June 3rd, 2008 by StockGumshoe
“If you complete and return the 2-page form sampled above, your broker could pay you $2,100 in less than 2 weeks. What’s even more incredible is that soon after you could receive an additional check for about $1,200.”
That’s the latest “free money” tease from the folks at Stansberry & Associates — leading us into a letter that promises income without having to buy a single share of stock (or bonds, or anything else like that). Could it possibly be real?
Well, the short answer is, “sort of” — as long as you don’t believe that it’s really completely “Free.”
And the long answer? Well, for that let’s peruse our clues:
Apparently, if you fill out this two-page form before June 12 and send it to your broker, you could get $2,100 on that date after you give your broker “two instructions.”
All you have to add to the form are “name, address, phone number, and a few other basic details.”
Of course, we all know what’s in the details … Read the rest of this entry »
June 1st, 2008 by StockGumshoe
This teaser starts out with a promising … um, promise:
“We just uncovered one of the largest opportunities we’ve ever seen. One of the fat cat financial firms on Wall Street just received some bad news. By June 17, it could be forced by law to reveal some really embarrassing data. That’s not what’s so exciting…
“It’s the fact that we have a hidden way for you to possibly make up to three times your money by year-end. To get in on this opportunity, you have to read the report below…”
How could you not read on after that? There’s a reason these copywriters get paid well. The ad is for Dan Amoss’ Strategic Short Report, which we’ve looked at before, back in January when they first started teasing us with their “paddle strategy” for profiting in down markets.
And during times like these the ads look extraordinarily compelling — when we’re Read the rest of this entry »
May 2nd, 2008 by StockGumshoe
Just a quick note, since I’ve had quite a few folks write in with questions about this “Tier-2 Equities” teaser for J. Wayne Burritt’s investing newsletter, Easy Money Options.
I don’t know what Burritt’s track record might be, and the track record of options services should always be taken with a grain of salt, but it is clear that all he’s teasing in his ad is the general idea of trading options. He doesn’t note any particular top secret strategies he might have, nor specifically tease any particular options that he likes right now, just talks up this idea of “Tier Two Equities” in a way that makes them sound much more mysterious than what they really are — which is, of Read the rest of this entry »
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