Is It Your Fault You’re Being Scammed?

August 21, 2007

I hate scammers more than anyone. The fact is, I despise them so much that I wrote this report on how to spot a scammer on the Internet.

The think I detest most about scammers is that they want something for nothing, and they don’t give a toss about who they hurt in the process.

But, do you know what? I was thinking about it today, and I came to the conclusion that some of those who are scammed are just as bad as the scammers themselves.

So why is that? Am I telling you that I think you deserve to be scammed?


Well, yes and no. I know that some of you will do what most of us would. You’ll see a product on the Internet that sounds great, and you’ll do your research to try to discover if it really is as amazing as it sounds.

You’ll type the name of the product into google along with the words “scam” and “reviews”.

If that sounds like you, then it’s not you who deserves to be scammed. It’s the greedy plonkers in the other camp.

Here are the people I mean. They’ll visit message forums and ask questions like. “How can I make a lot of money fast”, or “How can I set up something really easy, that doesn’t require much work and will bring me in 10k a month?”

It really is hard to sympathise with them. They’re fuelled by greed - they want something for nothing. And that is what the scammers want too.

In fact, those who have been scammed are even worse than the scammers in some ways. You see, unless they’re really stupid - they’ll quickly realise that the scammers product is pretty worthless. But instead of demanding a refund - and walking away like you or I would - they often see it as a way to make easy money. So they encourage other people to buy into it too.

So who really is worse - the scammers or the scammed? And could you bring yourself to do something so meaningless for money? Share your thoughts in the comments section.

And if you want to know more about protecting yourself from being scammed online, you can read my report here.


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