Copyright 2006 Guillermo Puyol

When was the last time you came home in your Lamborghini, kicked off your sandals, headed straight for the pool area and checked email on your laptop to see how many thousands of dollars worth of orders were waiting for you? You've never done that? The website of the online business system you just joined had a picture of a guy doing just that, and it promised that income like that will come in auto-pilot! I smell something fishy here.

In today's Internet it is very hard to look for an online business opportunity without coming across hundreds of websites hyped up to the extreme with promises of substantial income with 'virtually no work'. When it comes to 'set it and forget it', it is only true on grills' and even then if you really forget it you end up having charcoal for dinner.

Nowadays it is very hard to distinguish real opportunities from real opportunists. Oftentimes we pass up a real chance to make money because the copy may sound too good to be true. As a matter of fact, real marketers have to fill their ad copy with hype to compete with unscrupulous individuals that will promises heaven on earth with absolute disregard for the truth. What sickens me the most is the nerve of some people to make such bold claims with no proof whatsoever!

Granted there are some extremely lucrative online businesses and opportunities, but red flags go way up as soon as I see phrases like 'auto-pilot' or 'no work'. Financial success online is very possible, though it is not under any circumstance easy. You will never hear the honest Internet marketers like Michael Cheney or Mike Filsaime claim you will make fortunes overnight. Michael Cheney made over $250,000.00 in less than one week with his AdSense Videos, however this was the product of years and years of hard work. More recently Mike Filsaime made over $500,000.00 in sales in less than 5 hours from his Butterfly Marketing Manuscript, again a great short term result of years of hard work. As you can see, making money online is very possible, however you must keep an eye out for crooks trying to put themselves at the same level of the aforementioned.

These individuals don't know the ins and outs of Internet marketing like Michael Cheney or Mike Filsaime, so they have to resort to questionable techniques like spam and deceit. They will use any technique necessary to enrich themselves while giving honest Internet marketers a bad name.

If you have been scammed out of your money by these cyber-criminals it is your duty to do everything in your power to stop this. Make sure you let as many people know about it as you possibly can. Post on forums, tell your friends, start a blog, run a classified ad or do anything within your reach to ensure you save at least one innocent internet marketer wannabe from losing their money.

To conclude, it is very possible to start a profitable online business. There are countless legitimate income opportunities online, but implementing them will usually take a great deal of work and dedication. This hard work will ?Cin time, have great rewards. Lets reclaim the Internet marketing arena! Don't stay quiet after being had by one of these crooks and whatever you do, don't loose faith in people and in the income potential of a legitimate online business.