How "Marketers" Are Cheating Innocent People Online
This is the most disturbing and shocking video I've created, period.
Click the image below to watch.
(You have my permission to share this video on your website, blog or newsletter.)
I've even seen these fake screen shots with my own eyes. And on top of that, there are fake testimonials as well. The sad part is, some of them are 'designed' so well, you can't tell whether they're real or not. The best way is to contact Clickbank.com (if it's showing Clickbank sales) directly and ask them for confirmation.
You'll also be helping others from becoming a victim because if Clickbank finds out that they're fake, I think they'll take action. I know they'll probably check because they've asked me to reveal my Clickbank account ID whenever I show my Clickbank sales screen shot.
At the same time, you can also tell if the marketer is a liar when you go through the product purchased. For instance, the screen shot might shows $1,000 a day income but when you go through the product, it does not show any solid evidence that this can work but just crappy theories. That is why, I've only released a few products each year because the strategies are being tested first to make sure that they'll work.
If you have any comment or feedback, please leave your Comment below.
Thanks,
Patric Chan
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Labels: internet marketing scammers
posted by Patric Chan at 9:54 PM
59 Comments:
Wow....
it is really shocking video ...
thank you
Thanks Pat...I'd also once fallen a victim myself and then after doing a bit of research...i also started educating my subscribers with warning messages in my newsletter..If successful people like you start helping by providing this valuable information, it will be of great help to the newbies..
Great Video!
Not that I want to manufacture pages like that but i can see how whatever tool they are using is a pretty neat tool. I was thinking of how it could help create a site. Is that a plugin or something?
I admire your courage and sincerity. Many of us are aware of the fake accounts we are exposed to. But to reveal it in this way without worrying about making enemies shows your concern about the present situation and a true desire to bring about some change.
Hi Patric
Shocking video indeed. Many thanks for the heads up on this. I think everyone out there should see this.
Gives us decent hard working marketers a harder task. But credibility wins out in the end.
Regards
Jonathan Lake
Hi Patric,
There's a great video.
I do feel suspicious when they are showing their income screen shot because I know it can be easily done with Photoshop.
But showing as a video screen shot, I've never seen one yet... and I'll be caught if not you showing this video.
Thanks a bunch again, Patric. You're always the real deal! :)
C. Guan Soo
Spa Salt Ginger Oil
Wow that's really shock me! I didn't know there is some plugin can manipulate click bank screen shoot, thank you for your information Patric
Cheers
Semmy
http://www.myminisitegraphic.com/news
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the Comments.
I'm sorry, I can't provide the 'pluggin' because I do not have the authority to do so. There are many things that the public does not know, we have all kinds of tools from tracking to black hat methods.
Rangoo,
Thanks. It is a risk and I might end up having enemies. Honestly, it took me a long time to decide this - to show this video to the public.
Hi Jonathan,
The good guys will last. :-)
Hi Soo,
You're welcome. We've been in this business very long and there are a lot of things we do behind the scene and outside of the IM niche. :-)
Thanks
Patric Chan
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Hi, I'm Rizal KomenEbook.com, thanks for your really superb information!
That video totally exposed how scammers cheat newbie..how they fake their "really income"
If newbie didn't pay attention for this exclusive information..i can't imagine how they will suffer, how they will lose their money...
Totally Thanks Bro!
"Interesting" video...
Thanks for sharing.
thanks for the enlightening video :) is that some kind of software tat does that?? they need to ban tat :P
~maverick~
www.pjlighthouse.com
Hi Patric
This video is really shocking. It comes just in time as I am about to purchase some products that promising high profits by showing their bank accounts. As a newbie, and also many newbies out there, we really appreciate your courage and effort in putting up this video. Tones of thanks..
Shirlynn
Hi Patric. very informative...You know what is scary..The only people I see those shots from are well known gurus either promoting their stuff or someone else's. I myself have been ripped off BIGTIME by some of the biggest names out there. I wasn't aware of this particular scam but now that I have seen it, it explains alot. Thanks Patric for keeping it real.
