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My favorite letter writing program is to spend 10 minutes to write a letter to my representatives in congress or senators to support our oppose upcoming bills and initiatives. You'll make $0 per letter but you also don't need to sign up for a scam.
Right??? Can someone with a ton of money set up a program that pays people to write letters to their representatives? Because I have a feeling people would suddenly care a lot more about it lol
If I made 6k per month writing letters, I doubt I'd be wasting my efforts posting on social media about it. If these people wanted to "change people's lives with this easy money" then they wouldn't be begging for engagement and participation from strangers. People with stable incomes that high aren't this desperate (barring serious life issues or past bad financial decisions).
@@kismetcaffet9862 Say it again for the people in the back. People that are making great money aren't going to share how they are doing it. I teach people some things about selling on the internet but I get paid for it and let people know that it is a job just like any other.
This isn't a scam! It's legit! I quit my job and start writing letters. Now I moved from my 5 bedroom home to a cardbox behind a local fast food resturant.
Anytime anyone goes on social media, completely unsolicited, and says "I'm making so much money, its so easy, and you can do it too," immediate scam. If it were that easy to be rich, everyone would be rich.
Yep. I own a business and I flat out refuse to give advice to people who want to do what I do. Firstly, I'd be creating my own competition, and secondly, it took me a decade of learning and setbacks and bad decisions, not to mention the money invested and lost, to figure this ish out. You think I'm just going to tell you how to do it so that you and I can compete? Heck no.
Or if they are like “I’ve made so so money doing this and I will teach you how”, that opportunity is gone. Like the audible/kindle scams. Service has already been overrun with low quality books and the opportunity is gone, so they are selling a course to make their money now.
Or even UA-cam. A guy is saying if you are not making 158,000 a year by accounting...blah blah blah. I took accounting in school and it is definitely not my forte, no amount of supposedly buying his book will make it happen. Usually, accounting (a CPA) requires tests and meeting of regulations per each state.
@@greenie2390 I'm a CPA in Canada. I definitely don't make $158,000 a year. But I make enough to have what I need, I love my job, my boss is amazing, I have the work/life balance I need, and I'm super happy. To me, that's successful :)
The jump from "all you have to do is write letters" to "pay for this course, pay the monthly fee, gamble and hope you can get some money back" is INSANE.
you dont have to pay for the monthly course... after they tell you the info you need you just do that. the course is not part of the website that you send the letters into.
@@Thomas-Skaaso what’s stopping anyone from doing it without the course? I don’t get it. I’m at 19:10 rn but she (the UA-camr creator were watching) said it is actually possible to make 2700/month writing 40 letters a day? That still sounds way too good to be true
we’ve really come full circle from “it’s not a pyramid scheme because pyramid schemes don’t sell anything” to “it’s not an mlm because there’s no product to sell”
They sell a course so there is a product, and a generous affiliate program sounds like encouraging you to sign up more people. Imo this is in the MLM category
@@Vincent_BeersMy friend did you notice the literal pyramid graph that they themselves used to represent your potential downstream “matrix” of users? LOOOOLLL
I’m just dying at the fact that woman was trying so hard to convince us that this wasn’t an MLM that she unintentionally exposed it for being a pyramid scheme. Like girl, being an MLM is actually the better option in this case!
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Gambling addiction is no frickin' joke... and this is slightly terrifying. You do NOT want to get started on online casinos, even if it starts this "innocently" - it can strip you of every last thing you have. Do NOOOOT do this! Such a dangerous and predatory thing to be promoting. I wouldn't even be surprised if casino bosses were behind this whole scam!
@@robiness6019 I know! Like if someone won way more than £5... that could set them up for a disastrous way of existing after that. Sometimes winning big can be the worst thing to ever happen to someone. Genuinely really concerned about this! The gambling industry is so so predatory and will always win. Always
I love how the girlies always call it a side hustle but in the same breath they will be like “I’m building a business” so which is it, a side hustle or a full time business.
Don’t you just love the way he rushes through the ‘gambling’ element of this. Not only is this absolutely un-ethical and immoral, it is dangerous. Gambling can easily become addictive and the odds are never in your favour. How is this even legal???
That makes SO much sense lol my first thought was, "this definitely sounds like a scam" and my second thought was "...wait...do people on TikTok know *how* to write letters? sounds weird."
Not even two minutes in and my 12yo said, "that's so obviously fake." I replied, "yeah, but TikTok told them, so.." Hilarious and sad at the same time.
whenever someone complains about “the youths”, i’m like, “it’s because the smart ones don’t end up on the news!!!” your kid’s critical thinking skills are really good!
Haha love that. I've got my seven year old trained to spot some of these scammy things too. It cracks me up when she hears herbalife, Monat or Thrive. "Thats a scam!" She'll say with such volition .😂
My 9 and 11 year olds like to laugh at scams with me also. I get a lot of emails saying "this $2000 was charged to your PayPal for an iPhone. Click here if you didn't make this purchase" I'm like "Oh, I should FOR SURE click this link" and then we laugh and laugh 😆😆😆
@@beccaprineMany think that the big bad company is trying to take legal action. Bc tho it may be an MLM, they have enough evidence to refute that claim- legal wise. So they made her take the video down and she released a statement.
I have a family member currently living in his car (even though he has a full time job, makes about $5-6,000 a month take home) due to an online gambling addiction. I tried to help him, let him live with me rent free for a year, offered to take him to gambling addiction counseling, but he refused help and I ended up having to move due to my husband's job so now he's on his own. I feel so bad but I don't know what else I could have done. He'd 100% fall for a scheme like this too. 😢
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Oh goodness, I’ve never heard of this before! But as I was listening further and further in I kept thinking, “Holy cow! This is an ACTUAL pyramid scheme!” Like, not even in disguise!😮😂
Wow, this scam feels like it's straight out of the 80s! Letter writing, sweep stakes, gambling. Diabolical! Who ever started this scheme is an evil genius. I'm actually impressed 😂
I'm still fuzzy on what the $25 monthly fee is for. I have not paid any of the teachers, professors or educational organizations that taught me how to do my job after my education was complete, especially not monthly. It makes no sense at all.
@@kismetcaffet9862 I'm guessing the $25 gives you access to the list of current casinos to contact? Or maybe continued access to the training materials? Not much, either way.
The casino is guaranteed their $5 per letter, the "academy" is guaranteed their cut as you pay fees to be in it. The only one not guaranteed anything is the mug at home writing letters.
The casino doesn't get the $5. The casinos are giving away $5 in tokens as part of a promotion. The normal way to participate probably involves installing an app, or signing up for an account, so they also have to implement a "no purchase necessary" version. Such promotions usually have a "one per customer" limit, though. So something sleazy must be happening somewhere.
@@bEverCurious What do you think a "write off" is? It just means that business expenses aren't taxed like profits. The government doesn't actually pay or refund your expenses. Imagine a company gave away a $100,000 boat for a promotion. They get to "write off" that boat, but you don't seriously think they get the $100,000 back do you? Because that is very much not how taxes work.
@@AndyLundell a write off - you don't pay as much on tax - the difference between what you should pay and the amount after write off, goes where? Stays in your bank account. If you don't have to pay it but get to keep it, it's effectively the same thing.
The scary part about these scams is even though I know it's a scam my subconscious is still like "hold on let's hear them out this sounds good" so god help people who don't know no better
The human brain is horrible at detecting lies and manipulation and that’s why it’s good to just have red flags in your mind that alert you to scams. For me, it’s “why would this person be sharing this if it’s so lucrative for them, clearly they make money off recruitment”
Yep. I'm skeptical of everything but somehow will sometimes look into things like this! I immediately know they are scams but still "have to check" 🤷🏼♀️
It's so embarrassing that people are referring to this as a "side hustle" and an "income stream." Imagine explaining the reality of this when someone asks you about your lil' side hustle. Humiliating.
I worked at the UPS Store while I was in between jobs and had a few people who would do this. They would drop them off for our mailman and brag about how rich they were going to get. Breaks my heart for them. Just people desperately trying to keep up with rising costs. I will say it is worth it to sit down every now and then and write letters to EVERY COMPANY that sells things you buy and compliment them for their fabulous products. They will almost always send you a packet with samples and coupons which does save you money! At least they did back in 2010-2015ish. I used to do this and I don’t know why I ever stopped. I would write to every company that sold a product in my kitchen, bathrooms, etc. maybe once every few months. It’s easy to find their HQ addresses online.
