Invest Intelligence When It Realy Matters
This Article Could Save You from Losing Every Dime You Have (Part 1)
This isn’t a spoof. I am 100% serious here.
In fact, I spent TWO full weekends of my time researching and writing this article to MAKE SURE you understand what's going on.
Reading and (perhaps even studying) this article may prevent you from losing a huge amount of money. For some, it might prevent them from losing every dime they have.
That’s a big claim isn’t it?
In fact, it’s the type of headline you’re likely to hear from the biggest con artists, right?
Well, hopefully by now, you know I am far from a con artist.
What I am is a person who is committed to exposing con artists, liars, and those who seek to profit by selling greed, fear and easy secrets to wealth and success because no such secrets exist.
Some financial professionals are only focused on making money.
Others don't bother to alert people about this long list of hucksters because they don't want to open you up to the idea of these scams; they fear you will see through their own deceit.
There are some rules that can help you spot scam artists and thus help you avoid falling victim to these guys, which often cause their sheep to lose everything by suckering them into paying huge fees for their “assistance.”
Most people undervalue insights from honest and credible individuals that functions to PREVENT them from making foolish decisions, whether it’s through investments or getting conned. This is specifically why people are rarely willing to pay for insight that prevents losses.
Instead, most people will pay for some guy who promises to show them how to make loads of money. The easy the money is to make, the easier it is to lure the sheep.
This is one of the flaws in human nature, and it explains why there are so many snake oil salesmen out there.
Selling caution, exposing frauds and teaching people how to understand risk doesn’t sell. This explains why so many people end up losing large amounts of money over time.
Thus, this article should be studied like a chapter from the Bible (for those of you who might be the religious types) or a trusted manual (for those who are not religious) by those who are unable to spot con artists, so they will understand how they operate.
But there is no Holy Grail.
The most important benefit of this article is that it should serve to open your eyes and cause you to shift your mentality so that you will always have your fraud detector on. You will never be able to spot hucksters unless you have your eyes open.
Many of these guys pitch “the road to riches” by charging huge fees for useless material. The key is to make them think their material is priceless. And good salesmen can accomplish this with ease because the best salesmen are dishonest in my opinion. But these con men take dishonesty to an entirely different level.
Eventually, they drain their victims for every dime they have. They even encourage them to open as many credit card accounts as possible in order to move forward with their investment plans.
What usually happens is that these con artists get their sheep to max out their credit cards in order to continue with their “education towards wealth and financial freedom.”
The latest tratic being used by these con men is to go for the volume effect. That is, they disseminate their trash to millions and ask for low fees like $49 in order to suck you in.
Does Porter Stansberry and his BS “End of America” video and offer ring a bell?
Stansberry's marketing campaign is the same one that's been used by con men for many years.
When multiplied by hundreds of thousands, they obviously bring in a huge amount of money.
And they tend to receive fewer complaints and refunds because most people feel it’s not worth their time to go through the process required to get their $49 back.
Others are not able to get a refund despite the guarantees.
As much money as say 100,000 subscriptions at $49 subscriptions each brings in, most of this money goes towards paying the expenses required to get their propaganda out to millions of people.
The snake oil salesmen know it’s all a numbers game; the more people who see their trash, the more who will buy into it.
The typical conversion rate for marketing is 1-3%. But this rate can go much higher depending on several variables.
One of the ways to boost this rate is to create videos that leverage or build off of something that others have already established, like the hyperinflation doomsday BS that was primary started by Peter Schiff.
Michael Porter, an expert on business strategy used the term “network effect” to explain how technology companies using similar technologies benefit by a multiplier effect due to a similar type of leverage.
Con men use this same basic technique. This is precisely what Porter Stansberry, David Weidemer and hundreds of others have done.
It's much cheaper and less work to LEVERAGE MOMENTUM rather than to CREATE momentum. And con men are both cheap and lazy. After all, if they had the know-how required to actually create something, they might be able to find a real job, that is if they weren't so lazy.
