULD EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT LOSSES, OR MAKE NO MONEY AT ALL. ONLY RISK CAPITAL SHOULD BE USED.
They don't even say on the front page what product or service you would be offering, only that it's digital. You need to spend 40.00 to find out.

Lets take a quick look at thier privacy policy:
Online Advertisements: Our company may display our online advertisements. In those cases we share information about our Visitors and Members collected through the registration process as well as through online surveys and promotions with these advertisers.

Additionally, in some instances, we use this information to deliver tailored advertisements or joint ventures. For instance, an advertiser or joint venture company tells us the audience they want to reach and provides us an advertisement tailored to the audience. Based upon the information we have collected, we may then display or send the advertisement to the intended audience. Our company does share personal information about its Visitors or Members with these advertisers or joint venture companies.

Wonder who they are going to share your information with, and what these third parties are going to try to sell you?
It says you have an 8 week guarantee, but I wouldn't even bet on that really, unless you are in ohio, which is where you would have to go to file in small claims court if it doesn't work out. They don't tell you what you will be selling, how many of these web sites do you think they make? If you were to do a web search for whatever the product is (which I suspect is them getting you out there peddling this same instant money program, and they will advertise other things on your web site that you won't get a share of, apart from whatever program you have signed up for), how many of these sites do you think will come up in a search engine? They are out to sell as many of these web sites as they can. When you are searching for a product, and 100 web sites offering the same product show up, will you go through all 100 sites? The top 10 maybe? Do you think your prospective customer would? Those figures, if they are attainable at all, go to the people that know how to get thier web site to the top of that list of 100 other sites. The chances are the figures quoted, are going to the people who originated this stuff in the first place. Read everything on any site of this sort, very carefully, and think long and hard about it, it is never as glamorous, or as easy as they want you to think it is in order to get you to spring 40.00 for it. And if you do spring 40.00 for it, be ready to receive other "offers" from these people, that explain how you can get your web site in that top position (for a fee of course) and other offers to "help you get there". There are legitimate ways to work from home, but if they won't even tell you what you're doing, that is not one of them. You need to learn how to tell the difference...The reason this post is so long, is because I am trying to help you learn what sort of things you should look for....

Answer 2

Her business is to sell you a product that costs $40 (a deep discount to her "normal" $200 price tag). In order for you to make any money using her "system" you have to buy her product, review the contents, and start selling.

While this may not particularly be a scam, because it doesn't say you will become an instant millionaire, you are buying her product and making her richer by doing so. She does market her product as having a higher profit margin than Wal-Mart, 75% over 3%, which is quite misleading.

With this in mind you have to ask yourself, "What are the products your website will sell? Who provides the products (who are these "big companies")?" If you cannot get those answers without purchasing her product it's most likely too good to be true.

Answer 3

Work from home is a fantastic concept. But you have to be creative and make your own. I believe that everything else is a scam typical of the marketing world we are in. There is no such thing as a quick buck. Again, there are a lot of people with ingenuity who work from home.

Answer 4

The typos gave out red flags for me, but when they are asking for money and promising all this money can be made in a short amount of time, that was too much for me. They are waiting to pounce on those money hungry people who will jump first and ask questions last because they are all trusting and believing in the good of mankind!

Answer 5

Anything on the internet about "make money from home" is a scam.
Trust me. Life is not that easy. Want to make money? Get a job.

Answer 6

Anytime an ad tell you can make $1000.00 - 2500.00 a week part time at home and they want to charge you money for the information, then it a scam. They are the only one making money.

Answer 7

It's a scam because they talk about the money, nothing about what they are doing to earn it.

Answer 8

I believe you have doubts too or else you won't be asking. Trust your intuition. However, if you really need some assurance, yes, it is a scam.

Answer 9

Oh! It's a scam alright, anytime they want your money and they don't really tell you how they make their money is one. They just try to lure you in thinking your stupid to fall for their trap.

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