Desperate, uneducated, and unwilling to accept the fact that they are being targeted by a scam. Scams only work on ppl that don't do their homework and fall for the "too good to be true" ploy....b/c it "would never happen to them." Sad, really.
It reminds me of those surveys you get “paid” to complete, that end up taking hours for maybe $0.25 payout. Seriously, a minimum wage part time job has much more payout. I don’t understand…
I've been doing those for years and I'm pretty happy with them, yeah it doesn't pay much but I did that in classes I couldn't skip but weren't relevant to me, at a job I hated or when the bus was too noisy to read, and those coupled with offers related to mobile games have gotten me pretty nice belongings and experiences -just last week I paid for a semester of sculpting class thanks to those. A part-time job does pay more per hour but requires to be there everytime they need you, and you can't just randomly decide to grind at 2am in your underwear then not touch it for a week.
@@claida339 honestly same. I spoke from experience, I did the same in college. I pocketed like 10-20$ a week for ~2 hours of work/ surveys everyday and used it for subway fares. It worked but obviously the payout was terrible. I can’t imagine thinking it could equal a full or part time job or enough to support a family although it was enough for my transport while I was working towards a sustainable career
@@claida339I completely agree. I would never recruit people but I do it in waiting rooms, on my commute, when I can’t sleep and I’ve made 100s of dollars in about 9 months. Very chill.
@claida339 Exactly lmao. It's tedious but pays, and I like how it doesnt matter what timeframe you take the surveys. I do them when I'm waiting or bored. Plus, I get paid to be salty when I genuinely don't like the product/company. Definitely on a different level than this letter bs 😅
Shout out to those mobile games I played as a kid that you could do surveys through to get ""free"" gems or whatever, making me slave away for something stupid that could've took me a minute or less to just buy with money I also tried to make bank using those stupid surveys as a like 11 year old but obviously i did not get rich lmao
This is sad because there are organizations where you write friendly letters that get sent to senior living facilities and hospitals for children :( they don’t pay you, but you can use them as volunteering hours. When I was an RA I did this as a floor activity bc we had to do a volunteering themed one. I hope people don’t think that’s a pyramid scheme too!!! Some legit organizations: Letters of Hope, Love For Our Elders, Cards for Hospitalized Kids (CFHK), Cardz for Kidz! (Also for stamps- you write all of the cards without envelopes, put them in a tan mailer, and pay for that single stamp or envelope cost)
Now THIS is really sweet. Better to volunteer and actually make someone's day a little brighter than spend pens, stamps, paper and envelopes as well as time on a stupid scam Edit: typo
As a gambling addict I think this is shocking!! It’s so easy to fall into it. You don’t know it won’t happen to you. It’s horrible that is telling people that they are having to GAMBLE to make money. It’s honestly sickening and quite frankly dangerous. Thank you for bringing awareness about this Hannah!!
Hannah, thank you for giving us the knowledge to identify fake and truth, whoever it is from. We believe in you. We know your principles and we know what's real and what's not. And we know that nothing comes above the wellbeing of your kids. Forget all the mess that happened, your audience know the truth. I know you know what I'm talking about. I'm not gonna mention it, stay safe!
@@mi-y I wanted to write something like that but I couldn't write it better. Thank you for phrasing this so tactfully and accurate! We support you, Hannah!❤
On top of there being absolutely no guarantee of being paid, it sounds like you're ALSO sending out your personal information, name, address, etc, to a bunch of online casinos. Do you have to give financial information as well in order to cash out? Keep track of all these sketchy sites that now have your card number? Yikes.
You know my aunt melanie and my uncle luca have recently visited me. Family can be soooo overbearing. Some would jokingly say threatening. My unlce luca bought a new suit. He works in a lawfirm. Really nice suit for his work in law. I hope they're leaving soon and don't extend their welcome so I have more time to watch your lovely videos. How long does family usually visit you? Should I expect them to leave or should I expect to have them on my back for a long time 😂 well at least Melanie and Luca like to go shopping, for suits usually. You know with him working at a lawfirm he needs a lot of suits!
Omg RIGHT?? And how about wasting your time writing the same stupid words that mean nothing…THEN hope you didn’t spell something wrong and get the letter and it’s $0.78 stamp tossed in the trash,..but if it DOES make it through…you still need to spend a ridiculous amount of time gambling online?? I don’t even LIKE gambling?! That seem like a major thing these hun bots are leaving out? What a mess. When people start talking like this I literally want to run. They’re not even real people they’re scammers, con artists, frauds and liars…AND they all are likely desperate for money. Yuck I can’t imagine trying to live like that. I just don’t. I feel sorry for people getting scammed by these frauds because of the “affiliate program”. Never heard of this scam but I guess I’m not surprised some schister came up with it.
I used to work at weddings and did photo booths. I got a thank you Note from one of the weddings and let me tell you that was my favorite one. I still remember that letter to this day because it was the only one I ever got in 4-5 years of doing those photo booths. Those handwritten notes regardless of what time you have them, someone is going to remember that letter for a long time
I am SO HAPPY that every time a new scam comes out and I share with my kid they go, "Yuh-DUHH, mom. I know. It's so obvious." Channels like yours are helping me to raise smart kids.
Wow, this one is an old scam! My grandma had fallen victim to this many years ago. They made her put money upfront and try to recruit others to sign up. Can't believe this is still around today
When I was little my friend's mom would take us to the grocery store to write down the addresses to candy companies and mail them feedback and compliments. They would send you back candy. 😂 Closest I've ever been to making money for writing letters. I was paid in chocolate.
What does ETA stand for? I know one meaning of ETA is “estimated time of arrival,” but what’s the other meaning? I feel so dumb for asking this buts it’s been bugging me for a while and I even googled it and couldn’t figure out any meaning other than Estimated Time of Arrival lol
I work in the gaming industry and this is super problematic. This company needs to be reported to the gaming commission in each state. The FTC has fined a similar company for online training programs like this. Report report report!!
I just wanna know, who is gonna keep the world moving (jobs like sanitation, nurses, teachers, etc) if we hypothetically all do these quick easy ‘money making’ tricks from home lol
I work in employment and sadly these online scams prey on women at home with kids and people with disabilities. There isn't much job search support or help for these groups. Jobs unfortunately forget people have needs and so there isn't many "real" jobs for these groups especially locally. People with real jobs don't have time to watch tik toks and try this nonsense.
When there are such jobs, they get saturated easily and then there's no room for you to do then anymore. You could be a decoratice hermit in someone's garden, theoretically. But there are probably only 4 people in the world willing to pay for you to do that, so after 4 people take this easy moneymaking job, that's it.
The people who like going in to work. For every person who would work better at home, self regulating their job or on their own schedule there’s someone who prefers going in to work and doing stuff in person with someone else making the difficult decisions. This exact argument was used for years to tell chronically ill people that they couldn’t work from home, but when push came to shove on the lockdowns, suddenly it was completely viable to have most people at home doing their jobs and efficiency went up for office workers. At the same time, there was a huge group of people that *hated* being at home all the time and couldn’t wait to get back to the in person stuff. Those people would be your in person workers. They exist, they’re just not vocal about disliking their job so society likes to forget about them.
I'm one of those people who would rather come in and clean the place I work at. I tried doing sales and calling people to book but I have severe anxiety. Me and my boss decided I would do best in the position I'm currently in. I'm very creative so I also help set up events but I do not like working from home because I can't handle phone calls
This is so dangerous - I know people who gamble their mortgage payment money on these scams every month. Then for the rest of the month they are left begging friends and relatives to "borrow" $500 or so to make the payments, believing they'll be able to double it and pay it back. They aren't invited to family gatherings now because of this and will probably lose their house soon.
I work 40hrs per week on a computer normally, I started a business which put me at 60 hours of coding per week. My wrists gave out on week 7. I've permanently screwed up my wrists. If for no other reason, don't do this.