It's all about putting real info out there.
Alex
http://www.greatcontent4you2.com/info
Hi Patric,
Thanks for sharing this information!
I really admire your courage.
Take care
Richard from Ottawa,Canada
WOW! Patrick Thanks for the Heads Up! Cheating people is dead wrong. Creating value in people is the right way to go.
Hi Patric
these Rats must be flushed out of the woodwork and allow us who want to and strive to offer and provide others with real deal goods to do so with out us being regarded in the same basket as these scammers
for example how many times have you had every one whose list you are subcribed to sending you something to buy
and when you try tosell it find that they are giving it away for free
what I tend to do now is take the product name or what it does and put that in the browser to see if it is already on offer for free or if I can get simmilar ones for free and 9 times out of 10 I can achieve getting the product for free
if I cant then I just wait until these start to offer the item for free simple isnt it
Dont waste your money CHECK CHECK CHECK around first
kindest regards to you and all of your readers
Hi Patric,
I applaud your courage, and appreciate your honesty. I have found many good and honest marketers in the short time I have been online. However, I have had my share of bad experiences with scammers as well. I have known about some of the techniques that these people are bringing from outside of IM niches.
Unfortunately with today's economic struggles, there are many victims to these scams because they are desperate for money too soon. It does take time to provide value and honesty. I want to be true and help others, not take advantage of them.
Thank you!
Paul
You have done a good job. It is necessary that everyone, particularly newbies, are aware about this. I, for one, never believe screen-shots. Whenever I go through sales letters I just skip these so called testimonicals/screen-shots. I recently came across another type of Internet fraud. A man claiming to be a Google professional sold me $10 book. According to the sales letter, I was supposed to receive it by shipping only as it contained 3 DVDs. So I gave away my address and paid by credit card giving my address. However, I received a download link for the book and a mail stating that the money for the book will be adjusted against shipping the DVDs and at the end of the month I shall be billed $297 or $197 if I did not return the package without damage within 30 days (no such thing was mentioned in sales letter)!. Beware, there are reputed marketers too indulging in unethical marketing. One such Internet criminal made tall claims about his software in sales letter but most of them were untrue. Even after one full year his claims were never fulfilled (though he said he was adding them). These days I am very careful about from who I buy things. Because of a handful of Internet fraudsters others have to suffer.
At the end of your video, it takes you to another sales page "Continuity blue print"; was this by design? or is it that you are not aware of it?
If it was by design are you promoting that stuff or are you hinting to corroborate your message?
Thanks.
This is a great video.
In the video, I heard you say that you could tell that the screenshot was fake.
I was wondering, how can I tell if a screenshot is fake? Is there a way to tell?
Rod Davis
Microbusiness Media
To Respond to Jo's comments. Be careful of subscriptions that are not absolutely clear up front. If you can tell? A trick that goes back in time is the free sign up or 30 test trial. Or, 1 dollar sigh up now? Then you get whacked with monthly payments and cancelling is like pulling teeth.
Patric and other decent IM-ers suffer because of these rip off artists. Always be careful and buy after careful research. The good guys are out here, however so are the crooks...sad
Thanks Patric
Thank you very much and I wish you much success for your integrity!
Thanks Patric
I had attempted to prove this to some of my friends
a little over a year ago. This video
should prove it once and for all!
One thing I have learned is if you do not
recognize the marketer showing all these outragous
income claims, do a search for them.
An honest marketer will be found along with
any reviews about them.
Be SMART, not SCAMMED!!
Thanks again Patric.
Excellent video as usual!
Great vid, Patrick. I already knew about that stuff, but I know where there are some newbies I'll send to your blog to watch the vid.
Regarding the comments by Jo and Robert about forced continuity schemes:
PayPal makes it easy to unsubscribe from anything. For that reason, many of the sneaky operators don't offer a PayPal option. Instead, they make you jump through hoops of fire to unsubscribe or ignore your attempts altogether.
