money scams

[Claireabella]

do these get rich quick scams actually work? there's one circulating at the mo that tells u 2 invest �3 and u can get back thousands just by sending out a few e-mails!! does anyone know anybody that has taken part in these and if they have been successful??

[Oneeyedvic]

It is essentially pyramid selling - if you can find a lot of people to invest then yes it can work. When this first came about, I knew 3 girls who invested �3k each into this sort of scam, I know 2 of them got there money but bailed the other one out.

There is no reason for it not to work, but it takes time and normally fizzles out. Personally,. I would keep away.

[ask-a-stupid]

If something seems to good to be true thats because it is.  There is no such thing as a get rich quick scheme unless you're a bank robber or Rebecca Loos.

[SteveD]

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If you send out 10 e-mails and each of the recipients forwards it to 10 different people and so on, after only 7 mailings, more than 11 million people will have received the message.

 

I don't think it will work, do you?

 

[Shipstabber]

Doesn't the word 'scam' give you any clues at all?

[Peter Pedant]

For Chrissakes Clarabell

Of course they do some3one good - the person running the scam.

Just put your money in an ISA