The Best GRQ Scam/Venture Ever!

**mjohns** · 09-26-2007 05:01 AM

Speaking to one of my good friends he told me about a website who was offering to tell you how to make thousands if you pay him £10, so my mate (being a sucker for these scams) payed his tenner and recieved this "set up a website offering to make people rich for a small fee, once the customer has paid give them the same e-mail i gave you!", I think its genius!

**akula** · 09-26-2007 05:18 AM

funnily enough, this setup is probably legal

I can't think of any obvious cause of action for anybody who'd have a problem with a site like that

...it's not obvious fraud or misleading and deceptive conduct

**teabenny** · 09-26-2007 05:32 AM

Yeah... there's another one that promises you the ability to make cash. You pay, and you get the guy's life story. Then at the end, the moneymaking plan - sell your life story to others.

**mjohns** · 09-26-2007 05:36 AM

sounds similar but i think its great because the person who has paid has been promised somthing that will make him money and he has recieved it, i dont see how it can be illegal, still its funny.

**akula** · 09-26-2007 06:35 AM

well...most probably, if a plaintiff ever wanted to get her money back, she'd claim that the respondent misled her into buying the product by exaggerating his claims

can you really "make thousands" by buying this product? is there evidence to that effect? has anyone ever "made thousands" buying this product? probably not, in which case, the statement is false and the respondent will be liable

under these circumstances, the biz would be an exercise in fraud

**jmasters1691** · 09-26-2007 12:04 PM

I don't know what the laws are in the UK or Australia but in the US this is illegal. These kinds of things have been broken up and prosecuted many times before. This is no different from a chain letter or an "airplane" scheme. The test is: Is there a legitimate product or service being exchanged for the money. If not, it's illegal. Trust me, I had a roomate once who barely avoided going to jail for being involved in one of these and he didn't even make any money.

**mjohns** · 10-08-2007 12:46 PM

In the uk, if the product has the potential to make thousands (how many people surf the web?) and the claim is true it is legal.

Anyway it was just a light hearted topic that people are reading to much into.