Yikes!! My partner also codes, his issues lie in really stiff painful shoulders. I have a recurring carpal tunnel issue from my own writing. It's no joke.
I was thinking the same!! If you're really spending hours & hours handwriting letters, you're going to get awful hand/finger cramps, spasms, stiffness and a whole lotta pain!!!
@@paulmaccaroniHey heads up, shore shoulders and pain/nerve tingling etc in wrists might be TOS and not carpel tunnel! If you ever see a dr or physio or anything for the pain, ask them about thoracic outlet syndrome. TLDR a pinched shoulder can also cause wrist pain that exactly mimics carpel tunnel symptoms so be sure to get more than one opinion/assessment and to always mention your tight shoulders :) The nerve most commonly affected in carpel tunnel,mediun nerve, could also be/rather be impinged under the pronater teres, (Pronater teres syndrome), in the brachiel plexus ( thoracic outlet syndrome) or elsewhere! That’s why the surgery for carpel tunnel is known to just not work sometimes, it wouldn’t work if the compression was never in the retinaculum to begin with. But nerve pain always travels the length, so you feel the issues most strongly at the most distal parts of the affected nerve (the wrist and fingers).
I was already sceptical about the numbers they threw around for how much you can earn, because they didn’t account for the cost of buying all the supplies. Boy, it was much worse than that.
I remember this type of fraud from the 1990s. I'm from Poland. I see that old deceptive "tricks" that once circulated around the world are coming back.
Honestly, though, so many MLM types insult the 9 to 5 lifestyle and then in the same breath are like "So there I was, hustling during my vacation / weekend / grandmother's funeral instead of talking to my family..."
If this ain’t the scammiest scam that ever did scam. Probably easy to get through to vulnerable populations- namely elderly ,who might enjoy letter writing. Sounds so innocent but sooo predatory:(
Paying actual money so a "company" can "teach you" how to essentially gamble is.....absolutely INSANE work. If someone wrote this in a book, no one would believe it.
I really hope we eventually reach a point where the general population is media literate enough to immediately dismiss something that opens with "i can't believe more people aren't talking about this EASY money maker!"
This is a decent aspiration but a better one is to make the world safe for even the most vulnerable people. Can we blame scammers & tech companies who allow them on the platform instead of gullible desperate people? I report so many scams & Google gives zero Fs. I see the same "not yet vetted" advertiser with the same name using stolen footage of celebs with AI voices telling "All Canadians should quit their jobs now, bc this opportunity is..." MULTIPLE times over at least 2 years now. I've seen them use stolen footage of Justin Trudeau, our national newscasters, & even horrible gremlins like Jordan Peterson, & for reasons I cannot understand, Huda from the Today show + Oprah's friend Gayle. I don't know how they decide whose footage to steal. But whatever. The same scammers keep scamming with the same scam ads using different stolen footage & these platforms do nothing. I think we can blame a lot of intentionally malevolent parties before we do our victim blaming?
Always ask these pyramid schemers to explain their scheme to you and then call them out how it's literally a pyramid scheme. And watch how mad they get lol
Because online casinos are illegal in the US, so they made their casinos a sweepstakes, which makes them free to play, which makes them legal, so they can now operate in the US
I saw one of these letter writing videos on TikTok yesterday. She said to buy her course for $240 to take her course & you could earn $6000 each month. TikTok has become scam central! Thanks for making this video!
@@AxelaxiB I will point out that the wording and format of the letter has to be *extremely* specific to be successful, and that's what companies like SéndIt are trying to exploit. 💸 Thing is; The format and text required are _always_ specified in the AROE part of the Terms for each sweepstakes promotion (See the PDF linked from the video description for a textbook example) so you can simply go straight to that and copy the text word-for-word onto your index card *without* having to pay some unconnected scam artist $250,- for the „privilege“... 😉
It has become a scam center, I just watched a live on tiktok and a girl selling an ebook, and I had to jump off live and search this and found this video 📹 I knew it was a scam but I didn't want to put the person on blast 😂 I should have.
@@666crippled666now it takes up to 16 weeks because of all these TikTok assholes trying to recruit the entire fucking world. Now it’s not worth my time. But the $958 non-taxable income in Canada helped pay for a bunch of my car repairs so I’m happy
i love this channel so much. have no idea how i came across it, but so happy that i did. you’re so entertaining and you’d be a fantastic school teacher. you make learning information about a vast amount of varying topics really easy to understood and it feels like just listening to a friend instead of being lectured to.
There was an interview Coffeezilla did with a former copy writer for one of those shopping newsletters that peddle "secret kung fu techniques" and the likes. He had some interesting insights into the mindset of the people involved with schemes like this. TLDR - they think the fact that they are making money as a sign that what they are doing is the right thing to do. They don't feel bad about scamming people because if the people were stupid enough to be scammed, they were going to lose the money anyway, so it might as well be them!
the part where he was like "now you may not support gambling for moral reasons but KEEP LISTENING! Also if you know someone who does like gambling you should tell them!" What a slimeball.
Thank you, Hannah! You do ALL this extensive research to make us aware of these SCAMS and MLMs out there exploiting people. I greatly appreciate your work. Please keep doing this great job. And, thank for always watching out for the people that don't understand "that if it sounds too good to be true, then it isn't good." 🙏 Blessings to your husband while deployed.
It has been a while since I been floored about a scam/mlm. I was so caught off guard that this is gambling. I paused after she described a pyramid scheme. That’s a first.
"Good old fashioned pyramid scheme " exactly what my daughter and I said, around 10 seconds before Hannah did, can't stop laughing! Thank you for another entertaining Monday! ❤❤❤
This is the first video I’ve seen from this channel, and I must say - I’m impressed with the thoroughness and efficiency of the report. I’ll watch more of Hannah’s videos in future. Well done.
All I can think of is that if this IS a business, it's the scamming business of junkmail. It's all those ridiculous letters and flyers that fill up your mailbox with nonesense.
@@leotaku5216 The letter writers must include their own name and address on every request. You don't think the casinos are collecting that info and probably selling it to other companies for even more profit??
@@PatriceChristian No, I don't think so. address information is not that valuable anymore on the open market, I would guess 1$ at most for each address-name pairing. Casinos have so much more profitable ways to make money, so I doubt it would be worth it for them.
I’m a senior econ major, and I HAVE to show this to both my antitrust and employment law professors. I have a feeling this would not pass their “sniff tests” as it were.
@@tifKh I mean, sure. But it will give me the opportunity to learn about something new, and I would love to hear more about the legality behind it all, so I’d consider that a win
it sounds like the sendit university is charging people to teach them how to enter an AMOE into a sweepstakes, which paying a bunch of extra money defeats the purpose of AMOE
I have always had an ick towards these type of companies, but you hiy the nail on the head every video. As a stay-at-home mom, I struggle with my role in not bringing in an income, but your videos help me feel validated that I'm doing the right thing for not buying into MLMs and it's okay to not buy into the hussle culture. It's okay to live life without that. Thanks for all your videos. ❤
That's what I thought. If the process to enter via AMOE is _that_ specific, then it's in casinos best interest to detail that _exact_ process - To the (ahem!) letter - On their websites. 📝 So who needs some $250,- training course to follow a process the _casinos_ - Of all organisations - Will give to you for _free?_ 😋
You need to know which casinos are running the offers. Doesn't seem worth $250. I found a magazine which covers as many draws and competitions they can find, £5 a month.
Reminds of the print ads that used to run when I was a kid in the 1970s. Get paid to address envelopes. My brother responded to the ad (IIRC there was a small fee). What he received was instructions on how to place similar ads!
Already the fact that this "work" has no purpose besides making money, leads to nothing positive at all, does not accomplish anything - I would be so dissatisfied with myself.
@@Thomas-Skaa of course I can not say for sure that I would not be satisfied with a life like this if I grew up like that. But the person I am today with all the experiences I made would never go on a yacht, alone because of the huge environmental footprint ;)
As someone that had already had both wrists and elbows operated on for carpal tunnel syndrome and nerve impingement, a letter writing “side hustle” is my worst nightmare😅
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Are comments turned off? I can't write my own comment
Sorry, it's too expensive for me.
