Get Rich, No Work Required!!

If there is one thing in America we are good at, it is breeding suckers. According to P.T. Barnum, somewhere at the rate of one per minute. I have often wondered what it is about the American spirit that lends itself to believing that the guy with slicked back hair on an infomercial at 3 in the morning really does have the secret to my dreams. If you will just send him $99.95 (available in 3 easy payments) he will let you in on that secret that will help you join all of the other "success stories they flash across the screen. John and Gail Johnson made $23,431 their first month by applying our system and so can you! At three in the morning your eyes don't even see the tiny little print running on the bottom of the screen which states (these results are not typical, in fact they only happened twice and it was pretty much luck, you can't sue us for your 99 bucks after our system doesn't work because we put this in writing. Hahaha you are so stupid!)

So is it stupidity that causes us to go for these schemes? Sometimes. But not always, there is another far more powerful factor at play here, laziness. Get rich quick schemes appeal to the very nature of those who play lottery, go to Vegas and order Chinese Take-Out, they are hoping to get lucky that one time.

So let's take a look at some of the schemes that have followed us down through the years.

Stuffing envelopes - This work-at-home opportunity will free you from the arduous task of sitting in an office, going to meetings, working on a computer, taking phone calls or perhaps you work a trade. Imagine leaving that all behind, no more building things, fixing things, digging things, filling up what others are digging. Instead, you can stay at home, watch soap operas and stuff envelopes for a living. The good news is that if you become really proficient, you could eventually earn the minimum wage. I have always wondered, what company sends their mailers out to people's home to get stuffed? Wouldn't they worry about that important envelope going out with donut and pizza stains on it?

Real Estate Schemes - Yes they are still out there. This is the best market in years for making a fortune in real estate!!! Don't listen to the experts, your realtor, your banker, your attorney, your parents or Donald Trump. Listen to the guy who bought a 30 minute spot at 3 AM to sell you a $129.95 package on making a fortune in real estate in today's economy. When you call be sure to ask the guy why he is creating competition for himself all over the country by sharing his secrets. If this is such a great market; why isn't he out taking advantage of it? This is the same guy who used to sell blenders on QVC at 1 AM before "figuring out" the real estate thing.
(He still has some great deals left on blenders though)

Metal Detecters - This is an oldie but goodie. I still see the commercial of the guy at the beach who find some poor woman's wedding ring. They show him with this happy face because he struck it rich. No remorse at all for the poor gal who lost a ring that means far more than its value in diamonds and gold and who will now have to go down to Honest Vinny's Pawn Shop to buy it back.

Get rich on Ebay!!! - This is the latest greatest. You can make a fortune on Ebay selling products that you never own. I actually looked into this one. I buy stuff on Ebay all the time. I have even sold a few things on Ebay. Didn't seem too bad. Why not give it a try? Just find a few drop shippers and put up some auctions and people will bid like crazy. I will make a mint. Problem is, the shippers selling to Ebay sellers are scam artists. They sell the same crap to thousands of people for the same price. So when you drop down a hundred bucks to sell ipods from your special dealer pricing you get pages and pages of this:

Ipods at retail pricing that nobody buys!! The winner in this little scam? Ebay who makes auction fees from all of the get rich on Ebay believers. I wonder who runs those commericals?




In Egypt we have the great pyramids of Giza. Don't feel gipped in America, we have our pyramids here too. Here they are called Amway, (which became so "popular" they changed their name to Qixtar, In Greek Quixtar means, I want to tell you about Amway but don't want the door slammed in my face before I finish), Mary Kay, This is Amway in pink cars. Yourtravelbiz.com, this allowed anyone to become a travel agent by allowing people to check a website for flight and hotel availability. Novel concept huh? Sunrider is a great herbal supplement company that grew naturally into hotel management. The transition had to happen at some point. Pre-Paid Legal sounded like a neat concept, pre pay for legal services. Make Lawyers affordable! Except they don't do anything for business matters. They only do certian things once and let's just say that if a lawyers is accepting the pittance that pre-paid legal pays them, they probably got their law degree from China, where everything else is manufactured these days.

So I stay away from stuffing, I am not motivated by metaling, I have ejected Ebaying and Poo-pooed pyramids. I don't need to get rich with any of thoseobvious scams that only a sucker would fall for. The reason? I am about to help the widow of a rich head of state in Nigeria who recently died in a coup! Don't believe me? Here is the letter.

I am Mrs. Mariam Abacha, the widow of Sani Abacha the Late Nigerian Head of State. You were introduced to me through the Chamber of Commerce. I am presently in distress and under house arrest while my son Mohamed is undergoing trial in Lagos and Abuja. He is presently detained in prison custody. The government has frozen all the family account and auctioned all our properties. To save the family from total bankruptcy I managed to secretly code or bank the sum of US40,000,000.00. through the assistance of our family lawyer/attorney respectively. kept by my late husband. To avoid government from know about this fund/money my lawyer/attorney have advise me to seek for a foreigner through whom this money can be transferred out of the country (Nigeria) for safety because it is the asset left for my family and myself.

I want you to receive this money and pay it into your account for the family safely. I am offering you 30% for assisting mesecure this money fast before it is located by the NigerianGovernment Agents. Contact me immediately with my E-mail Address so that we can start the transferring of this fund into your designed bank account for safety.

Best regards.
Mrs. Mariam Abacha.

I've already quit my job and booked my vacation. I'll send a postcard from Jamaica when my cruise arrives!