Bottom line: If someone is offering a "free" or "cheap" trial and doesn't let you use PayPal, your alarm siren should start shrieking.
Hit your back button and get out of there or proceed at your peril.
Patric,
thank you for having the integrity to bring out in the open what many have suspected or hinted at. I pretty much had just been skipping over these "proofs" of income in salesletters but not totally doubting them because I couldn't figure out how they could fake them. Now that the cat's out of the bag, I won't even consider any offer that includes shots of supposed income. Even so, just out of curiosity, I'd also like to know how you could tell right away that they were fake.
As long as your customers stick with you, don't be concerned about your status with other marketers!! Nice guys do win.
Hi Patric
Thanks for educating us once more with this video.
Julius Po
http://www.brandpdf-online.com
Hi Patric,
WOW, Thanks so much for having the courage to show this! This kind of stuff ruins it for the "good and honest marketers". In this field, TRUST is #1. Also, this video opens people's eyes and tells them to investigate if something sounds to good to be true.
Thanks again for showing this...keep up the good work!
Sheila H.
Hi Patric,
thanks for the update.
We know that you are honest and great marketer, that's why i join your continuity workshop program at the Asia Internet Congress in Singapore this month.
The reason is because i know you and your team are serious about my success just as i am serious about my own success.
One up to you and your team.
Yew Heng
http://www.embraceinternetwealth.com
Hi Patric,
Thanks for bringing this problem to the table. It all comes down to ethics, and to our own responsibility.
Yes, scams and lies are many on the Internet, and they are not a good thing for us as marketers.
But more important is to teach people how to make the difference between a real and a fake.
Keep up the good work,
Juan Pablo
Make money with your sleeping domains
Hi Patric,
What a shocking information!! Anyway, thank you for sharing it out and make me more aware of things happen around.
Thanks for your integrity as well.
:)
Andrew Teoh
Hi Patric,
This video is shocking. It takes courage to create this kind of Video.
My biggest appreciate for you.
RyanKristomuljono.com
Thanks for revealing this scam. You have helped a lot of people by sharing this fraud.
Thank You very much for taking the time to create this video and I am shocked as well. I have never put much stock in proof of income but the fact that someone actually had a plugin created to manipulate screen shots is crazy.
Thank you very much
Hi Patric, your code of integrity and honesty has been shown yet again,Thank you.I'm sure most people know that the numbers are fake, it is scary to see just how easy it was. Yes, unfortunately there are Rats/Scammers out there.
Let's make sure honesty,fantastic value and service win in the end.
Superb Post. So glad you have exposed this.
BLEEDIN HELL!!
the absolutely funny thing is (well as funny as you make it I guess) is I was on a site which had those 'fake qualities' you just spoke about. My eyes are truly opened!!!!
do you know if
makingyouricher.com is genuine?
could you post a yes/no if possible on your blog-cheers?
Look, who is yalking about cheating?
What do you call a Transaction where a Merchant -YOU Patrc Chan, takes the money and does not give the
Product like my Niche2.0.
Remember US$367 x 2 that you kept and did not trouble yourself to answer my letter.
You acknowledged the fact that you did not give me the Site, so when are you going to give me MY money
back?
Hi Olga,
I'm very glad to see your comment here.
I hope you're reading this comment so that my message can be read.
We have replied all of your emails sent by you and replied all of your tickets posted. The fact that I do not understand is why you keep saying we're not replying to you - so something is really wrong.
We even received replies but you don't reply back our emails.
Kindly log in your customer support area at www.replytopatric.com/support and you'll see all of your concerned answered there.
Pertaining to setting up your website, we want to do that but you haven't fulfill us your details. Without that, it's IMPOSSIBLE to set up a website. It's like telling us you want a pair of shoe but you did not describe whether you want a sport shoe, a leather shoe, a sandal, etc.
Finally, in order for you to proceed with your internet business, you'll need to follow the steps that we've already listed out.