I thought you would say get a 5 bucks discount if you write me a hand written letter.😂😂😂😂
My favorite letter writing program is to spend 10 minutes to write a letter to my representatives in congress or senators to support our oppose upcoming bills and initiatives. You'll make $0 per letter but you also don't need to sign up for a scam.
LOVE this!
Lol true I get pleasure from writing snarky letters to leaders who suck
I also like going in person to city council/county commissioner meetings to tell them what I think to their face.
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Right??? Can someone with a ton of money set up a program that pays people to write letters to their representatives? Because I have a feeling people would suddenly care a lot more about it lol
The girl who claimed 6k a month had her comments turned off…interesting
If I made 6k per month writing letters, I doubt I'd be wasting my efforts posting on social media about it. If these people wanted to "change people's lives with this easy money" then they wouldn't be begging for engagement and participation from strangers. People with stable incomes that high aren't this desperate (barring serious life issues or past bad financial decisions).
Or they will heavily restrict it and only allow the yes men.
@@kismetcaffet9862 Say it again for the people in the back. People that are making great money aren't going to share how they are doing it. I teach people some things about selling on the internet but I get paid for it and let people know that it is a job just like any other.
I bet she’s using ai to write them too…lol. Just starting the video though, so idk if this comes up
She must have been getting flooded with comments about it being a🔺🔺🔺scheme
This isn't a scam! It's legit! I quit my job and start writing letters. Now I moved from my 5 bedroom home to a cardbox behind a local fast food resturant.
Got me at the start lol
Girl I was stressed for tou
😂😂 I started reading in shock and finished in laughter. Wasn't expecting that. Good one!
Don’t worry, in a few months you’ll get paid and can buy a tent to live in!
@@sarahstewart7680 🤣🤣🤣
Anytime anyone goes on social media, completely unsolicited, and says "I'm making so much money, its so easy, and you can do it too," immediate scam. If it were that easy to be rich, everyone would be rich.
Also you don't see actual rich people going online saying: "hey I got so rich doing this and you can do it too!" Lol
Yep. I own a business and I flat out refuse to give advice to people who want to do what I do. Firstly, I'd be creating my own competition, and secondly, it took me a decade of learning and setbacks and bad decisions, not to mention the money invested and lost, to figure this ish out. You think I'm just going to tell you how to do it so that you and I can compete? Heck no.
Or if they are like “I’ve made so so money doing this and I will teach you how”, that opportunity is gone. Like the audible/kindle scams. Service has already been overrun with low quality books and the opportunity is gone, so they are selling a course to make their money now.
Or even UA-cam. A guy is saying if you are not making 158,000 a year by accounting...blah blah blah. I took accounting in school and it is definitely not my forte, no amount of supposedly buying his book will make it happen. Usually, accounting (a CPA) requires tests and meeting of regulations per each state.
@@greenie2390 I'm a CPA in Canada. I definitely don't make $158,000 a year. But I make enough to have what I need, I love my job, my boss is amazing, I have the work/life balance I need, and I'm super happy. To me, that's successful :)
The jump from "all you have to do is write letters" to "pay for this course, pay the monthly fee, gamble and hope you can get some money back" is INSANE.
This was my thought process exactly.... like... absolutely not even CLOSE to what I was expecting this to turn out to be!?
Yes! Makes absolutely no sense.
you dont have to pay for the monthly course... after they tell you the info you need you just do that. the course is not part of the website that you send the letters into.
@@Thomas-Skaaso what’s stopping anyone from doing it without the course?
I don’t get it. I’m at 19:10 rn but she (the UA-camr creator were watching) said it is actually possible to make 2700/month writing 40 letters a day?
That still sounds way too good to be true
Standard scam practice. I hope these people will be punished.
Saying that gambling in online casinos with credits is a sustainable side hustle is so wildly unethical I don’t even know how to react lol
It has better ODDS, than ANY of the foolishness she covers
Their real income is selling the stupid “course”.
we’ve really come full circle from “it’s not a pyramid scheme because pyramid schemes don’t sell anything” to “it’s not an mlm because there’s no product to sell”
I'm always impressed by the human ingenuity when it comes to re-inventing pyramid schemes
@@Tink00 👍🏾 I'm always disgusted.
They sell a course so there is a product, and a generous affiliate program sounds like encouraging you to sign up more people. Imo this is in the MLM category
It's not a pyramid, it's a triangle.
@@Vincent_BeersMy friend did you notice the literal pyramid graph that they themselves used to represent your potential downstream “matrix” of users? LOOOOLLL
Oh so it's more steps to a gambling addiction.
💀💀💀
Right? If I wanted to blow $250 I could go to the casino myself.
😂 Exactly
@@kelliatlargeand you’d avoid the writer’s cramp.
I thought this too, people who would never otherwise have gambled will be introduced to it.😢 Such a clever/diabolical scheme - lives will be ruined!😭
I’m just dying at the fact that woman was trying so hard to convince us that this wasn’t an MLM that she unintentionally exposed it for being a pyramid scheme. Like girl, being an MLM is actually the better option in this case!
Don't trust a company that straight up stole their logo from Subway 😂
I was looking for this comment 😂
Lmao the accuracy!!!
For real 😂
I thought that logo looked familiar but I didn’t put too much stock into it until I saw this comment😂
THIS 😂
Just wait til the "unschooling" moms find this and make their kids write these as a "learning experience".
Omg 😮
At least they would get practice actually writing, which is more than most of them are getting. 😅
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Omg 🤣🤣🤣
Hi Hannah, just to let you know that we will always love you and support you. Please take care of your self, it's totally okay to take a pause if you need to. Eat well, spend some time with your baby and your family, take a nice shower and have a good rest ❤ Wish you all the best and hope everything will sort out for you!
Gambling addiction is no frickin' joke... and this is slightly terrifying. You do NOT want to get started on online casinos, even if it starts this "innocently" - it can strip you of every last thing you have. Do NOOOOT do this! Such a dangerous and predatory thing to be promoting. I wouldn't even be surprised if casino bosses were behind this whole scam!
Gambling addiction can LITERALLY change your brain chemistry...! It's harder to stop than alcohol and drugs. This is no joke 😭
And once you spent all that money on stamps etc you can't afford to lose!😢
Absolutely insane that the earnings they’re talking about have nothing to do with the letter writing, and are just potential gambling winnings! WTF?
@@robiness6019 I know! Like if someone won way more than £5... that could set them up for a disastrous way of existing after that. Sometimes winning big can be the worst thing to ever happen to someone. Genuinely really concerned about this! The gambling industry is so so predatory and will always win. Always
The fact that their selling a course that's apparently gonna tell you how to "win" 🙃 this is literal evil my dude
I love how the girlies always call it a side hustle but in the same breath they will be like “I’m building a business” so which is it, a side hustle or a full time business.
Whichever sounds better in the moment 🤣
A side hustle business 🎉 😂
Exactly, pick a struggle
Don’t you just love the way he rushes through the ‘gambling’ element of this. Not only is this absolutely un-ethical and immoral, it is dangerous. Gambling can easily become addictive and the odds are never in your favour. How is this even legal???
This stupid scam has been around for DECADES! I'm 55 and remember it happening when I was young. There was even a prayer chain version
My mom told me about letter writing scams when I was a kid, I can't believe they're back, and somehow worse!
I was literally about to say this, lol. I fell for that crap back in 1997! 😂😂😂
That makes SO much sense lol my first thought was, "this definitely sounds like a scam" and my second thought was "...wait...do people on TikTok know *how* to write letters? sounds weird."
Yep! I remember it, too. What a BS scam.
Yes!! I remember this scam too and my mother was the one who told me not to do it, because SHE had fallen for it in the 1950’s!
Not even two minutes in and my 12yo said, "that's so obviously fake." I replied, "yeah, but TikTok told them, so.." Hilarious and sad at the same time.
Smart kid! Love it.
whenever someone complains about “the youths”, i’m like, “it’s because the smart ones don’t end up on the news!!!”
your kid’s critical thinking skills are really good!
She's a Keeper! ❤ Doing a Great Job Mumma!
Haha love that. I've got my seven year old trained to spot some of these scammy things too.
