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Article #133: 10 Smart Ways to Make Yourself Cheat-Proof

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You and I both know it. The internet is card option, but they are many weeks
full of scammers and crooks just waiting behind in delivering those cards. So you
to take your money. People are flocking guessed it. My money is sitting in their
online in droves, and hidden among them payment gateway but I am not able to
are the crooked ones, the inept ones, and touch it. In the meantime I am expected
the shady dealers. to pay my monthly subscription.
You on the other hand want to honestly My advice, check out how you will get
earn some extra money on the net so you paid from affiliate or network programs.
can take care of your family and just do At the very least, the program you want
the extra things your salary just will to join must allow you to get a cheque
not do. I want to share ten simple ways in the mail. Alert pay, e-bullion, and
you can ensure that you do not lose your e-gold are also good options. The more
money online. After all, you want to ways they have to pay you the better.
earn money, not lose it. Here's another final example. A few
Here we go then, ten (10) simple things months ago I was doing quite well selling
you can do online to earn extra income. for an affiliate program online. I made
Remember them, practice them, and you almost 20 sales and was paid for each of
should fare better than most people who them via PayPal. There was no problem
plunge headlong into the dark abyss of there. Suddenly they went offline and
the Internet without benefit of an when they came back they informed us all
experience person to help them. that they had a few problems with Paypal
1. Check out who is running your next and from now on they would be paying via
affiliate program. That is, see who is Storm pay.
behind the website. If you find a name I immediately stopped promoting their
or two, do a Google search on that name program. Here's why. This is the same
so you will know a little about them. Storm Pay that barred me from going into
Many people agree that affiliate programs my account, took out my money without
can provide a quick way to make money cause and then ignored me and the 1000's
online. This is good and usually true of other storm pay members who were
but ONLY if you will get paid. similarly affected. I understand that
If you are going to depend on the some members lost up to $18,000 to storm
affiliate manager to send you a cheque, pay.
then you should know who that person is. Needless to say, I have stopped promoting
What kind of reputation does he have? Has that program. My Storm Pay account was
he been doing this for a while? Does he abandoned long ago, once I took out my
she have a forum? At forums you can get credit card information from their back
candid advice, good and bad. We strongly office.
suggest that you use reputable affiliate 5. Beware of dishonest payment
programs, not some Johnny come lately operators. You can save your money and a
that no one knows. lot of hassle if you stay clear of
Here is a quick example of an affiliate certain payment gateways. Some are
program that went bad. There was an still around but they have proven
operate named Howard Moreland at (now themselves dishonest and I will not
gone). He came online with a plethora of recommend them. From my experience, one
seemingly useful and lucrative programs. such gateway is Storm Pay. This program
He recruited over 70,000 affiliates in a is run by dishonest people. I know the
two-tier affiliate program in a very potential harm that can be done to other
short time. People sold a lot of his people's reputatin by that last
programs including myself. Did he pay statement, but I was personally affected
his affiliates? No! There are thousands by them and can prove it. Stay away from
of affiliates who are left without a cent them.
in payment. E-gold has come under a lot of scrutiny
Here was another crook dressed up in lately especially after Business Week
sheep's clothing. Look out for them. Magazine did a piece on them that was
Look out for testimonials from affiliates less than flattering. E-gold does not do
from any affiliate program you are much due diligence on its members and
interested in. If you cannot find any there in lies the problem, at least in
good references, look for something else. the eyes of government agencies.
Better yet, sign up with click bank or Personally, I have never had a problem
commission junction. These are reputable with them. I personally think that in
operators who will pay you. terms of working amicably with their
2. Stay away from HYIP type programs. honest members, they have a better
HYIP means High Yield Investment program than PayPal.
Programs. Usually, these pay very high Paypal can be quite heavy-handed. Be
interest rates, like 2 to 5 percent per careful with them. Never leave lots of
day. They are supposed to be passive money tied up in their system because if
investments, that is to say, you simply they freeze your account for any reason,
lend your money to the admin and they pay it will be another 6 months before you
you back interest over time, but they will get access to it again. I do not
rarely ever work. run any affiliate program so I have had
Be realistic, if these people could earn no problems with PayPal. As long as you
these kinds of interest rates, then stay within their rules, you should be
everyone would be doing it. People like fine.
PIPs, Solid Investment, and others never 6. You can lose money through
really panned out and left investors opportunities that sound too good to be
holding on thousands of dollars of true. If someone wants you to send them
useless electronic blurbs. Most HYIP's over $200.00 for a secret program that
are just money schemes. they will not reveal on their website, be
Some of these operates have good very careful. You may lose your money to
intentions but their business plans are a scam. This is especially so, if they
lousy and once they fail you will lose do not accept credit cards for the
your money no mater how well intentioned transaction and do not offer a money back
they operator is. Other operates are guarantee.
just plain crooks. They never give you When you pay with a credit card, you can
real names, pictures, addresses, etc. always request a refund if you are not
Crooks love secrecy. Always remember satisfied. Failing this, you can ask
that. There are exceptions to the above. your card provider to get back your
3. Stay away from Paid To Surf Programs. money. If you have to send them a
I have had lots of experience with cashier's cheque for these amounts, you
these programs. Usually they fail may very well lose your money.
because the operators run into trouble 7. Beware of money games. If an
with the business model or with the opportunity is just a money game where
authorities in the country where they you send a bunch of $5.00 payments to a
operate. No matter what they say, they list of people and you expect others to
are usually taking your money to pay the do the same, you could lose more than
people who came in before you. Their your money. You may lose your
promised returns are usually too high and credibility. Integrity is a precious
cannot be sustained. commodity online and once gone, you may
Paid to surf programs sound good but you never get it back.
will lose money. Now don't get me wrong. Would you tell your friends and
Others have made huge profit from these associates that this is the program you
programs, but usually at the expense of operate? Will you send out emails from
those who lost money. Do you want to be your account with your full name when you
one of those who lose money? Take my promote this scheme?
advice, run from these operators. If the program cannot stand the light of
4. Be very certain of how you will get scrutiny, then you may be throwing away
paid. When joining network type good money, no matter what the hype on
programs, with new operators, find out their website says. There will be many
how they will pay you. Here's an example people like you who will feel just as
of what I mean. I signed up with a uncomfortable with this program as you
popular and very aggressively run program do. That's why it will probably not
online. work. If a program does not promote a
I've been paid on time every time but good service or product, then it is a
alas! I still cannot get my hands on my money game. Stay away or you may lose
money. They ONLY pay through their own your money.
payment gateway, which in turn can There you have it then. These are some
either send money to your bank account of the ways you can prevent fraud against
(US and Canada only), your debit card, or yourself and your loved ones. There are
Paypal. many more, but then this article will
Paypal closed their account which for become a book, hmmm a book. Now there's
someone like me only leaves the debit an idea.






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