Few days back, while I was talking to a friend of mine, he excitedly told me that “Keith Wellman”, one of the well known Internet marketer, called him over the phone. What a surprise to him!
To cut it short, the conversation is about Keith wanting to provide my friend a constant stream of income, where “Keith” will create the site and do the promotion for whatever product, while my friend just need to do a simple task, collecting the cheques. In fact, he dished out a few big names in the Internet marketing scene, including our local Internet hero, Ewen Chia, the super affiliate.
Too good to be true? What’s the catch?
Well, the investment my friend need to fork out is $3,500, which “Keith” conveniently asked for the credit card details over the phone. The proposal seems to worth much more than the amount my friend has to pay, but do you see the problem here?
“What if it’s a scam?”
That’s exactly what I told my friend and it hit him right in the face. BAM!
It is not for me to say whether the person is really the Keith Wellman we know, or that the proposal is legitimate. However, we should be doing our due deligence, and not just give our credit card details away freely over the phone. In fact, you’re putting yourself at a higher risk by giving away confidential information to strangers.
There’re many scams out there in the market, usually money motivated such as how much you can be making in a short time period. Sometimes, the figures just blow you off and keep you from thinking straight while you’re all hyped up. Thus, this phrase may come in handy to save you from a foolish move, and take a step back.
“If it excites you, don’t do it…”
By the way, if you have any related experiences, please do share with us by commenting to this post.
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Well, not only Keith or some wannabees does it, Some of the big time internet GURUs most probably had done the same thing. FYI I am a customer of Keith and bought through his link. He is one of the good guy. I had received similiar call a few times and when it comes to the costings, I told them “too expensive for my budget”.
I had enrolled a program under “Mike G” (or some wannabees) that guarantees me $400 in Mar08. Since I am a customer of “Mike G”, without further checking, enrolled blindly..till today 18 July08, I had not receive the guaranteed $400. I keep sending the email for payment but no reply.
The lesson learnt, do not take for granted, check and double check who is promoting the product and services. “Due Deligence” is important
Ben
http://www.nurulebiz.com
Hi Ben,
Thanks for sharing.
“Due deligence” is definitely important especially when you do not know who exactly is on the other side.
I’m sure those who read this would have saved themselves from loosing money to the scammers out there.
I subscribed to Keith Wellman’s F/X Marketing system and paid shipping for DVD’s that I never received and now am being charged monthly for a DVD that I don’t receive.
I’ve notified the company and all I get is “You did order” - that’s right I did order, but I didn’t receive anything so why am I paying??? Their reply - “You did order and it was printed on there that you would be charged monthly for the DVD”. Okay, I did order - I’m not disputing that - what I’m upset about is paying for something I didn’t receive and the lack of customer service.
They have now stopped charging me for DVD, but refuse to refund the money I spend on DVD’s I’ve never received. Guess that’s how Keith Wellman got rich selling, but not delivering - a good way to make money, but not to conduct business. I’m out of pocket over $50.00 - take a guess at how many other people are in the same position I’m in???
From the information I’ve obtained over the internet - numerous individuals have and a lot more money then I lost.
Kith Wellman = Con Artist
A very peeved customer
Thanks for sharing Kary.
Based on your experience, the customer support and product fulfilment definitely sucks. And it is possibly one of the most important and most overlooked process to an online business that most marketers take for granted, especially when you’re dealing with physical products…
I had a similar experience to Kary. I forked over $2000 at a seminar for Keith Wellman to help me create an info product to market and sell. Gary Ambrose promised me he would keep him on task. (This should have set off a big alarm in my head.)
A few months later… No product. He wouldn’t return my calls. Nobody in his office would return my calls. The company that charged my credit card couldn’t get him to respond. It was too late at that point to get a refund from my credit card company. It was just a big mess. I would avoid ever doing business with Keith Wellman.
Because of this, I’ve unsubscribed from every one of Keith’s lists, yet he continues to spam me. His office has even called me on a couple of occassions to try to extract more money from my pockets. But they don’t want to hear about the problem that was never resolved.
Beware of doing business with some of these so-called “gurus”. Some are legit, but far too many are simply experts at “legal” theft.
I would like to add that I’ve since gone on to spend several thousand more with another online marketing group. They not only lived up to their promises, but have helped me develop a thriving online business.
Too bad I couldn’t have done the same with Keith. He seemed like a really nice guy when I met him in person. Maybe he’s just gotten too busy to care about customer service.