It cracks me up when she hears herbalife, Monat or Thrive. "Thats a scam!" She'll say with such volition .😂
My 9 and 11 year olds like to laugh at scams with me also. I get a lot of emails saying "this $2000 was charged to your PayPal for an iPhone. Click here if you didn't make this purchase" I'm like "Oh, I should FOR SURE click this link" and then we laugh and laugh 😆😆😆
I support you Hannah! I understand what happened and I think you’re a brave woman with a great heart . All your viewers know the truth ❤
We’re talking about her latest video, right? Cause I’m just like 😳 what was that??
@@Sarah_SpangI rewatched it a few times and was so confused. Like is this satire? Is this real? lol I’m so lost..
@@beccaprineshe is being sued, the newest video is likely part of a potential settlement between the company and herself.
@@beccaprineMany think that the big bad company is trying to take legal action. Bc tho it may be an MLM, they have enough evidence to refute that claim- legal wise. So they made her take the video down and she released a statement.
@@beccaprineFree my girl! ✊
These huns are out here bringing back the oldies scams 😂
Has stuff envelopes vibes!LOL!!
i just saw check fraud is trending too. who had that on their oldie scam bingo
reminds me of chain mails but sending to companies? why would they send you $5? 😂😂😂
That’s what I said
I'll be waiting patiently for the modern version of "earn money just by posting an ad in the paper! Send me $1 to learn how!" 😂
The "how to get gambling addiction" MLM is on the rise
I have a family member currently living in his car (even though he has a full time job, makes about $5-6,000 a month take home) due to an online gambling addiction. I tried to help him, let him live with me rent free for a year, offered to take him to gambling addiction counseling, but he refused help and I ended up having to move due to my husband's job so now he's on his own. I feel so bad but I don't know what else I could have done. He'd 100% fall for a scheme like this too. 😢
@@suzybearheart530sis you tried! That's all the matters. U offered your best. Can't force the man to think.
I feel like it’s on the decline tbh
@@CourtxSchultz Hope you're right!
Hi Hannah. I just wanted to let you know that I've been binge watching your content and really appreciate what you're doing here. My audience recommended your videos and I'm forever grateful. I saw your last video and I just wanted to tell you that I'm thinking about you and that I hope you're okay. I hope you aren't being too hard on yourself and I hope that whatever happened there doesn't deter you from continuing to make your excellent content. I don't want to make too many assumptions, so I'll just say that your voice is so needed and so helpful to SO many people and I hope that you know that. It's easy to let the positive go in and out of your mind and then hold onto the not so good things. Sending you all the support and best wishes from the beauty space. If you ever wanted someone to talk to who also makes content that's difficult and easy to mess up (that's me, I make that kind of content), feel free to reach out anytime. - Jen
Oh goodness, I’ve never heard of this before! But as I was listening further and further in I kept thinking, “Holy cow! This is an ACTUAL pyramid scheme!” Like, not even in disguise!😮😂
They did not even try😂I mean at least don't make the michael scott scheme on your website so you can have a case😂
@@afraaomar4682 👍🤣
Wow, this scam feels like it's straight out of the 80s! Letter writing, sweep stakes, gambling. Diabolical! Who ever started this scheme is an evil genius. I'm actually impressed 😂
It is actually. It's been around for a long time.
I received one of those chain letters in the 80's when I was a tween. I could not understand why my mom wouldn't let me do it 😅
I was about to say, I remember seeing ads for this in the back of Seventeen back in the day loool
It's vintage scamming! 😂
Praying for you, Hannah! ❤ Do what’s best for you and your family. You are amazing!
I saw one video about this and was like “this is definitely a scam” but couldn’t figure out the mechanics of it. I’m excited to hear you explain this!
I'm still fuzzy on what the $25 monthly fee is for. I have not paid any of the teachers, professors or educational organizations that taught me how to do my job after my education was complete, especially not monthly. It makes no sense at all.
@@kismetcaffet9862 Is that maybe so you can keep earning from your downline?
@@kismetcaffet9862 yeah, as soon as you know what to write, why continue paying? Maybe it's even more courses about how to gamble? It's chilling
@@kismetcaffet9862 I'm guessing the $25 gives you access to the list of current casinos to contact? Or maybe continued access to the training materials? Not much, either way.
@@kismetcaffet9862your parents did via their taxes tho…
"This isn't an MLM. An MLM sells a product. We don't sell a product." uh-oh... better lawyer up lol
I feel like I say this on every video but LADY you are so damn important. You’re a full-on investigative journalist it’s wild. I love youuu
The casino is guaranteed their $5 per letter, the "academy" is guaranteed their cut as you pay fees to be in it. The only one not guaranteed anything is the mug at home writing letters.
It wouldn't surprise me if the casino and the "academy" have an arrangement.
The casino doesn't get the $5. The casinos are giving away $5 in tokens as part of a promotion. The normal way to participate probably involves installing an app, or signing up for an account, so they also have to implement a "no purchase necessary" version.
Such promotions usually have a "one per customer" limit, though. So something sleazy must be happening somewhere.
@@AndyLundell Did you miss the part where they get the tax right off as long as they have the letters? Watch again.
@@bEverCurious What do you think a "write off" is?
It just means that business expenses aren't taxed like profits. The government doesn't actually pay or refund your expenses.
Imagine a company gave away a $100,000 boat for a promotion. They get to "write off" that boat, but you don't seriously think they get the $100,000 back do you? Because that is very much not how taxes work.
@@AndyLundell a write off - you don't pay as much on tax - the difference between what you should pay and the amount after write off, goes where? Stays in your bank account. If you don't have to pay it but get to keep it, it's effectively the same thing.
The scary part about these scams is even though I know it's a scam my subconscious is still like "hold on let's hear them out this sounds good" so god help people who don't know no better
The human brain is horrible at detecting lies and manipulation and that’s why it’s good to just have red flags in your mind that alert you to scams. For me, it’s “why would this person be sharing this if it’s so lucrative for them, clearly they make money off recruitment”
Yep. I'm skeptical of everything but somehow will sometimes look into things like this! I immediately know they are scams but still "have to check" 🤷🏼♀️
Omg same. And I would’ve never figured this one out. The curiosity would’ve killed me.
Same 😅
“know any better” not “no better” haha
Have binge watched your influencer series all day! Wish I could do more!
Aww wow thank you so much for your support! I’m working on my next influencer video right now 🥰
@@HannahAlonzoCan't wait!!💕🤗
I don’t know any casino where the house pays out 95% and only makes 5% profit.
The house definitely wins in this game 😢
I’m assuming the tax write off is the real win?
But yeah I don’t believe anyone is taking home 95%.
like the example hannah read, that casino lets u cash out at profit of 100+
there are lots of conditions, the casinos won,'t let u just cash it out
@@StefanTaf Stupid me, but how do you make a 100 USD out of 5, when you can only win 95% back of what you bet? Sounds impossible.
yeah agree. I would like to know what the REAL % is from someone who has actually done it. they prob too embarrassed though lol
The fact that I clicked on this 3 seconds after it was posted.... I have a problem
You’re so early you could be at the top of a pyramid scheme
Nice
Addicted to knowledge. ❤
No you got good taste 😏
You don’t have a problem.. ya just timed it right lol 😊
We love you Hannah and hope you’re ok 💜💜💜
It's so embarrassing that people are referring to this as a "side hustle" and an "income stream." Imagine explaining the reality of this when someone asks you about your lil' side hustle. Humiliating.
But you never explain the reality. You just direct them to the "academy" in the hopes they will join your matrix.
I prefer my massage therapy side hustle!
I made almost $1000 while being crippled on the couch watching degrassi for a month and a half 😅
This is absolutely disgusting. The number of desperate, uneducated people out there that will fall for this predatory scam.
Its been around for 100 years... oldest scam ever.
I worked at the UPS Store while I was in between jobs and had a few people who would do this. They would drop them off for our mailman and brag about how rich they were going to get. Breaks my heart for them. Just people desperately trying to keep up with rising costs. I will say it is worth it to sit down every now and then and write letters to EVERY COMPANY that sells things you buy and compliment them for their fabulous products. They will almost always send you a packet with samples and coupons which does save you money! At least they did back in 2010-2015ish. I used to do this and I don’t know why I ever stopped. I would write to every company that sold a product in my kitchen, bathrooms, etc. maybe once every few months. It’s easy to find their HQ addresses online.
