Online Con Men: Who Are They?

Con Men On The Internet:
Semmy Stumpp

You see their names plastered across their websites.  The text tells you how they've made  millions from online marketing, or playing online lotteries, or any number of self-professed successes.

And they tell you that you should buy THEIR book and learn from them.

For example, who is "Semmy Stumpp"?  He has dozens of websites, and will tell you everything from how to win online lotteries (which are illegal in the United States, by the way), to be a personal success, to market online!  (We believe the last claim, he certainly is great with online hype!) But who are these people and how do you know if they're telling the truth?

The simple answer is, you don't.  Anyone with $50 can get a website up within 24 hours these days (2005).  And there is no government agency checking what is written.  It is up to you to use your own common sense, good judgment and logical reasoning skills to figure out which are real and which are fake. But sadly many, many people are missing common sense, good judgment and/or logical reasoning abilities!

CFR is investigating as many of these self-proclaimed gurus as we can!  Send us any information you have about the likes of Semmy Stumpp and we'll track them down and report the results!

Click on the blue feedback button at the top of the page to tell us your experiences with online conmen!  And unlike the com men, there's no charge and we won't email you back trying to sell you anything!

 

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