The Complete Guide To Avoiding Scams, Cons, And Other Money Pitfalls

The Complete Guide To Avoiding Scams, Cons, And Other Money Pitfalls.  Earning a living is hard. Earning extra income is harder still. But compounding that difficulty is the abundance of scams, cons, and other deceitful ways used to part you with your money.  In this post, we go through the ways to detect and avoid whatever, scam, con or "moneytrap" gets thrown at us.
Everyone wants (sometimes, actually needs) a bigger income. It's hard to earn such extra income, but sometimes it's made even harder by things that pretend to be investments but aren't. (hello pre-selling condos!)

That's particularly true for networking opportunities. Networking is perfectly legitimate, and though I'm no good with it myself, I realize people do make money from it.

However there are mulit-level marketing groups that are really just pyramid scams. By now, hopefully everyone knows how to spot them: you make money mostly (if not solely) from recruiting - or getting "downlines".

But if a friend you know or even trust joins one, and it sounds legit, how can you check and be sure?
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