Desperate, uneducated, and unwilling to accept the fact that they are being targeted by a scam. Scams only work on ppl that don't do their homework and fall for the "too good to be true" ploy....b/c it "would never happen to them." Sad, really.
Omg, this gets people into gambling addiction and debt. That’s worse than a lot of MLMs..
It reminds me of those surveys you get “paid” to complete, that end up taking hours for maybe $0.25 payout. Seriously, a minimum wage part time job has much more payout. I don’t understand…
I've been doing those for years and I'm pretty happy with them, yeah it doesn't pay much but I did that in classes I couldn't skip but weren't relevant to me, at a job I hated or when the bus was too noisy to read, and those coupled with offers related to mobile games have gotten me pretty nice belongings and experiences -just last week I paid for a semester of sculpting class thanks to those. A part-time job does pay more per hour but requires to be there everytime they need you, and you can't just randomly decide to grind at 2am in your underwear then not touch it for a week.
@@claida339 honestly same. I spoke from experience, I did the same in college. I pocketed like 10-20$ a week for ~2 hours of work/ surveys everyday and used it for subway fares. It worked but obviously the payout was terrible. I can’t imagine thinking it could equal a full or part time job or enough to support a family although it was enough for my transport while I was working towards a sustainable career
@@claida339I completely agree. I would never recruit people but I do it in waiting rooms, on my commute, when I can’t sleep and I’ve made 100s of dollars in about 9 months. Very chill.
@claida339 Exactly lmao. It's tedious but pays, and I like how it doesnt matter what timeframe you take the surveys. I do them when I'm waiting or bored. Plus, I get paid to be salty when I genuinely don't like the product/company. Definitely on a different level than this letter bs 😅
Shout out to those mobile games I played as a kid that you could do surveys through to get ""free"" gems or whatever, making me slave away for something stupid that could've took me a minute or less to just buy with money
I also tried to make bank using those stupid surveys as a like 11 year old but obviously i did not get rich lmao
This is sad because there are organizations where you write friendly letters that get sent to senior living facilities and hospitals for children :( they don’t pay you, but you can use them as volunteering hours. When I was an RA I did this as a floor activity bc we had to do a volunteering themed one. I hope people don’t think that’s a pyramid scheme too!!!
Some legit organizations: Letters of Hope, Love For Our Elders, Cards for Hospitalized Kids (CFHK), Cardz for Kidz!
(Also for stamps- you write all of the cards without envelopes, put them in a tan mailer, and pay for that single stamp or envelope cost)
Thank you for sharing this!
Now THIS is really sweet. Better to volunteer and actually make someone's day a little brighter than spend pens, stamps, paper and envelopes as well as time on a stupid scam
Edit: typo
Thank you. I’ve been wanting to get back into volunteering with the elderly for a while now but I get so tired. This would be a good way to do it
@@katiekotok505 thank you! I wanted to do something like this
This is so helpful!!
Support comment. Whatever is going on. I am going to watch a lot of your older videos.
hannah, you've broken the generation barrier! my mom suggested I watch "that nice blonde girl" to learn about MLMs! keep up the good work :)
That’s absolutely adorable. ☺️
As a gambling addict I think this is shocking!! It’s so easy to fall into it. You don’t know it won’t happen to you. It’s horrible that is telling people that they are having to GAMBLE to make money. It’s honestly sickening and quite frankly dangerous. Thank you for bringing awareness about this Hannah!!
All the best in your recovery. Genuinely hope you’re doing well now🌸
Good luck in your recovery.
@@francinejones2524 Thank you so much 💖 all is well I just get frustrated with people who are so blasé about the matter
@@laurao3274 Thank you so much 💖
@@francinejones2524 thank you so much 💖
Love your videos Hannah! Keep doing what you're doing!
Thank you so much for your support! 🫶🏼
Hannah, thank you for giving us the knowledge to identify fake and truth, whoever it is from. We believe in you. We know your principles and we know what's real and what's not. And we know that nothing comes above the wellbeing of your kids. Forget all the mess that happened, your audience know the truth. I know you know what I'm talking about. I'm not gonna mention it, stay safe!
@@mi-y I wanted to write something like that but I couldn't write it better. Thank you for phrasing this so tactfully and accurate!
We support you, Hannah!❤
This is the first video you've ever posted where I've never heard of this scam and I have no idea what's going on
Same!
Me too, it was a fun journey! Also interesting seeing comments saying how old it is.
On top of there being absolutely no guarantee of being paid, it sounds like you're ALSO sending out your personal information, name, address, etc, to a bunch of online casinos. Do you have to give financial information as well in order to cash out? Keep track of all these sketchy sites that now have your card number? Yikes.
You've got our support, Hannah!! ❤❤❤
I didn't think it was possible to come up with a business even less beneficial than an MLM but here we are.
Me too😭
This is like the MLM final boss. MLM + a gambling addiction!
It was invented a while ago, a pyramid scheme. Sometimes people just reinvent it.😅
@Rhinemann I personally wouldn't class this as a traditional pyramid scheme just as MLMs aren't traditional pyramid schemes but to each their own.
The word “academy” has such a scammy connotation
Academy of Addiction
Trump academy
Hustlers' Academy
You know my aunt melanie and my uncle luca have recently visited me. Family can be soooo overbearing. Some would jokingly say threatening. My unlce luca bought a new suit. He works in a lawfirm. Really nice suit for his work in law. I hope they're leaving soon and don't extend their welcome so I have more time to watch your lovely videos. How long does family usually visit you? Should I expect them to leave or should I expect to have them on my back for a long time 😂 well at least Melanie and Luca like to go shopping, for suits usually. You know with him working at a lawfirm he needs a lot of suits!
I wish I could like this comment 10,000 times
as someone who didnt even get my handwritten thank you notes from my wedding done for 1.5 years this "opportunity" sounds like sheer hell.
Omg RIGHT?? And how about wasting your time writing the same stupid words that mean nothing…THEN hope you didn’t spell something wrong and get the letter and it’s $0.78 stamp tossed in the trash,..but if it DOES make it through…you still need to spend a ridiculous amount of time gambling online?? I don’t even LIKE gambling?! That seem like a major thing these hun bots are leaving out? What a mess. When people start talking like this I literally want to run. They’re not even real people they’re scammers, con artists, frauds and liars…AND they all are likely desperate for money. Yuck I can’t imagine trying to live like that. I just don’t. I feel sorry for people getting scammed by these frauds because of the “affiliate program”. Never heard of this scam but I guess I’m not surprised some schister came up with it.
Why would you share this? Why share that you’re lazy, slow, rude and lack self awareness?
😂😂 1.5 years later at least you got to it ♡
I used to work at weddings and did photo booths. I got a thank you Note from one of the weddings and let me tell you that was my favorite one. I still remember that letter to this day because it was the only one I ever got in 4-5 years of doing those photo booths. Those handwritten notes regardless of what time you have them, someone is going to remember that letter for a long time
"That damn post office must have lost the thank you letter I sent." 😂
Love that Hannah is exposing scams before I even get a chance to hear about them
I am SO HAPPY that every time a new scam comes out and I share with my kid they go, "Yuh-DUHH, mom. I know. It's so obvious." Channels like yours are helping me to raise smart kids.
I knew this was a scam, I just couldn’t put a finger on exactly how. 😂😂 I did NOT expect the twist to be online gambling!!
Wow, this one is an old scam! My grandma had fallen victim to this many years ago. They made her put money upfront and try to recruit others to sign up. Can't believe this is still around today
Been binging your content, we know who you really are and we support you. Sending loves and hugs ❤
When I was little my friend's mom would take us to the grocery store to write down the addresses to candy companies and mail them feedback and compliments. They would send you back candy. 😂 Closest I've ever been to making money for writing letters. I was paid in chocolate.
that's actually super smart of your mom. taught letter writing skills + free chocolate 🍫 No coupons required! :)
@@TimesUp8888 I thought so too!
That has nothing to do with this at all
@@tifKh so? I enjoyed reading it.
