Comments on: Scammers On Scammers

By: David Hopkins

David Hopkins — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:49:37 +0000

I was surprised to see you get such a grilling over at John Cow. It seems a lot of people think you are just jealous of John Chow if you make any criticisms. I thought John’s reaction to Israel’s pot was quite modest though.

By: Florchakh

Florchakh — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:38:10 +0000

Shoemonkey reaction would be much more insolent. BTW I wonder why John Vanhara has removed this post from his blog. Wimped out or got donated?

By: Florchakh

Florchakh — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:39:15 +0000

Shoemonkey’s reaction would be much more insolent. BTW I wonder why John Vanhara has removed this post from his blog. Wimped out or got donated?

By: SiteLogic

SiteLogic — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:27:17 +0000

I read Chows reactions in that post and thought he did a great job of defending himself…. as I said above, whatever your opinions of Chow, it is a genuine blog, you know what the guy is about (who he is) and what to expect!!

By: Acopic Web Design

Acopic Web Design — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:33:47 +0000

John Chow reminds me of a scam I saw about 10 years ago where someone was selling a book telling you how to make a $1,000,000. For $19.95 you basically got a 3 page book which said “create a book like this and sell it”. The other 2 pages were the cover.

People will always want to make a quick buck and sites like John Chow are always going to be popular. But like you said - at least you know what John Chow is about.

By: Jez

Jez — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:41:17 +0000

I remember seeing a report of someone selling info on how you could avoid paying your phone bill… the steps went something like:

1) call your phone company
2) give them your details
3) ask them to disconnect you….

By: Jez

Jez — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:45:46 +0000

Oh yeah it was not actually John Cow I wrote about, but I got bashed by that site as it is syndicated with the one I actually wrote about….

If you read any of the smaller “make money” blogs you can see them “bashing in unison”…

They seem to be calling out all the other make money scammers to try and create controversy and win readers trust … before launching dodgy deals of their own.

Today see’s more of the same in my RSS feed… I’m gonna have to unsubscribe or I will inevitably lose my cool again…

By: James Wilcox

James Wilcox — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:09:45 +0000

I remember this guy…only it had to do with selling “tiny little classified ads”. Remember Don LaPre? That was exactly his product and plan. He sold this whole kit for $39.99 that was how to make money in 1-800 numbers and classified ads…

I admit, I got suckered into it because at the time I was unemployed and looking for any opportunity…needless to say it wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on. You win some, you lose some.

By: SiteLogic

SiteLogic — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:47:15 +0000

Haha, well, in a sense $39 is not too much to pay for a valuable lesson!