HOW TO AVOID FRAUDS, SCHEMES AND RIP-OFFS

The poor newcomer to mail order is often dealt the hardest blow. Unsuspecting people who know nothing about the business world and how to recognize cons are often taken for thousands of dollars. People who never have worked outside the home or confined to a wheel-chair at home are not out in the world enough to recognize all the con artists. They might hear about them on television, but it’s hard to believe people like that exist.

This same type of person will see an advertisement claiming to bring them financial rewards. They need the extra money desperately. Besides, the ads make everything sound so easy:

• “Make $1 million from a single sheet of paper”.
• “Stuff envelopes at home and make $5 each”.
• “Home workers needed now, limited time offer”.
• “Only $9.95 to get you started in an easy business at home”.

The sad part is that these people can’t afford to be ripped-off because they have low incomes or exist on a meager pension. The only person making any money with this junk is the person you send your money to. It’s a sad situation.

However, there are ways to avoid being ripped-off and it doesn’t cost more than a few cents. Here they are:

1. Before sending more than $1 away for anything that interests you — WRITE the company a letter asking for more information. If they don’t respond to you, they don’t want your business and you are better off without them.
2. Never order anything unless you fully understand EXACTLY what it is you are ordering. Ads claiming to explain the “secret” only after you send in $14.95 are worthless. Anyone with a legitimate product to sell can easily explain what the product is and be proud about doing so. They have nothing to hide and are eager to share the concept before you throw down your money.
3. Since you read mail order tabloids and adsheets, write to some of the publishers or people who have been in business awhile. Ask them for their advice about a specific money-making opportunity. (Just be sure to send a first-class postage stamp or LSASE [long, self-addressed stamped envelope] as a courtesy for their reply and time.) Write several letters. Some people may not answer and some people may. The people that take the time to answer you will probably be good dealers that will introduce you to other people like themselves.
4. Join a mail order organization to be protected against all the con artists. Some long-running, substantial organizations are: The Once-A-Month Association, Chuck Rollason, PO Box 370, Dauphin PA 17018 and The Inner Circle, Dale Rolland, 2045 Deer Trail, Floresville TX 78114 but there are many other good ones out there.
5. Just because someone makes a lot of promises doesn’t mean they are telling the truth. The only way you know they are telling the truth is by practicing what they preach and succeeding with the same advice they are giving you. Ask the guy who claims to help you make $1 million within 30 days if he personally did it? If not — it’s a scam.

It’s amazing that people will actually spend $1,000′s of dollars without knowing what it is they are ordering. They are nickel-and-dimed into buying a report, then a manual, then a book; and still won’t know nothing more than the day they answered the original ad.

Then some people get caught in a “Catch 22.” They buy a program for $50, follow the instructions by sinking another $1,000 into other materials or stock and then are stuck trying to sell the stuff. So as to not lose their investment, they will try their best to at least make their money back and go down the tubes trying to do it. This is a sad situation.

But if you do get ripped-off and you have wrote to the company trying to get your money back, and they refuse — take action. GET ANGRY. Tell them you are NOT going to take their abuse. Don’t threaten that your attorney will be contacting them. Instead tell them that you are going to place PAID advertisements in the SAME publications they are advertising in, telling other people what they did to you. Also tell them you are going to write to every mail order publication too and expose them through national advertising. The printed word is much stronger than you think and can do wonders to help you get your money back.

Then, next time — follow the procedures outlined in this report and avoid the thieves!