Why ?

This is a word that I have asked myself many time's.

Why are there so many people on this earth that take
advantage of other people.

Why, will someone that makes a good and honest
living online, not help another person or two do
the same without cost. Wouldn't you think that
would be helping not only the people they help,
but it would help to bring this recession to an end.

Anyone hear of " Pay it forward ".

Are they really caught up in themselves that much ?
I just don't know.

Is it the hard time's we live in? I just don't know.

Is it because of greed? I just don't know.

Maybe these people have been taken advantage
of themselves, and do the same to others
I just don't know.

Maybe they think we are weak. Well we are not weak.
Gullible, yes, but weak? Not on your life. We are
some of the strongest people. We follow direction, and
work hard. And don't give up easy.

And WE are the first people that will help anyone
help themselves. And not look for anything back in
return, except a thank you.

It sure is sad that the people that don't have much,
and are honest people, get scammed by these thug's.
Just being someone that only wants to earn an honest
living seem to get caught up in one of these scams.

I know that it's not only less fortunate people like
myself. But we are the people that get hurt,
financially, more than the guy that doesn't worry
about his low paying job, or maybe health issues
of his or his family.

People like me are only trying to make it
in such a bad economy. If you are like me, you
are not out to prosper by being a thief.

I have been one of these people that gets drawn
into these scams. Time after time over the years,
long before computer's and the Internet, I have
fallen for some sort of scam or another. With my
only purpose, of earning an honest living, to support
my family and live a quiet and meaningful life.

I have always said there has to be a better way.
Someday I will find it. So I try over and over again,
with each program or idea or business opportunity
thinking this has to be the one. I finally found it.

Then the bubble bursts. The excitement is over
and the reality takes over. This is not the one.
Scammed again.

For some reason my wife has never, ever, said
I told you so. She never discouraged me because
I think she understands that it is just part of me.
If I didn't try, I would never find a better way.
Thats all I ever want. A better way to live.

So, I just keep going and going and always try
again. Maybe the next time will be the one. I have
never been the type of person to give up on anything.
But I have to come to the realization that I'm basically
running out of time. I can longer eat my loses.
The matter of the economy is part of that.
With age creeping up and health issues that will
not quit, time is not on my side.

So, I sit sometimes and wonder, WHY ?

I may never know the answer to that one simple
word. I still look for that one email, or that one
website that I find just by chance, or maybe on
that forum that I go to searching for a review on
something I found.

When I stop breathing, my search will be over.

And I may never find the answer to WHY ?

The Phone Scam

One of the scams that have been around for
some time now is the Phone Scam, as I call it.

You get a phone call and someone tells you that
they want your name and address so they can
send you a package in the mail.

You ask, " What Package ? ". They say oh its
a package to show you how to make money on
Google. You say, " is it free? ", and they say
YES.

You decide to give the info they ask for until
they say, OK, Now I need your number, and
you say, " What number?. They say your credit
card number. But, you say, you told me its free.

Then they tell you that IT IS FREE, but there is
a small shipping charge of $ 3.99 and I can
just put that on your credit card or Debit card.

Unless you were expecting this call and know
who this is NEVER GIVE THEM ANY FINANCIAL
INFORMATION, NEVER !

This exact thing happened to my wife 3 /12 /09.

They told her that " your husband asked for this
and he knows all about it." What a scam. I
knew nothing of this and if I did know, I will tell
you one very important thing.

My wife did exactly as she should have. She
said " I'm not giving you my credit card #.
As fast as my wife told her that, the woman said,
" I'm sorry ", and hung up.

She was sorry alright, sorry that she didn't
phone a Sucker and get her credit card #.
When my wife told me about this, I told her
At least one of us is smart. You did the right
thing. Never give out any kind of credit card
info to someone that call's and you don't
know who they are.

So, remember, if someone call's you on the
phone and tell's you they want to send you
something for free, tell them ok. But if they
continue on and say " YOU JUST HAVE TO
PAY A SMALL SHIPPING FEE, tell them
to forget it. Because they already lied to you.

Paying even one penny no longer makes it free.