If you want to spot charlatans, all you need to do is listen to their delusional statements intended to scare you…
“the U.S. dollar is going to 0”
“you should buy food and water (from our sponsors) to prepare”
“hyperinflation is coming, you should buy gold (from us or our sponsors)”
Note: Weidemer (and his Jewish associates) is another BS artist. I have not previously mentioned him (due to lack of time), but I have conducted a FULL investigation, and the results will be published in the future.
Newsmax is also masquerading as a “news” service when in reality, it is an online infomercial promoting scam artists and positioning them as experts, for a fee of course.
So if you get your pitch out to say 10,000,000 people, if you convert 1% you will have 100,000 customers. At say $49, that comes to nearly $5 million.
But that’s chicken feed. The real payoff comes when they hook the at least 5% of this 100,000 into paying for “elite” or “gold” subscriptions, which as you can imagine comes at a much higher price tag, say $3000.
So they rake in 5% x 100,000 x $3000, or $3,000,000. This is 100% profit because they funded all operations with the $49 subscription fees paid by the 100,000.
Most likely, they also generated about $10 of profit per subscription from this as well, bringing in another $1,000,000. But these estimates are very conservative.
Just when the sheep thought they gained access to the best information available from these con men, they are informed that they can purchase a platinum package for only $10,000, and so on.
Note: this business model is not much different than that used by Scientology.
The con men might convert 1% of the 100,000, landing them an additional $10,000,000. Some people have paid up to $100,000 in total for these scams over a period of two or three years. You get the idea.
Many of these guys have perfected the art of manipulation and boost about conversion rates of as high as 50%.
Just do the math and you can see why these guys can look you in the eye and tell you they hold the secrets to getting rich, and you too can have these secrets for $49, $199 and sometimes $50,000.
The scheme is so predictable because it is used by virtually all internet marketing con artists. And they are far worse parasites than even Bernie Madoff; at least some people make money in Ponzi schemes!
As you will see, Dillard (who I am willing to bet is Jewish) uses the typical lines preached by con men, claiming to have secrets to easy wealth, etc.
As you watch the first video, notice how he mentions that he was clueless during the collapse (three years ago; apparently the video was made in 2010 as you will see later based on other statements made) he started "researching how the rich made money from the crisis and now he learned how to predict the financial future!
This is something that even I cannot do! Maybe I can learn his secrets.
Here is the first video.
Notice the false claims he makes. His pitch is similar to that used by Kevin Trudeau (more on Kevin in the future).
I’m willing to bet Dillard idolizes Kevin Trudeau.
AND, he is going to tell you what is going to happen to the U.S. economy over the next 6 months DESPITE THE FACT that has no expertise in anything (other than selling snake oil).
Finally, notice that he stated that he is going to show you how he predicted every stage of the financial crisis since 2007.
Wait a minute. Where is his track record?
How many con artists have been making these claims?
We all know who predicted everything and it sure as hell wasn't this clown. But even I haven't gotten everything absolutely right. And I do hold the leading track record on the collapse in the world.
And I am the only person in the world who has posted a reward ($100,000) for the first person who can prove otherwise.
But even I don't know how to predict the "future financial future."
But wait a minute. Did he say since 2007?
Earlier he stated that he didn't even know what was going on during the collapse and only after watching his friends and family lose everything, he became "angered" and "interested" to learn how the "wealthy made so much money during the collapse."
Go ahead and watch the video again to confirm this for yourself.
So, without any prior knowledge or experience, Dillard just began studying "investing" three years ago.
Yet, in that short span, he learned that the wealthy made their money using a secret that he discovered!
It's a "process" that allows him to PREDICT THE FINANCIAL FUTURE.
He has "cracked open the black box investment strategies of the rich."
AND he is going to show YOU these strategies during his FREE webinar!
WOW. Don't you feel so fortunate?
And he is going to show YOU how to make six figures EVERY MONTH. AND, it’s all tax-free!
