While Goldquest/ qatana/ Questnet cheats are busy trying to scam us of our money, here is some information that everyone may find useful while dealing with these con artists. If you have attended or going to attend any of presentations by these cheats, you will surely correlate this info.
Since con artists look for ways to manipulate strengths and weaknesses they will either paint a picture of wealth and ease, or increase your darkest fears, or a combination of both. In order to do this, a con artist will play on your sympathies, instill in you a sense of security in dealing with him or her, and distract you from what is really going on using lies laced with enough truth to make the patter believable. Once you realize that none of the promises are forthcoming as you expected, the con artist uses that dependency as a threat. He or she will yank the leash they have wrapped around your survival instincts, using either subtle scare tactics or outright threats.
The first step is for the con artist to determine your personality profile and identify your needs. Whatever works best for the given situation.
The next step is to make himself or herself appear to be the only person on whom you can rely for the fulfillment of your wishes, desires.
The final step is the move on your money or property. The move may be so fast and skillful that your reaction time is delayed. If the scam is long and involved, you will be instilled with a fear of contacting the authorities. If the scam has gone on long enough, you have been brainwashed, quite literally, into believing the scam artist more than the authorities and those close to you.
Examples of threats:*
If the scam is one in which banks are involved, you will be told that you cannot talk with bankers because: "they do not want you to know that deals like this are available and will simply deny the existence of such deals"
Medical scams offer cures that: "doctors don’t want you to know about, so asking them won’t do you any good - the medical authorities will only deny that such cures are possible" You are trapped between desperation for a cure and no means of verifying the information you are being given.
Home improvement scams by unlicensed and uninsured "contractors" leave you with enormous expenses, no improvements(and sometimes lots of un-improvements), and a contractor who has disappeared over the hill.
One phrase that is used to death is "If you don’t act soon, not only will the deal no longer be available, but it could cost you more money".
5. You will be made to feel special, admired, or in grave danger and only the fraudster can save you.
- In Pyramid Scams like Goldquest/ Questnet/ Qatana, you will be promised the moon, when you will not get any money, you will be encouraged to blame yourself for all your loss for not working HARD ENOUGH.
What is a Pyramid Scheme? Pyramid schemes, also referred to as "chain referral", "binary compensation" or "matrix marketing" schemes, are marketing and investment frauds which reward participants for inducing other people to join the program.
How are Pyramid Schemes Disguised? These illegal money-making ventures are modified and adapted to suit the victims. They may be disguised as games, chain letters, buying clubs, motivational companies, mail order operations, numismatic coin selling companies like Goldquest or investment organizations.
Why do Pyramid Schemes Fail? **Pyramid schemes are inherently injurious to consumers because as a mathematical certainty, they are doomed to collapse. As in the case of chain letters that require a payment, only the people at the very top make any money. The only way anybody can make money through a pyramid scheme or chain letter is if participants in levels below them are defrauded into giving money based upon a rapidly diminishing promise of eventually getting something in return. Eventually they must break down because the pool of possible recruits becomes exhausted and recruitment stops. Those at the bottom of the pyramid, the vast majority of the participants, lose money because there is no one below them.
Who are the Victims? Most pyramid schemes seem intent on exploiting people with limited means and limited knowledge of business such as individuals who have little experience in direct sales, distributorships, or franchise enterprises or who have limited money or credit with which to establish their own businesses. They rely on widespread ignorance of basic mathematics. Participants are promised large rewards for putting up a certain amount of money and then recruiting the next level of members. But the schemes always collapse because the supply of potential recruits quickly runs out, making many participants both victims and perpetrators.
Blaming the Government For a Pyramids Downfall. To survive, pyramids need to keep and attract as many members as possible. Thus, promoters try to appeal to a sense of community or solidarity, while chastising outsiders or skeptics. Often the government is the target of the pyramid’s collective wrath, particularly when the scheme is about to be dismantled.
No new wealth is created, the only wealth gained by any participant is wealth lost by other participants. You need to understand that all legitimate business activities, in some way, create wealth, or contribute to the creation of wealth. When you create a product, that is worth more than what it cost to produce, you’ve created wealth. When you perform a service, which is worth more than it cost to provide, you’ve created wealth.
Conclusion. As the old saying goes, “If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is.” Anyone who tells you you can make huge amounts of money, with very little investment, and very little work, is almost certainly not telling you the truth. Participating in any pyramid scheme, ponzi scheme, or any other scheme which promises that you will get rich quickly, with little effort is foolish at best. You will most likely only lose money to such a scheme. True wealth is only gained through honest work, and honest investment, in enterprises which produce goods and services of value to all. There are no shortcuts, and anyone who tells you otherwise is almost certainly out to cheat you.