Twitter Scams Suckering In Gullible, Desperate

by Tony Hung on July 7, 2009

And I supppose in desperate times, there are more desperate folks (and to be fair, perhaps “unsophisticated” rather than “gullible”).  The Los Angeles times reviews the proliferation of Twitter scams, offering to teach people how to make buckets of cash via Twitter — not being up front, however, that they’ll charge you on the backend continuously for the pleasure of being taught such masterfully profitable tactics.

Recent schemes involve companies promising to pay Twitter users hundreds of dollars a day to tweet after they sign up for a free training kit, which the bureau said ends up sucking away a hefty monthly payment.

Having said that, similar scams proliferate on the Google, and if you look hard enough (because you probably ignore ads), you’ll see a whole whack of banner adds (in all sizes) proclaiming how people earn cash off the Google, and you’ll learn how if you only click and send in $19.99 … but only inform you in the fine print of how it’ll cost multiples of that initial cost in residuals.

The bureau said some companies have a presence on Twitter itself, but all of them use e-mail and websites to attract customers.
Twitter Inc. did not respond to requests for comment.
The bureau, based in Washington, warns job seekers to be wary of claims that they can earn substantial paychecks simply by tweeting from home. Websites asking for money upfront for a tweeting “position” should also be avoided, the bureau said.
One company, EasyTweet Profits.com, believed to be based in Surrey, England, claims that “Twitter workers” can earn up to $873 “before you go to bed tonight.”
No manager could be reached for comment.

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