Monday, July 14, 2008

Pyramid Schemes always arise in a down Market

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Sign up get started then tell some friends
Pyramid Schemes never change at least the formula never changes however the way the scheme is invented and how or rather what product or service the scheme organizer creates are always different.

Looking back into the 1970’s then the 1980’s we personally saw a lot of Pyramid Schemes go and we even remember in the 80’s an associate going to jail and actually serving time for operating one of these schemes.

The new youth should be aware
The reason we are back writing about Pyramid Schemes again is in large part because of the global economic downturn and that the scheme we are exposing is and online one and because it is online, it is a global one and there are a lot of new young persons out on the Internet that have never scene or heard of Pyramid Schemes. We also realize over the past 12 to 15 years of the greatest global economic upswing that the 1990’s and those to young to remember or been born during that period missed this because usually they reappear each decade during downturns in the economy.

What is a pyramid scheme
The basic answer is when you sign up to sell something or perform a service you might be required to buy a starter kit, add products to your web site through a web site they sale you and products they provide to you or you sign up for the latest Pyramid Scheme PTC (Pay To Click) advertisement timed clicking. What is the failure of a pyramid scheme is the mathematics of scale that reality sets in with 99 percent of those that sign up buy their way in fail to recover even their costs and of the rest 96 percent of all those who sign up give up. Being to embarrassed to admit they have been had most people never talk of the experience again so the pyramid schemes live on for this very fact and the fact that pyramid schemes pray on greed and emotions of their victims.

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The Scheme Pitches are the same
What happens is you are assured that this is the greatest easiest opportunity in the history of man kind and you are not only going to be rich beyond your wildest dreams we also have a way for you to become very popular with your friends or others you recruit online and offline by offering this same opportunity to them and when you sign up 10 of your friends you will share in their sales and you will move up the ladder into a high ranking position within this solid as a rock organization.

Please but wait before we venture further this opportunity is only available to a limited number selected special persons just like you and this is why you found us because you are special. You and the people you sign up need to be sworn to secrecy because it is critical in order for you and us to be assured that we all make and can continue to make more money then any of us have ever scene or dreamed about.

There is and there is absolutely nothing to worry about paying a small fee to become a premium member however but you should not worry because everyone who has ever joined our organization has made their initial investment back 1000 times in just, get this 1 month, to be sure you heard me that is a more then 1000 percent rate of return in just 1 months time.

Welcome to and inside look at PTC processors
The price to get started is only? and here is and example of where supposedly you do not even need to find friends, family and co-workers to sign up because this operator like most of the 100’s we searched and found on the search engines has referrals you can buy at a small fee. Please see below how this works.

The below written content is from the web site PTC operator.
Earnings Example
You click 10 ads per day = $0.10
20 referrals click 10 ads per day = $2.00
Your daily earnings = $2.10
Your weekly earnings = $14.70
Your monthly earnings = $63.00

The above example is based only on 20 referrals and 10 daily clicks. Some days you will have more clicks available, some days you will have less. What if you had more referrals? What if there were more ads available?

Lowest entry fee
You can purchase 15 of these unreferred members for a price of only $16.98. This is an extremely low price to pay when you sit back and imagine your profits. In fact, based on averages, 15 active referrals can bring you
15 referrals click 10 ads per day = $1.50
Your daily earnings = $1.50
Your weekly earnings = $10.50
Your monthly earnings = $45.00

PTC Plays on the greed factor
You can purchase 500 of these unreferred members for a price of only $459.00. This is an extremely low price to pay when you sit back and imagine your profits. In fact, based on averages, 500 active referrals can bring you
500 referrals click 10 ads per day = $50.00
Your daily earnings = $50.00
Your weekly earnings = $350.00
Your monthly earnings = $1,500.00

There claimed statement
although, we cannot guarantee that you will earn such a profit.

Processing time: 2-5 working days.
Availability: Limited. First come, first serve.

Member Package l $459.00

End of PTC operator content.

What do all of PTC operators have in common
Right off of the top we can say there are more guarantee’s of payout testimonials then any site we have ever scene and in fact some sites actually have forum that allows members to share their payout history and rewards. So being the investigative want to be reporter on the subject of PPC fraud we signed up for and account (short of actually paying money to them) and this allowed us access to the forums and we posted an “I never got paid” only to see it be removed from the forum so we are clearly suspecting that there are a lot of persons out there that never receive a dime and they are just being used.

How the PTC Pyramid Scheme works
You sign up for and account as a clicker then you have to upgrade to become a preferred member by paying the PTC operator then you have to have an AlertPay account so they can pay you. Next you click on ads they offer to you on pages. You click the Click Ad Here and wait for a 30 second timer to end because you must get a green dot to be paid if you leave early you will get a red “X” and you will not be paid.
Here is a link to two pyramid scheme web sites that are very detailed about the explanation and definitions
Pyramid Schemes How to understand a pyramid scheme
Wikipedia defines Pyramid Schemes Pyramid Schemes cannot work

You sign up for an account as and advertiser and here is what they offer the advertiser. (supposedly)
Here is the PTC claim
PTC operator content
Setting up and displaying your link for to members to visit is fast and simple. We charge $19.10 per 1,000 member visits and each visit will last at least 30 seconds. Outside visits are unlimited and included within the price. Bigger packages are given at discounted rates. You do not need an account to order, simply fill out the form and pay the fee. We will review your website and will have it active within 2 business days. We will not accept websites that promote adult content or illegal activity or sites that use frame breakers. This is classified as “untargeted advertising” because it is available to be visited by all members. Make sure that your server can support the amount of requests that your site will get. You will have no way of pausing or canceling your ad once it becomes active.

End of PTC operator content.

Viper Logic signed up for ads
We filled out there online form for a 500 click campaign, then they requested money before we could continue not knowing where the advertisements would be placed or where they would appear.

The message we received back is here because we stopped short of sending any money to them of course.
Your order has been submitted! However, before we will approve your ad, you must pay $91.5 via xxxxxxx

Viper Logic is suspicious about two techniques
Here is the kicker that our engineering department is investigating right now and this is the 30 second wait time for you to be paid. Once a web site page is accessed it is terminated so why the 30 seconds? Next each user must have a unique IP (Internet Protocol) to be a member say in a household you share a computer you must have a unique address per user? This is strange we are just legally clicking on advertisements right? We are investigating this and suspect something much bigger going on here.

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Message to those that do not know what a Pyramid Scheme is
Look at the money that one person could earn for the basic membership and you can see that you are going to be working hard and committed for a little income though we grant you if you are actually to get paid then even these little amounts of money are not bad if you live in a country where 10.00 dollars is a months salary but you should really ask yourself why would anyone like and advertiser pay to have people viewing their advertisements because as a certified SEO/SEM (Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing) person Logic does not understand what and advertiser if they are in the know about this PTC operator arrangement is going to gain from bursts of traffic to a single page of a site they own.

Also if anything seems to good to be true, it is because it always is and these Pyramid Scheme operators will tell you what ever they have to, to get you to part with your money or even just your time. Remember the most important space in your life is your time, we all only have so much of it. 

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