If you've looked for ways to make money online, I'm sure you encountered investment autosurfs. I've seen them around for at least 8 years, if not longer, and after I got caught up with one, I won't ever go back and join one again.

 

 

Those of you who aren't familiar with an investment autosurf, the concept of an investment autosurf is simple upfront... you invest some of your money, you 'surf' a predetermined amount of websites every day for a predetermined amount of days, and you receive your initial investment plus interest. A typical example of one is where you autosurf 12 sites, and after 12 days you earn 120% of your investment... if you were to invest say $100, then autosurf the required 12 sites for 12 days, then on the 12th day, you would get back $120. Now, while this seems like an easy way to make quick cash, the only one that's actually going to make easy and quick cash is the person or people that are running the investment autosurf. Every investment autosurf proclaims the same thing... the person or people all have 'their own investments elsewhere' and they will 'use their personal funds to insure that nobody loses their money'. They also let you know that to help sustain the investment autosurf, you should refer as many people as possible. What they may not publicize is that many of these investment autosurfs are operated by people that live 'offshore', and they tend to ask for electronic wire transfers or lesser known online payment processors to send and receive the money. PayPal and most of the 'major' online payment processors cannot be used, mainly because they recognize that an investment autosurf is nothing more than a basic Ponzi scheme. Investment autosurfs, contrary to what they say they do, actually rely on incoming investments to pay off outgoing payouts... eventually, they aren't going to be able to afford to payout once they have to pay out more than what's coming in. It's usually right about that time that the site just 'disappears' right along with your money... oftentimes, millions of dollars are gone and there is nothing you can do about it. Another thing that should concern you is that if government agencies intervene and freeze assets and shut down the site, YOU can get in trouble, as offshore investing is a grey area and is often compared to gambling online while in the United States... it's illegal, and ignorance of the law is not an excuse.

 

 

Investment autosurfs are starting to pop back up more and more, and the temptation to join in to make some quick easy money can be overwhelming. In my opinion, every investment autosurf I've ever seen has been shut down (either by the owner or by the government) within a few months. I've seen people lose thousands of dollars, all because the idea of quick easy money was a temptation they couldn't resist. Also realize that investment autosurfs will generally pay out in the beginning, but that is to benefit them... that way they have 'proof' that they have paid before. If you want to find out more information about these types of scams, you can always search on Google for 'investment autosurf scam'.

 

 

This rant written by Joe Rosendorf Jr.  This is merely an opinion based on personal experiences, and is intended to inform based on those experiences.