Someone Tries Those ‘I Make $20,000 A Month From Home’ Ads, And Here’s What Happens
Personalized emails requesting money, “shocking videos” sent by a Facebook friend or even business proposals, the internet is filled with all kinds of scams. It’s the price we have to pay for watching YouTube videos at work (come on we’ve all done it).
The only good part about all this internet junk? Discovering the creative ways people are responding to these schemes. There have been lots of videos popping up recently, titled ‘I made $XX per day’ where someone shows off all the money they’ve made, while persuading you to buy some amazing business plan. One guy decided to follow the scheme breadcrumbs all the way to the end and the conclusion is not what they expected. Scroll down for the full story and if you want more stories on internet scams, be sure to check out the hilarious back-and-forth comedian James Veitch had with various scammers. (Cover image: ethorson)
For some of us online scams are a mystery
Image credits: Thierry Ehrmann (Not an actual photo)
So one user decided to ask directly
And he got one very honest and hilarious response
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Share on FacebookWatch this video of the guy this post is about! It is so funny! I laughed so much. This is a compilation of some of the things he has done. I came across and watched it last week and laughed through the whole video. This guy is a genius! : https://youtu.be/S4nJWf9NKFM Guaranteed you will laugh. I love this guy!
i love this guy. he has an entire youtube channel filled with this kind of thing.
Load More Replies...Found some ad-watching site with referrals . All i had to do was watch a couple ads a day, 4,5, being paid as much as 0.5 dollars per ad, but mostly 0.1 or 0.2 dollars per ad. You could give invites with your link to other people, referrals and i would have gained 10% of their winnings. That's as much as 0.05 per ad, if they even had the time or the f*cks to give for this kind of thing. The catch was that the money were being transferred into my account only after 1000$ were summed up, so it was a long a*s grind. After a couple of months, I managed to have 1003$ summed up on the site, so I tried to withdraw to money, only for the site to crash and to never open again. No idea if it was a legit crash or a intentional one, but no money for me, and a lot of watched videos for them.
I earn $0 every year! How? It's simple: I sit around at home and post idiotic scams on the Internet!
I wrote an e-mail back to a Nigerian King that since he had millions of dollars for he, he could at least wire (Western Union) 25 million to me because I really, really, really wanted a custom Porsche and a cottage in the beach. Never heard back, wonder why! :)
My uncle in Nigeria died and left me a diamond mine. They only needed 5 grand for legal fees. Told them I didn't have a financial card but would wire them the money. Always wondered how long they waited.
Load More Replies...A friend who had ms and was blind was told she could work from home doing crafts. This was over 20 years ago. She was to sew quilt squares, but if they weren't perfect they didn't pay. None were perfect so she worked for days, they got the squares and she didn't get paid. You know they used them as hand made and charged extra.
The best one I ever heard was a fella took ad's out all over the US newspapers, advertising a universal hanger. It could hang anything anywhere and it was a dollar. Many people ordered it and sent their $1 away, two weeks later they received an envelope with a nail inside. The fella made thousands of dollars off the scheme and it was completely legal.
When i'm bored I jump on to those ads, just to see how much of someones time I can waste before they realise my e-mails are just b******t. And yes, sometimes you can have some poor sod sending mails back and forth för weeks.
There's an online site where you can pay $1 to find out how many people have paid $1
I am not sure if I can be angry for those people who scams such a low level idiots who believe in their bullsh*t.
I made $10 off the one back in the day where you added your paypal email address to a email blast and people send you $10. I did it and someone actually sent me $10
That's the same as a chain letter with a pyramid scheme attached. If you get in early, you can make some money before it collapses but it is still a scam and will eventually collapse and people will lose money.
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The ones that sells concentrated detergents door to door or among circle of friends, works. It's based on the fact almost every human or not detergent you buy from malls, are heavily diluted, like 90% water, and it must be stated on the label to be on sale. Anything you get at least 50% will clean miraculously better, despite of the cost proportionally convenient for the pocket, for the sole reason it's like you use five bottles of yours instead of a coffee spoon of the concentrated ones. This works not only for cleaners but also for deodorants perfumes, etc.
I was ask once to help bring Millions of cash into the USA they wanted my Bank account number. I told them to send me a check for $20,000 to show they were serious. Never heard form the. I wonder why?
