Shortcut to Internet Millions is a Scam

By admin • August 8th, 2009

Internet Millions

I’m sure many of you have seen Jeff Paul’s Shortcut to Internet Millions infomercial on TV sometime over the last year or so. This 30 minute infomercial commonly appears on CNBC and other TV stations late at night or early on the weekends and advertises itself as an Internet business opportunity that runs itself. Please whatever you do, do not fall for this or give these people any of your money.

The Setup

There are two versions of this infomercial, the first consists mostly of a couple of buxom bimbos sitting with each other and talking about how many thousands of dollars a week they are making while being online. One of them mentions how she makes thousands a week and doesn’t even have a computer! Neither of these ladies look like they could even figure out how to turn on a computer, never mind run a successful Internet business. The rest of the infomercial has Jeff talking and standard testimonials from people who have tried the program and have been wildly successful.

The second newer version of the infomercial looks to be of better quality and looks to be set at nice resort or spa. The two females are once again beautiful, but now act as hosts to all the real life customers who Jeff Paul has invited to come give testimonials. The various customers do some little mock interviews and each make multiple thousands of dollars a week, with Antonio the high school dropout taking the top prize at 100,000 a week! Throw in some really bad acting, girls in bathing suits, and the hosts standing in front of a Ferrari for some reason and you get the idea.

The Reality

Internet Millions Ferrari

I have a friend who unfortunately fell for this scam and now has spent the last 3 months fighting with Jeff Paul’s company and her bank to try and recover what she has lost. After ordering the product, she received some various paper manuals and things in the mail which consisted of nothing but some rehashed Internet marketing content that looks to be years old and is freely available all over the web, as well as strong up sell content for them to try and get more money from you. They push hard to get you to sign up for extended subscriptions and merchant accounts, and if you do, it’s nearly impossible to get out of them. Don’t fall for this. Luckily she used a credit card with a 500 dollar limit on it (which I would recommend to anyone purchasing these types of things). I would shudder to think of what they would have done to her account if she had signed up with her debit card or something.

Tina Milano

Conclusion

The entire infomercial is quite amusing to someone who is already in the Internet marketing business for real. I have watched it myself a couple of times now and got a good laugh off of it. I do feel a bit sick to my stomach though when I realize that people are actually falling for this kind of thing.

My friends, if you have been reading this web site for any length of time you know by now that there is no magic shortcut to Internet millions. What there is, is hard work, education, and persistence. You can indeed carve out a lucrative business online, and you could even make 100,000 a week eventually like Antonio does, but not by letting yourself get ripped off in an infomercial scam. If you want to make that kind of money, roll up your sleeves and let’s get to work!