If you wish to reach our support, you may contact us at www.replytopatric.com/support. Replying in this blog will not get published because I hope you understand that this blog is not for customer service purpose.
Thank you!
Patric Chan
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the video is not playing what is wrong with it i want to watch it please tell me how i can see it
Hey Patric, good post. I came across this topic a while back, but it seemed to find me again, people who use this should be called out, it's decieving people of real hope of making money through products and I'm going to be exposing it too.
Terrance Charles
http://www.terrancecharles.com
Wow, good find! Everyone should watch this video! The deception is out!
Wow, that's a very well done video. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Dawn Orbeck
http://cardexpressions.info
pat,
How then can we verify the screen shots are real?
HOLY SHIT!!! I am stunned. I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt,but to think that people can outright LIE like that is very disappointing.Thank You for the eye-opening video
natureboy
Thanks! Your video just confirms my suspicion that some numbers are just made up. I normally don't look really at the numbers now but more on the benefits/features the product offers. Which sometimes none as it focus more on how much money you make, financial freedom, cars, vacation, holidays. Emotional triggers is it?
Hi Patric, thanks for this explanation.
greetings from switzerland
Hansjoerg
Simple as copy and paste. Part of the hype. Buyers should always beware.
thanks for sharing. i know this long time ago but for newbies be careful don't so greedy
OMG, I should take more attention for the payment proof right now. thank you for your information Patric.
SCARY!! I've been scammed too many times by marketers showing screen shots of their Clickbank and Pay Pal page. This is the bravest thing I have ever seen online. You are the BOMB Patric!! I'm sending everyone I know to this blog to view your video. Maybe I can save someone from falling prey to the foolishness that I fell for. Thank you so much. God Bless
Hi Patric. Cassandra again. I just went to some sites that showed Clickbank statement shots. These were some products that I was going to purchase before I saw your video. Lo and Behold, the bar graph showing the income looked bogus! Some of the amounts were obviously different but the graph was in the exact same place for both. What an eye opener! Needless to say, I won't be making that purchase. Tnanks again.
Of course it is expected that unscrupulous marketers will fake screenshots and anything that will make people part with their money.
Even if the screenshots are real I always ask this myself this question:
Did the seller make the money as a direct result of the product they are trying to sell to you?
In many cases I doubt that very much.
Hi Patric,
I have been following you for along time. I have given up many
viewings of new offers as I'm tired of the pages of "proof" that I have a feeling could be about anything but the issue they are trying to prove. I also no longer bother with any $1 item, or Free CDs that I only pay the shipping, as all they want is my credit card # and tel# to call and tell me to
'leverage' to be mentored by them.
Thank you so much for confirming that what I've felt about these
"honest" offers really were fakes.
This is really an eye opener,especially for a newbie like me.Question:How to identify genuine from fakes?
http://henrybusinessblog.blogspot.com
Hello, I am a new to this internet marketing, but not a total newbie (I been around the net for years)
and I knew this was going to happen
I am glad someone had BALLS to stand up and say something
Thanks
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You can easily do this...I got the java code and put at the webbrowser so you can edit anything but it doesn't save you can know how fake it is paypal doesn't look blueish.
javascript: document.body.contentEditable = 'true'; document.designMode = 'on'; void 0
put in the bar on the top like example : google.com empty the bar and put the code and click enter boom u can edit anything in the webpage or on paypal even images u click,beware of scammers guys belive it just test out the code and I gave the code so watch urself and dun forgot don't be a scammer
OMG thk u 4 shareing this info with us .Iam new 2 the internet and i didnt no about this so thk u
Hi, Patric
You really open my eyes! Thanks a lot for your bravery to share this video. I'll like to share this video with my blog visitors also.
Really, I belief that many internet marketers try to push their sales by showing their earnings in their accounts. Many of them I don't even heard their name before.
Developing trust among your customers is important and it is not easy to do especially when you are new. And customers always look for proof of your sales.That's why those fake coming out.
Many thanks for your sharing.
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