@@tifKhI enjoyed reading it 🤷🏽♀️ It is relevant to the video as it contains writing letters to companies
This was always an obvious scam, but I admit I didn’t quite understand how it worked. Thank you! ETA: This is even more heinous than I anticipated.
What does ETA stand for? I know one meaning of ETA is “estimated time of arrival,” but what’s the other meaning? I feel so dumb for asking this buts it’s been bugging me for a while and I even googled it and couldn’t figure out any meaning other than Estimated Time of Arrival lol
@@Jenn_Whyteedited to add
@@Jenn_WhyteIt just means ‘edited to add’!
Thank you for the content! ❤
Thank you for your support!! 🥰
I work in the gaming industry and this is super problematic. This company needs to be reported to the gaming commission in each state. The FTC has fined a similar company for online training programs like this. Report report report!!
Excellent comment, I hope it can get pinned.
I just wanna know, who is gonna keep the world moving (jobs like sanitation, nurses, teachers, etc) if we hypothetically all do these quick easy ‘money making’ tricks from home lol
I work in employment and sadly these online scams prey on women at home with kids and people with disabilities. There isn't much job search support or help for these groups. Jobs unfortunately forget people have needs and so there isn't many "real" jobs for these groups especially locally.
People with real jobs don't have time to watch tik toks and try this nonsense.
When there are such jobs, they get saturated easily and then there's no room for you to do then anymore. You could be a decoratice hermit in someone's garden, theoretically. But there are probably only 4 people in the world willing to pay for you to do that, so after 4 people take this easy moneymaking job, that's it.
The people who like going in to work.
For every person who would work better at home, self regulating their job or on their own schedule there’s someone who prefers going in to work and doing stuff in person with someone else making the difficult decisions.
This exact argument was used for years to tell chronically ill people that they couldn’t work from home, but when push came to shove on the lockdowns, suddenly it was completely viable to have most people at home doing their jobs and efficiency went up for office workers. At the same time, there was a huge group of people that *hated* being at home all the time and couldn’t wait to get back to the in person stuff. Those people would be your in person workers. They exist, they’re just not vocal about disliking their job so society likes to forget about them.
I'm one of those people who would rather come in and clean the place I work at. I tried doing sales and calling people to book but I have severe anxiety. Me and my boss decided I would do best in the position I'm currently in. I'm very creative so I also help set up events but I do not like working from home because I can't handle phone calls
We support you❤. We all support you
I'm 99% convinced this is some kind of a Psy-Op by the USPS with all those stamps. 😂
I was thinking the online casinos are behind it to get more people on their sites, but I like this government stamp conspiracy as well 😆🤔
I thought the exact same 🤣
😂
yeah i was like, this is a scam but at least the post office is getting something out of it 😅
Some postal bureaucrat sitting at his desk rubbing his hands together like a supervillian lol.
This is so dangerous - I know people who gamble their mortgage payment money on these scams every month. Then for the rest of the month they are left begging friends and relatives to "borrow" $500 or so to make the payments, believing they'll be able to double it and pay it back. They aren't invited to family gatherings now because of this and will probably lose their house soon.
That's their whole life ruined 😕
That's embrassingly sad...life doesn't get more pathetic then that....family relations destroyed for good all because of the love of money
What an ingenious way to get out of attending Thanksgiving with relatives one doesn't like. 😂
I don’t. I’ve never heard of any of that lol. And I’m part of the fb group . Quit making shit up to fit your narrative. JFC
I checked out as soon as that one girl said, to be a promoter, you get one person to sign up under your name, I was like, hmmm, sounds famlmilier.😒
I work 40hrs per week on a computer normally, I started a business which put me at 60 hours of coding per week. My wrists gave out on week 7. I've permanently screwed up my wrists.
If for no other reason, don't do this.
Yikes!! My partner also codes, his issues lie in really stiff painful shoulders. I have a recurring carpal tunnel issue from my own writing. It's no joke.
Yes!! As someone with carpal tunnel issues that's exactly what I was thinking about
I was thinking the same!! If you're really spending hours & hours handwriting letters, you're going to get awful hand/finger cramps, spasms, stiffness and a whole lotta pain!!!
@@paulmaccaroniHey heads up, shore shoulders and pain/nerve tingling etc in wrists might be TOS and not carpel tunnel! If you ever see a dr or physio or anything for the pain, ask them about thoracic outlet syndrome.
TLDR a pinched shoulder can also cause wrist pain that exactly mimics carpel tunnel symptoms so be sure to get more than one opinion/assessment and to always mention your tight shoulders :)
The nerve most commonly affected in carpel tunnel,mediun nerve, could also be/rather be impinged under the pronater teres, (Pronater teres syndrome), in the brachiel plexus ( thoracic outlet syndrome) or elsewhere! That’s why the surgery for carpel tunnel is known to just not work sometimes, it wouldn’t work if the compression was never in the retinaculum to begin with. But nerve pain always travels the length, so you feel the issues most strongly at the most distal parts of the affected nerve (the wrist and fingers).
I was already sceptical about the numbers they threw around for how much you can earn, because they didn’t account for the cost of buying all the supplies. Boy, it was much worse than that.
Yeah, my first instinct was to wonder what the 'profit' would be if you account for stamps. I was focusing on the wrong aspect of the scam.
You even up making $4 per letter and it takes 5 minutes to write one of them. Thats $40 per hour. How is it "so much worse"
@@666crippled666 Because it’s not even real money.
@@666crippled666 Because it’s not even real money.
Because it’s not even real money.
I remember this type of fraud from the 1990s. I'm from Poland. I see that old deceptive "tricks" that once circulated around the world are coming back.
Imagine saying 9-5 is a curse only to work 24 hours and become a gambling addict😂
It’s crazy!😱
Lol nobody who’s writing letters is playing anymore than they have to to get paid their money. Nobody.
Honestly, though, so many MLM types insult the 9 to 5 lifestyle and then in the same breath are like "So there I was, hustling during my vacation / weekend / grandmother's funeral instead of talking to my family..."
@@EmeraldAshesAudio exactly..and I wonder if they are hearing themseleves.
😂 Yeap
These companies have about 3 months left before the FTC shuts them down.
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If this ain’t the scammiest scam that ever did scam. Probably easy to get through to vulnerable populations- namely elderly ,who might enjoy letter writing. Sounds so innocent but sooo predatory:(
This went in a WILDLY different direction than I could have even imagined.
Plot twist of the century I did NOT see coming lol
Right? I could tell it was a scam, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out what the scam was.
ikr
Shamalahn take notes
Paying actual money so a "company" can "teach you" how to essentially gamble is.....absolutely INSANE work. If someone wrote this in a book, no one would believe it.
Not only do they not mention all the financial investments, they also don't mention the time spent gambling
That is detestable.
I really hope we eventually reach a point where the general population is media literate enough to immediately dismiss something that opens with "i can't believe more people aren't talking about this EASY money maker!"
This is a decent aspiration but a better one is to make the world safe for even the most vulnerable people. Can we blame scammers & tech companies who allow them on the platform instead of gullible desperate people? I report so many scams & Google gives zero Fs. I see the same "not yet vetted" advertiser with the same name using stolen footage of celebs with AI voices telling "All Canadians should quit their jobs now, bc this opportunity is..." MULTIPLE times over at least 2 years now. I've seen them use stolen footage of Justin Trudeau, our national newscasters, & even horrible gremlins like Jordan Peterson, & for reasons I cannot understand, Huda from the Today show + Oprah's friend Gayle. I don't know how they decide whose footage to steal. But whatever. The same scammers keep scamming with the same scam ads using different stolen footage & these platforms do nothing. I think we can blame a lot of intentionally malevolent parties before we do our victim blaming?
Always ask these pyramid schemers to explain their scheme to you and then call them out how it's literally a pyramid scheme. And watch how mad they get lol
All the fkn time!! It's hilarious!!
The first thought I had was “stamps are expensive though” and “WHY would a company pay you money to send a letter”
In Australia a simple letter in an envelope costs $1.50.
Thats $90.00 a day in postage.....
