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  • i tell you what, give me the £20 and i'll tell you if its a scam or not
  • competitionscafe
    competitionscafe Posts: 4,050 Forumite
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    edited 3 January 2011 at 7:59PM
    At what? We haven't been told which web site it is, so how can you be thinking of taking a punt on i?

    Given the price it's probably this: "automated wealth package scam"

    Screenshot here: http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5847/automatedwealthpackage1.png

    Usually you click on an ad, get taken to a fake news website set up by the scammers and then on to the page in the screenshot above.

    As discussed on here before.
    "The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
    best of everything; they just make the best
    of everything that comes along their way."
    -- Author Unknown --
  • I'm seriously thinking of taking a punt at this, after all it's only a mere £20 give or take. Not exactly the end of the world is it?

    YES you may laugh and think of me as a mug, but my motto in life is, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained". I certainly won't be losing any sleep whatsoever IF it is a scam, but on the other hand will sleep a lot easier if it isn't.

    Just one question i'd like to ask. If it we're a scam I assume i'd have no grounds to request a full refund or do I assume it's a case of buyer beware?

    I must be mad. Wish me luck.

    Why on earth would you give your name, address, email, phone number and credit card details to what are obviously a bunch of scam artists?

    Expect your email box to be flooded with spam, and unsolicited phone calls and junk mail for all kinds of garbage. Plus probably further unexpected charges on your credit card.
    "The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
    best of everything; they just make the best
    of everything that comes along their way."
    -- Author Unknown --
  • My mother did it, think it was through a Google ad. Her reasoning was as it seemed to be supported by various news links to the BBC, CNN etc. it was reputable. Well 2 months down the line and no money made unsurprisingly, she had also bought a couple of those "limited time offers" supposed to bring you more income, sites hits, and the list goes on.

    They are a very well known scam and the people behind it must be making a far bit of money off it! Unfortunately my mother didn't tell me until after she had signed up for everything :(
    "Organic!! I grew up on Angel Delight..." - Dylan Moran
  • why not use the £20 to pay for a bet on the horses?
    I don't gamble on any animal "sports".
  • At what? We haven't been told which web site it is, so how can you be thinking of taking a punt on i?
    I was planning on googling for it!

    In this case your motto should be "Nothing ventured, nothing lost"
    VERY negative in my book. Surely you've got to speculate to accumulate.
  • thor
    thor Posts: 5,504 Forumite
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    I was planning on googling for it!



    VERY negative in my book. Surely you've got to speculate to accumulate.
    It's hardly speculating though is it? It is a 100% scam. You are guaranteed to lose your money. I agree with the poster who advised betting it on a horse as you will at least have a chance of making some money with it.
  • I was planning on googling for it!

    VERY negative in my book. Surely you've got to speculate to accumulate.

    Blimey, you're naive. It couldn't be any more obvious as a scam if I climbed to the top of it and planted a dirty great sign on it, visible for miles around, saying "Scam here" with a big arrow pointing downwards.

    The reason why these scams proliferate is because there's an endless supply of gullible people who can't (or won't) see the bloomin' obvious, even when it's pointed out to them by those with a bit more common sense and savvy.

    Cheers - Grant
  • geordie_joe
    geordie_joe Posts: 9,112 Forumite
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    I was planning on googling for it!



    VERY negative in my book. Surely you've got to speculate to accumulate.

    It's not negative, it's positive. Positive you will be wasting your money.

    You have to speculate to accumulate, but in this case you will be paying £20 for information you were given free in post 2 & 3.

    Giving a complete strange £20 for information you already have is not speculating, it's throwing money down the drain.
  • It's a scam, it has been going for many years now and they make money because people always say "Oh it's only £20 hardly much and it could bring me loads of money"

    But I am afraid the truth is, that the people who sell this "secret" are pretty much selling a false promise!
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