So far Affiliate Programs and internet scams has uncovered several Internet money making Scams. I am very happy about this because it is one of the most useful things a site can do. More and more people are trying to make money with affiliate programs and as a result Internet scams are increasing in number at an exponential rate.

Most of the sites found to be Internet money making scams have been PTR (paid to read) email sites. It appears that they are the often the first port of call for people out to make money online. I have been trying to figure out why people are so attracted to them:

1. They promise instant riches.

2. They require little/no skill. You don’t even have to read the e-mails you are sent, as long as you click the link in them you will earn (providing you find a paying PTR site); yet alone learning HTML coding and develop the writing skills needed for blogging.

3. There are a lot of them!. A Google search for ‘paid to read email’ produces over 53million results. Of course many of those sites will be blogs writing about PTR; but there are many other keyword search phrases that can be used to find PTR sites.

4. There are AdSence Ads everywhere for them, which almost always boast about how you can make a very big sum of money. Less ‘web savvy’ Internet users are more prone to click on AdSence and perhaps are more naive? (can I say that? lol)

5. I get more requests to review PTR scam sites than real PTR sites because people are not stupid and want reviews of sites they are unsure of.

Those are just a few reasons why people seem to be so attracted to PTR Internet scams. In a few more weeks, once the list of categories (on the left) runs too far down the page I will re-order it all and there will be a category containing all the PTR Internet scams that I have uncovered. Providing I find some genuine PTR sites (which I haven’t yet!) there will be a category for them too.

For some of the sites I’ve reviewed there is still an uncertain verdict. I would steer clear of these sites until there is stronger evidence for their guilt/innocence.

You may have noticed recently there has not always been a review each day. This is because I have started to receive more review requests but I want to keep the standard of my reviews as high as possible. Managing each request takes time (which I am happy to give) because I like to respond individually to every request and take time to have a look at the blog of the ‘requester’ (if they have one). Don’t let this put you off asking for a review! If you are unsure about a site I would love too show it up for the Internet scam it is or praise it to high heaven if it deserves it!

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