@@nicolejohnston6955 oooooofta 😬
Because online casinos are illegal in the US, so they made their casinos a sweepstakes, which makes them free to play, which makes them legal, so they can now operate in the US
I saw one of these letter writing videos on TikTok yesterday. She said to buy her course for $240 to take her course & you could earn $6000 each month. TikTok has become scam central! Thanks for making this video!
This is why I'm so glad the only „TikTok“ I have is the analogue clock on my kitchen wall... 😋
The fact that you would have to pay to start is an instant red flag. All you have to write is a letter there’s no course you would need to take. 🎉
@@AxelaxiB I will point out that the wording and format of the letter has to be *extremely* specific to be successful, and that's what companies like SéndIt are trying to exploit. 💸
Thing is; The format and text required are _always_ specified in the AROE part of the Terms for each sweepstakes promotion (See the PDF linked from the video description for a textbook example) so you can simply go straight to that and copy the text word-for-word onto your index card *without* having to pay some unconnected scam artist $250,- for the „privilege“... 😉
@@dieseldragon6756It still costs hundreds and hundreds of dollars to do it. Stamps, alone, are very expensive.
It has become a scam center, I just watched a live on tiktok and a girl selling an ebook, and I had to jump off live and search this and found this video 📹 I knew it was a scam but I didn't want to put the person on blast 😂 I should have.
Oh man let me just tell my husband who is in the Army that he can just quit his job tomorrow to stay home and write letters with me
this literally took such a turn my jaw was dropped at the gambling coins i had no idea where this was going 😭😭😭
A pyramid scheme and a gambling addiction rolled into one? We’ve really hit the jackpot (pun intended) this time folks 💀
This doesn't work. I tried it! They never give you the casino currency...
DO NOT DO THIS!
Takes 4 months to get paid, if you did it right
K you can stop making shit up. They pay. How did I make over $900 being crippled and watching Degrassi on my couch if they don’t pay.
@@666crippled666now it takes up to 16 weeks because of all these TikTok assholes trying to recruit the entire fucking world. Now it’s not worth my time. But the $958 non-taxable income in Canada helped pay for a bunch of my car repairs so I’m happy
You're all liars!
@@ifowl Nope
i love this channel so much. have no idea how i came across it, but so happy that i did. you’re so entertaining and you’d be a fantastic school teacher. you make learning information about a vast amount of varying topics really easy to understood and it feels like just listening to a friend instead of being lectured to.
My professional background is in teaching, so this comment means a lot to me! Thank you! ❤❤
@@HannahAlonzo well that makes a lot of sense now, haha.
we need more hannahs in the schools.
@@HannahAlonzoI would have been so receptive to your way of teaching! I love your videos!
Can't imagine being that guy, explaining the program. How do you live with yourself just spewing bs all the time? What a joke!
A lot of self-delusion most likely.
He said "we'll help teach you so the numbers go in your favor" like gambling isnt luck or rigged anyways😅
There was an interview Coffeezilla did with a former copy writer for one of those shopping newsletters that peddle "secret kung fu techniques" and the likes. He had some interesting insights into the mindset of the people involved with schemes like this. TLDR - they think the fact that they are making money as a sign that what they are doing is the right thing to do. They don't feel bad about scamming people because if the people were stupid enough to be scammed, they were going to lose the money anyway, so it might as well be them!
the part where he was like "now you may not support gambling for moral reasons but KEEP LISTENING! Also if you know someone who does like gambling you should tell them!" What a slimeball.
Thank you, Hannah! You do ALL this extensive research to make us aware of these SCAMS and MLMs out there exploiting people. I greatly appreciate your work. Please keep doing this great job. And, thank for always watching out for the people that don't understand "that if it sounds too good to be true, then it isn't good." 🙏 Blessings to your husband while deployed.
It has been a while since I been floored about a scam/mlm. I was so caught off guard that this is gambling. I paused after she described a pyramid scheme. That’s a first.
"Good old fashioned pyramid scheme " exactly what my daughter and I said, around 10 seconds before Hannah did, can't stop laughing!
Thank you for another entertaining Monday! ❤❤❤
But it’s not a pyramid scheme at all
This is the first video I’ve seen from this channel, and I must say - I’m impressed with the thoroughness and efficiency of the report. I’ll watch more of Hannah’s videos in future. Well done.
All I can think of is that if this IS a business, it's the scamming business of junkmail. It's all those ridiculous letters and flyers that fill up your mailbox with nonesense.
But... its just not that? Did you watch the video?
You are right, and it's far worse than that!
@@chibiktsn3 No, I don't think so honestly. At least nobody that hasn't actually signed up for this gets scammed, unlike with junkmail.
@@leotaku5216 The letter writers must include their own name and address on every request. You don't think the casinos are collecting that info and probably selling it to other companies for even more profit??
@@PatriceChristian No, I don't think so. address information is not that valuable anymore on the open market, I would guess 1$ at most for each address-name pairing. Casinos have so much more profitable ways to make money, so I doubt it would be worth it for them.
"A good, old-fashioned pyramid of Giza" took me out 😂 ICONIC
I'm still on your side, Hannah. Stay strong. This too shall pass.
I see she privated a video and someone is talking about legal fees but I don't see an update post or anything. What's going on?
@@dangerbunnyy Hannah is being attacked by M********
@@libertymedicalcommunicatio4908Why is she talking about them in a good light then? Sus af.
@@phanaticz I fell for it, too, last night, but my excuse is that I was drunk. Watch carefully. It has all the earmarks of a hostage video.
I came as soon as I saw the newest normal upload was gone??
Just go to Vegas and have a spin. you'll have the same odds and a better time😂
I’m a senior econ major, and I HAVE to show this to both my antitrust and employment law professors. I have a feeling this would not pass their “sniff tests” as it were.
Come fill us in, let Hannah know if your class talks about it please! Thanks!
You realize these scams have been around for decades and you’re going to tell them something they already know?
@@picahudsoniaunflocked5426the professors have probably known about them for decades
@@tifKh I mean, sure. But it will give me the opportunity to learn about something new, and I would love to hear more about the legality behind it all, so I’d consider that a win
it sounds like the sendit university is charging people to teach them how to enter an AMOE into a sweepstakes, which paying a bunch of extra money defeats the purpose of AMOE
I have always had an ick towards these type of companies, but you hiy the nail on the head every video. As a stay-at-home mom, I struggle with my role in not bringing in an income, but your videos help me feel validated that I'm doing the right thing for not buying into MLMs and it's okay to not buy into the hussle culture. It's okay to live life without that. Thanks for all your videos. ❤
so the actual gambling companies will have the exact wording for AMOE on their website, but people are paying $250 for the information? lol
That's what I thought. If the process to enter via AMOE is _that_ specific, then it's in casinos best interest to detail that _exact_ process - To the (ahem!) letter - On their websites. 📝
So who needs some $250,- training course to follow a process the _casinos_ - Of all organisations - Will give to you for _free?_ 😋
You need to know which casinos are running the offers.
Doesn't seem worth $250. I found a magazine which covers as many draws and competitions they can find, £5 a month.
@@dieseldragon6756that’s just it. You don’t. You could do all of it without taking the course lol
Reminds of the print ads that used to run when I was a kid in the 1970s. Get paid to address envelopes. My brother responded to the ad (IIRC there was a small fee). What he received was instructions on how to place similar ads!
I hope people who have been burnt by this scam will share their experiences with Hannah so we get more of an inside look.
Already the fact that this "work" has no purpose besides making money, leads to nothing positive at all, does not accomplish anything - I would be so dissatisfied with myself.
so? you'd be rich if it was real. be dissatisfied while you are on a yacht in miami parting with taylor swift.
@@Thomas-Skaa of course I can not say for sure that I would not be satisfied with a life like this if I grew up like that.
But the person I am today with all the experiences I made would never go on a yacht, alone because of the huge environmental footprint ;)
@@Thomas-SkaaWhy are you out here defending this scam when you clearly don't believe it yourself? Just pointless
Exactly, yet tell that to day traders on Wall Street
@@heysaras You are so right, this applies to many jobs!
As someone that had already had both wrists and elbows operated on for carpal tunnel syndrome and nerve impingement, a letter writing “side hustle” is my worst nightmare😅
Ok?
My first thought was how painful that would be long term!
This is the most confusing and ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen. They’re coaching people how to gamble?!