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Why People Are Falling For Fake Gurus Online?

By admin On March 6, 2022
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Fake gurus are unscrupulous scumbags who would lie, deceive, and mislead for their own financial gains. They use YouTube and Instagram as their playground to scam people out of their hard-earned money. With how blatantly they set up their con, it’s a wonder why people still fall for them. The answer is simple, fake gurus act like they are legitimate entrepreneurs who have amassed wealth by hard work—only that there’s no wealth and no hard work, just scams. Some people have the uncanny ability to spot fake gurus a mile away, but there are some people who are oblivious to the large-scale scams these so-called gurus are running. But then again, these fake gurus are getting more sophisticated that they are slowly finding legitimacy in numbers. To avoid being a victim, here are 8 tell-tale signs that you are being scammed by a fake guru. Selling secrets Unlocking the secret to something is the common marketing pitch. It’s laughable that they have discovered the secret to unlimited wealth and yet they still see the need to sell you the secret for monetary gains. Part of the pitch is that if you buy into it, you will become part of the extremely exclusive group who now knows the secret to success in all aspects of life. The so-called secrets take the form of e-books, Mastermind courses, one-on-one coaching, video tutorials, or invites to exclusive conventions. Most of the things they are teaching can be found on YouTube for free. There’s no secret, only scam. Faking credibility A scam will not work if the people doing the scamming have no credibility. So what do they do? They create fake credentials to trick people into thinking that they are legitimate. Take the case of a fake guru who was invited to speak in a business forum held at Harvard University. That should boost reputation by +100. But it’s all fake. It was all staged to look like Harvard invited him because he’s such a big shot. Sadly, there are companies offering this kind of service. This is no different from creating an organization for the sole purpose of endorsing the fake guru’s secret product. They will build up this organization with a reputable sounding name and it will become the secret marketing arm of the scam. So if a fake guru is being endorsed by an organization like the International Coalition of Business Gurus, be very afraid. Charging insanely high prices Their non-existent product (secret) is being offered at a discounted price of $10,000 for a limited time. The clock is ticking and in the next 24 hours, the price will increase to the original price of $20,000. What should you do? Close the browser, unfollow the guru, unsubscribe to the mailing list, and cease all communications. No course is worth that much especially if it’s coming from an online personality who’s shady at best and his only rise to fame is a viral video ad that he paid a lot of money for. Convincing you that there is no limit to what you can achieve Fake gurus will make you believe that you can achieve anything as long as you buy what they’re selling. If you want to achieve abundance in your life, the fake guru will aggressively convince you that you’re only one course away from breaking through and earning a six-figure income. This is not true because the course is underwhelming at best. Fake gurus put a lot of effort into their deceptive tactics than on the courses they sell. Endless upselling The way fake gurus make a lot of money is by upselling. There is always an advanced course to sell. It just never ends. The aggressive upselling takes advantage of a person’s fear of missing out. It’s particularly annoying and frustrating because the course perpetually goes on until you go bankrupt. It’s maddening how they design the course to force you to sign up for the next and it gets ridiculously more expensive as you go one level higher. Manufacturing case studies and social proof If you have ever read a testimonial or watched a video review of a fake guru’s mastermind course, you’d probably see a pattern of deceit and lies. What fake gurus do is handpick people from their inner circles and teach them the course and make sure they succeed in a small-scale and just exaggerate the results. It not only makes for a good case study, but also for social proof. Before you even click on the buy button, check the LinkedIn and Facebook accounts of these reviewers and “successful” students, chances are they are still working in their 9-to-5 jobs even though they claim to be earning a lot of money after applying what they’ve learned from the course. Flaunting luxury cars Is it really necessary to use Lamborghinis and Ferraris as background for a video promoting an online course or a product that has nothing to with cars? What is the point of it? Fake gurus show off their supercars as proof that they’re living the life, which you too can have if you buy what they’re selling. Instagram is rife with not just fake gurus but fake millionaires as well. They do this sort of thing because in their warped mind, they think it’s what real rich entrepreneurs do. You don’t see Bill Gates flaunting his collection of Porsches when he does business. Making it very difficult for you to get your money back When the product or course is being pitched to you, there is a 30-day money-back guarantee with no questions asked. This essentially removes all the risks and doubts about the product. However, when you request for a refund, the 30 days suspiciously becomes 10 days. The “no questions asked” disappears and the refund is subject to conditions that were not even there before. The only way you can get your money back is to file a dispute with PayPal or your bank. If the product or course is being sold in a marketplace like JVZoo or Clickbank, you have a fighting chance if you file a complaint directly to them. So don’t believe money-back guarantees because it’s never going to be easy to take back your money from a greedy guru. These are just some of the signs that you are being scammed by fake gurus. What’s great is that people are getting smarter and they are starting to see through the scams. There are also people who are exposing fake gurus for what they truly are. This creates awareness about their diabolical schemes and unscrupulous practices. Knowing these red flags will help you recognize fake gurus so you can avoid them like the plague.