Sunday, May 16, 2010

Spam, Scam or Cause

Saw a Tweet this morning that made me pause:

Do you Support Non Profits? We are a Social Cause Marketing network. Connect, Fundraise, & Learn. Join us at http://bit.ly/8LKUAF.

Here's the key "headline" for those who look at the page:

Yes! Pay it forward... and Get Paid!
With your participation in this simple online fundraising systemwe can generate thousands of dollars for non-profit organizations ... As well as generate thousands of dollars in profit for online users, just like you !

Note that to participate, you pay $1,997 to the firm.

As I looked at the site, I'm thinking: "Is this spam, scam or cause?"

The premise appears to be we'll pay you if you help raise funds for your favorite charities.

Some of the questions are what to you get paid? What does the company get paid? What goes to charities?

What do you think?

1 comments:

  1. This is definitely a scam. Easiest way to tell is when they want money from you up front. I'd stay as far away from this as possible.

    I doubt they care about any cause except their own profit.

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