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Many of these are illegal pyramid schemes masquerading as legitimate opportunities to earn money.
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Bulk email
Sending bulk email violates the terms of service of most Internet service providers. If you use one of the automated email programs, your ISP may shut you down.
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Chain letters�traditional or high-tech�are almost always illegal, and nearly all of the people who participate in them lose their money.
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Work-at-home schemes
You'll pay a small fee to get started in the business. Then, you'll learn that the email sender never had real employment to offer. Instead, you'll get instructions on how to send the same ad in your own bulk emailings.
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Free goods
Most of these offers are covering up pyramid schemes, operations that inevitably collapse.
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Vacation prize promotions
Most unsolicited commercial email goes to thousands or millions of recipients at a time. Often, the cruise ship you're booked on may look more like a tug boat.
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Guaranteed loans or credit, on easy terms
The loans usually turn out to be useless lists of lenders who will turn you down if you don't meet their qualifications.
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The scam artists who promote these services can't deliver. Only time, a deliberate effort, and a personal debt repayment plan will improve your credit.
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Many are schemes that eventually collapse because there isn't enough money coming in to continue simulating earnings. Other schemes are a good investment for the promoters, but not for participants.
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Cable descrambler kits
The devices you use probably won't work. Most of the cable TV systems in the U.S. use technology that these devices can't crack.
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Health and diet scams
Most of these gimmicks simply do not work.
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Effortless income
If these get-rich-quick schemes worked, wouldn't everyone be using them?
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