Tried one of these in pre-internet days, stay at home mom who had kids and needed extra money. Finally had to get the Post Office General after them for mail fraud. Yes, that is a thing and you can do it. Got most of my money back and learned a lesson. This is why internet scammers are so successful, no one will touch them because they are so small.
Watch this video of the guy this post is about! It is so funny! I laughed so much. This is a compilation of some of the things he has done. I came across and watched it last week and laughed through the whole video. This guy is a genius! : https://youtu.be/S4nJWf9NKFM Guaranteed you will laugh. I love this guy!
i love this guy. he has an entire youtube channel filled with this kind of thing.
Load More Replies...Found some ad-watching site with referrals . All i had to do was watch a couple ads a day, 4,5, being paid as much as 0.5 dollars per ad, but mostly 0.1 or 0.2 dollars per ad. You could give invites with your link to other people, referrals and i would have gained 10% of their winnings. That's as much as 0.05 per ad, if they even had the time or the f*cks to give for this kind of thing. The catch was that the money were being transferred into my account only after 1000$ were summed up, so it was a long a*s grind. After a couple of months, I managed to have 1003$ summed up on the site, so I tried to withdraw to money, only for the site to crash and to never open again. No idea if it was a legit crash or a intentional one, but no money for me, and a lot of watched videos for them.
I earn $0 every year! How? It's simple: I sit around at home and post idiotic scams on the Internet!
I wrote an e-mail back to a Nigerian King that since he had millions of dollars for he, he could at least wire (Western Union) 25 million to me because I really, really, really wanted a custom Porsche and a cottage in the beach. Never heard back, wonder why! :)
My uncle in Nigeria died and left me a diamond mine. They only needed 5 grand for legal fees. Told them I didn't have a financial card but would wire them the money. Always wondered how long they waited.
Load More Replies...A friend who had ms and was blind was told she could work from home doing crafts. This was over 20 years ago. She was to sew quilt squares, but if they weren't perfect they didn't pay. None were perfect so she worked for days, they got the squares and she didn't get paid. You know they used them as hand made and charged extra.
The best one I ever heard was a fella took ad's out all over the US newspapers, advertising a universal hanger. It could hang anything anywhere and it was a dollar. Many people ordered it and sent their $1 away, two weeks later they received an envelope with a nail inside. The fella made thousands of dollars off the scheme and it was completely legal.
When i'm bored I jump on to those ads, just to see how much of someones time I can waste before they realise my e-mails are just b******t. And yes, sometimes you can have some poor sod sending mails back and forth för weeks.
There's an online site where you can pay $1 to find out how many people have paid $1
I am not sure if I can be angry for those people who scams such a low level idiots who believe in their bullsh*t.
I made $10 off the one back in the day where you added your paypal email address to a email blast and people send you $10. I did it and someone actually sent me $10
That's the same as a chain letter with a pyramid scheme attached. If you get in early, you can make some money before it collapses but it is still a scam and will eventually collapse and people will lose money.
Load More Replies...Are you overwhelmed with grief caused by a devastating life event right now? Have you been through a situation that caused you immense pain?A loss of a loved one, a divorce, a terminal illness and the loss of a job, I urge you to join the Freemasonry society today and achieve your heart desires, WhatsApp +31 6 8732 9133 Or email; info.masonic.oregon@gmail.com the freemasonry society are selecting the kindest people that are interested to join the society to be evaluated, and the good part of it, is that the freemasonry society don't involved their self into anything evil or humans sacrifice, they are not like the illuminati society, if you have interest, you can be one of the lucky randomly.
The ones that sells concentrated detergents door to door or among circle of friends, works. It's based on the fact almost every human or not detergent you buy from malls, are heavily diluted, like 90% water, and it must be stated on the label to be on sale. Anything you get at least 50% will clean miraculously better, despite of the cost proportionally convenient for the pocket, for the sole reason it's like you use five bottles of yours instead of a coffee spoon of the concentrated ones. This works not only for cleaners but also for deodorants perfumes, etc.
I was ask once to help bring Millions of cash into the USA they wanted my Bank account number. I told them to send me a check for $20,000 to show they were serious. Never heard form the. I wonder why?
Tried one of these in pre-internet days, stay at home mom who had kids and needed extra money. Finally had to get the Post Office General after them for mail fraud. Yes, that is a thing and you can do it. Got most of my money back and learned a lesson. This is why internet scammers are so successful, no one will touch them because they are so small.
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