| We all see the word, "Scam" all over the | | | | |
| place. | | | | Letter. It will not last and most people will |
| | | | not make money. |
| Some of us even use it ourselves. | | | | |
| | | | Most people will loose money. The ones who |
| But do we really know what it is? | | | | will make out likebandits, are the people who |
| | | | started it in the first place. |
| I spent sometime looking it up. Here are some | | | | |
| definitions of theword Scam: | | | | Or how about Gifting Clubs. |
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| From Cambridge International Dictionary of | | | | I don't care what they tell you on the |
| English:scam, noun [C] INFORMAL, a plan or | | | | Website to make youbelieve it is all legal. I |
| action for making moneywhich is dishonest, | | | | don't care what they say about |
| illegal and often clever. He burnt his own | | | | |
| housedown so that he could claim the | | | | Gifting being a time honored way of sharing. |
| insurance money - what a scam! | | | | To do it in aprogram like this, is illegal. |
| | | | It will get shut down, and mostpeople will |
| From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary:scam Main | | | | again loose money. Only the ones who start it |
| Entry: Pronunciation: 'skam Function: noun | | | | willget the big pay offs. |
| Etymology:origin unknown Date: 1963 : a | | | | |
| fraudulent or deceptive act or operation | | | | I see both types of programs being offered |
| | | | all the time. Don'tfall for them. If you want |
| (an insurance scam) | | | | to have any kind of reputation DO NOTpromote |
| | | | these kind of things. |
| From The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of | | | | |
| the English Language: | | | | "But what about the ones who get in first... |
| | | | won't they makemoney?" |
| Fourth Edition. 2000:scam ...Slang A | | | | |
| fraudulent business scheme; a swindle. | | | | They can, but think about this. Think about |
| Inflected forms:scammed, scam·ming, scams | | | | the people who willbe asked to join later. |
| To defraud; swindle. Origin unknown.scammer | | | | Think about the money they will be askedto |
| -NOUN... | | | | pay. Think about the money they are going to |
| | | | loose becauseall the greedy fools who are |
| From The Newbury House Online Dictionary:scam | | | | going to join have joined and theycan't find |
| n. a plan to make money by deception or | | | | anyone to cover their costs. Think about all |
| fraud, (syn.) a swindle: | | | | thepeople who will be out if the thing gets |
| | | | shut down by the Law. |
| They ran a scam where they burned cars and | | | | |
| collected insurancemoney. | | | | Most of these things never get big enough for |
| | | | the Legal |
| From yourdictionary.com:scam (skm) Slang n. A | | | | |
| fraudulent business scheme; a swindle. | | | | Authorities to get involved. They just die of |
| | | | their own wait. |
| From the Dictionary of Slang:scam Noun. A | | | | |
| trick or con. | | | | Are you the type of person who can sit back |
| | | | and tell yourself, |
| As you can see there are very specific | | | | |
| definitions for the word. | | | | "It's all right, I got mine." |
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| A scam is something that is set up to rip | | | | It's not all right. |
| people off. To taketheir money. | | | | |
| | | | You are setting people up to loose money if |
| It is not, as we sometimes think, a company | | | | you join and promotethings like this. |
| that is havingproblems with their systems. | | | | |
| All companies have problems. Lookat AOL. They | | | | But just because someone sets up a Gifting |
| have lots of problems with their systems. But | | | | program or a Chain |
| theyare not a scam. | | | | |
| | | | Letter type deal, doesn't make them scammers. |
| Just because we loose money or don't make | | | | They may have thebest intentions and honestly |
| money, doesn't makethe company a scam. Just | | | | believe what they are offering isperfectly |
| because a company is having problemsgetting | | | | legal. It isn't, but they may think it is. |
| their members paid on time, does not make | | | | |
| them a scam. | | | | In case you haven't noticed, PayPal is coming |
| | | | down hard on a lotof Network Marketing |
| Companies do have problems that are beyond | | | | companies. They are not doing this on |
| their control. | | | | theirown. MasterCard and Visa, are the ones |
| | | | who are forcing them toget out of Network |
| It's how they handle them that tells you a | | | | Marketing companies. Why? Because the Credit |
| lot about the kind ofcompany that they are. | | | | |
| If they are honest and up front about | | | | Card Companies are getting hit Very hard with |
| theproblem, that is a good thing. If they | | | | Charge Backs, and |
| hide the problem with alot of double talk or | | | | |
| no talk at all, that is a bad thing. | | | | Fraud. Stolen Credit Cards are being used all |
| Itdoesn't make them a scam, but it does say a | | | | over the World tojoin Network Marketing |
| lot about how theycan be expected to do | | | | companies. The Thieves clean up, and the |
| business. | | | | |
| | | | Credit Card Companies and sometimes the |
| When you look at companies, really look at | | | | honest programs take thehit. MasterCard and |
| them. | | | | Visa have both long had clauses in |
| | | | theircontracts that people could not use |
| What is the first thing they say about | | | | their services for MLM typeprograms. Now they |
| themselves? Do they talkabout the product or | | | | are enforcing it. |
| the service they offer? Or do they justlaunch | | | | |
| into how much money you can make? If the | | | | If the company you are with has not had these |
| first thing youread is all about the money to | | | | kind of problems,they will and they should be |
| be made. Watch out. It might notbe a scam, | | | | prepared for them. Companies thatare going |
| but it tells you that is all they are about. | | | | through this, are not all scams. In fact my |
| To themit doesn't matter what the product or | | | | guess isthat if this happened to a scammer, |
| the service is, it's allabout the pay plan. | | | | they would just close upshop and move on with |
| | | | whatever money they could. A Real |
| These companies, may not be scams, but they | | | | Company,will find a way to work around the |
| maybe illegal. Therehas to be a real product | | | | problem. |
| or service being offered. If there isno | | | | |
| product, if it is just passing money from the | | | | So the next time you read someone calling |
| ones below tothe ones above, it is illegal. | | | | this or that company ascam, think. It maybe a |
| | | | perfectly good company that is workingthrough |
| How many of you have seen this kind of thing? | | | | some problems. |
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| A program sets up a list of members for you | | | | A Real Scam is something that is set up just |
| to pay directly orwith the help of the | | | | to take your Moneyand Run. A Real Scam will |
| program, and you then take the first nameoff | | | | not try and work through problems. |
| the list and add your name to the bottom. It | | | | |
| doesn't matterif they tell you that you are | | | | They will just pack up and go on to something |
| ordering a report or somethinglike that from | | | | else. |
| each of the members, it is an illegal Chain | | | | |