Comments on: AdSurfDaily charged with Scam http://www.419legal.org/blog/2008/08/08/adsurfdaily-asd-ponzi-scam-thomas-andy-bowdoin-jr/ The Latest on Email Scams, Phishing and Internet Fraud Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:28:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: make money online http://www.419legal.org/blog/2008/08/08/adsurfdaily-asd-ponzi-scam-thomas-andy-bowdoin-jr/#comment-16110 make money online Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:46:06 +0000 http://www.419legal.org/blog/2008/08/08/adsurfdaily-asd-ponzi-scam-thomas-andy-bowdoin-jr/#comment-16110 typical ponzi scam invest your money, surf their ads, and get SCAMMED! lol typical ponzi scam

invest your money, surf their ads, and get SCAMMED! lol

]]> By: Jackson http://www.419legal.org/blog/2008/08/08/adsurfdaily-asd-ponzi-scam-thomas-andy-bowdoin-jr/#comment-5386 Jackson Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:19:56 +0000 http://www.419legal.org/blog/2008/08/08/adsurfdaily-asd-ponzi-scam-thomas-andy-bowdoin-jr/#comment-5386 I find this scam to be particularly interesting to me because I know several people that were involved in it. It has shown me the mindset of them and how so many people can be sucked in. They all agreed it looked too good to be true -- the web site telling you that you can make 125% on your initial "advertising package purchase" (don't want to call it an investment!) in six months. One of them even repeatedly called it a Ponzi. But their justification was "If it just stays good long enough to get my initial money back out...." So they were suspicious but letting greed overcome their judgment. After a few months of it not collapsing, they became believers. I was called a nay-sayer and a skeptic when i would ask such things as "Where is the money coming from?" and "Has there ever existed anything in the history of mankind that will return that much money consistently?" Even now, after <strong>ASD</strong> has been shut down by the feds, they say that the government has been known to be wrong on such things and that we can't trust the government all the time. Truly, denial is not just a river in Africa, but alive and well everywhere. I find this scam to be particularly interesting to me because I know several people that were involved in it. It has shown me the mindset of them and how so many people can be sucked in. They all agreed it looked too good to be true — the web site telling you that you can make 125% on your initial “advertising package purchase” (don’t want to call it an investment!) in six months. One of them even repeatedly called it a Ponzi.

But their justification was “If it just stays good long enough to get my initial money back out….” So they were suspicious but letting greed overcome their judgment. After a few months of it not collapsing, they became believers. I was called a nay-sayer and a skeptic when i would ask such things as “Where is the money coming from?” and “Has there ever existed anything in the history of mankind that will return that much money consistently?” Even now, after ASD has been shut down by the feds, they say that the government has been known to be wrong on such things and that we can’t trust the government all the time.

Truly, denial is not just a river in Africa, but alive and well everywhere.

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