By David Rankins

As the internet continues to grow and offer new and exciting opportunities to make money there is an ever increasing presence of internet scams popping up all over the place. These scams prey on good people who many times are desperately in need of money and are willing to believe almost anything.

The reason for this is they want to believe in something that will make their lives better. Another comon method of internet scammers is to email you and try and get personal information from you. Let’s take a look at 2 common ways you can be scammed both online and offline.

1. MLM scams. This is an industry that has been and continues to be full of scammers. That does not mean the whole industry is nothing but a bunch of scammers, but you need to be careful about what you join and how much you pay to get started with your own mlm business. Just because your best friend or Uncle Joe says this is going to be great does not mean it really is.

Before joining a mlm company you want to do your due diligence. This means doing a thorough background check on them. How long have they been in business. Call your local Better Business Bureau. Talk to people who work for them. Even better go to the local yellow pages of several cities and find the phone numbers of distributors in that city. Call them and ask for the good, the bad and the ugly of this company.

The longer a mlm company has been in business the more stable they are. On the internet anyone can build a website in 1 day and be in business. Be cautious about joining anything new especially if they want a lot of your money up front.

2. The most common internet scam today is a new version of the IRS Audit Scam. It works like this.

You receive an official-looking email, that lead you to believe it is from the IRS. The email states that the IRS is auditing you and that you must complete and return the attached questionnaire. If you do not respond within 48 hours, the message says, you will face penalties and interest. It asks for personal information including your social security number and bank accounts.

Another version of the IRS audit scam send you an email with a link in it. This link leads to a fake IRS website where you are asked to enter your personal information.

If you get an email with the words “IRS-Audit” you may as well delete it. Because people see the word audit they get scared and lose their sensibility. This is true for many internet scams. Trust your judgement before giving out any personal information or before joining any money making program that asks for money from you up front.

If you think you are being scammed one website that offer information and tips on many different types of scam is: scambusters.org

About The Author

David Rankins uses the Plug-In Profit Site
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By Elise Hong

The theory “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” is true in network marketing just as it is in all aspect of business and non-business life. If you invest or plant nothing, you gain or produce nothing. If you invest or plant nothing, you gain or produce nothing. If you do not plant money in a saving account, you will be able to earn interest.

Unfortunately, some people think they can receive a fortune without planting the seeds that grow a fortune, but the truth obvious because if nothing is ventured, nothing is gained. And if someone promises you riches without investing what it takes to produce riches, they are simply trying to deceive you. Success in network marketing requires you to make a few investments:

1) A small amount of investment as compared to traditional businesses

Network marketing is the least capital-intensive business you can get into. This is good news for entrepreneurs, because hundreds of universities and government studies show that lack of capital is, by far, the number 1 reason why businesses fail.

These are what you do not need to get into network marketing:

a) You do not need to purchase a big inventory, tools, or equipment.

b) You do not need to rent, buy, or lease a office

c) You do not need to hire employees.

d) You do not need to pay a big fee for the right to do business.(Most such fees range from $10,000 to $250,000

e) You do not need to purchase good will.

More importantly, there is another big cost advantage. Most internet marketing people keep their regular jobs and operate their networking business part-time. Money you earn from your networking business is pure profit. In most other entrepreneurial business, you must give up the job which you originally had. In networking you come close to having your cake and eating it too.

2) Harnessing of some of your free time.

The only asset everyone has in equal amounts is time. Each of us - successes and failures, rich or poor, young or old, employed and unemployed - has exactly 24hours a day, 168 hours a week. How much time investment you make in your networking business is up to you. Many network marketing newcomers begin with only 10-15hr per week. Successful people know that each of us can find time for what we really want to do. And, since most of us really want to make more money, making the time investment is not a problem.

To conclude, many people are looking for a quick and easy way to make money in life, and there just is not such a way. And it takes a while to build solid business. But, by sticking to the basics, it can be done. Because of the residual income with network marketing, you can have security and peace of mind in your life.

About The Author

Elise Hong is an Internet Network Marketer. She is with a team of online entrepreneurs who are experiencing growth in their home business and recently made a sale of $10,045 in only 24hrs. Find out how you can get into the action NOW at www.Ultimate-Income-Generator.com