They want money upfront for information about their "Opportunity" You see this a lot especially offline. People are duped into sending money for information about a "Business Opportunity." When you receive information it is pretty much useless and more times than not they ask for more money for more info. If it were a legit opportunity especially online they would let you check it out for free.

They offer you FREE products. This is a very popular ploy online. You are offered free products only to find out that you have to buy something to receive your "Free Bonus." If someone says this and this are free then they should give them to you free. After all that would be honest thing to do wouldn't it?

Is it a real business or just a Storefront? Both online and offline there are fly-by-night companies that pop up, take peoples money and then as quickly as they appeared they are gone. One of main things to look for in a Business Opportunity is to make sure company is well established. How long have they been in business? Do they have an actual brick and mortar business or simply a P.O. Box they operate out of? Do they use only auto-responders to answer e-mails or can you get a response from a real person?

These are only a few things that you can look for in determining if a company is reputable or not. Most times just common sense is enough to tell you if they are worth checking out. The most important thing to remember is don't pay money to anyone for anything until you at least have an idea as to what you are getting. At least then you can decide for yourself if it is worth it or not.

Further to this I had another email from a publisher requesting use of an article that I wrote on “how to cope with stress” and using a reason for requesting this piece as follows:

“In light of recent London tragedy, as well as ongoing tragedies of kidnapping and child abduction, our first reference will focus on "stress reduction."

Didn’t take you long to get off mark! In fact email I received from these publishers was written and sent in less than twelve hours after actual explosions occurred in London. That must have been a straight rush to computer that one ………… frightening stuff!

I expect in next few days that I will receive many more like those mentioned above but at least they waited a day or two before jumping on wagon!