Remember, this is a guy who was waiting tables for a living not so long ago.
Note: In order to save your email from being turbo spammed with pump-and-dump schemes and having it sold to more crooks, I signed up for this con artist's webinar (which I won't be watching because I can't handle watching these crooks at work; I get too disgusted).
Now you’re going to LOVE this. 
In this “bonus” video, Dillard shows you the 7 steps needed to predict the financial future.
And he even links himself to Mike Maloney and Robert Kiyosaki, two of the biggest snake oil salesmen alive today!
Let me explain to you what’s going on here.
You see, Dillard knows that he is not known. So by playing the name association game, sheep will think he has credibility because sheep actually think that Kiyosaki has credibility.
Okay now, back to Dillard.
Notice that Dillard’s presentation is so dumbed down that even a monkey can follow it. That’s precisely the idea since only monkeys buy into this trash.
The only problem is that Dillard is full of shit. All of his claims are bogus.
In fact, I will bet every dollar I have that this guy did NOT earn 400% as he claims, unless he is counting the return on his investment in his marketing scam as he pulled in the sheep!
Here’s a good one. Dillard warns you that there are only 250 “seats” for the webinar, so he requests that you attend because it’s a “matter of integrity.” Integrity?
Now he claims he has integrity in order to remove any doubts you might have that he is a con man. This is just another brainwashing tactic to get sheep to line up for his pitch.
Dillard also HIGHLY recommends “you have your spouse attend with you.”
What’s the motive for this request?
You see, these charlatans know (from experience) that their sheep are less likely to fall for the scam if one of the spouses has not been subjected to the brainwashing presentation.
Okay, so let’s have a look at his 7-step process that enables you predict every financial event of the future.
Here's the next video.
He claims that his 7-step process is “used by the ultra-wealthy” to predict “the most important financial events of the future.”
Oh really?
Then why did every single “ultra-wealthy” individual get their ass handed to them in 2008 and much of 2009? What an idiot.
Good god. The entire basis of this 7-step BS is from Mike Maloney! lol
Notice, Dillard is pitching the same lines of fiat currency, hyperinflation, gold (as implied by his link to Maloney and Kiyosaki).
He also claims his “method” has a track record accuracy rate of 100%!
He even states that “trillions of dollars will be sent into your hands!”
He claims the “largest transfer of wealth in history is coming.”
Wrong. It already happened when Wall Street destroyed the global economy.
Notice how he claims that if you attend his webinar, “you can be on the winning side of this [historic wealth] transfer, as a select few of us has been since 2008.”
He claims “this period is going to be the biggest opportunity of our lifetime, and you’re either going to come out of this richer than ever before or poorer than ever before.” He plans to show you how to position your assets to reap enormous gains too.
Remember, this is not a financial professional, current or former. He himself stated that he didn’t have a clue about anything related to the investment process prior to 2007.
And now he magically came up with the secrets to make you disgustingly rich!
Okay, so all he is saying is BUY GOLD.
If you trust and believe this con artist, then buy gold.
Don’t waste your time with the webinar, or you WILL BE CONNED.
Oh and one more thing. If he really knows the “secrets” to massive wealth, and since investing is a zero-sum game, why would he reveal his secrets to everyone? Doing so would necessarily lower his gains.
How, you ask?
In the investment world, there is the winning side and the losing side. The more people who are on the winning side, the lower their returns since asset prices go up with more demand (i.e. more buyers). Got it?
In this next video, Dillard begins by using the typical tactic of establishing credibility through phantom endorsements. That is, he claims that so many people have come to him asking how he has been able to predict everything over the past few years.
Oh really? Would you care to show us your printed track record?
Dillard is beginning to sound like he has attended the “Peter Schiff School of Delusional Claims,” and graduated with top honors to boot.
Next, he claims that he has been “studying the economy and investing like a mad man since 2007.” But in the previous video he said he began studying in 2007 and started investing in 2008.
One doesn’t even need to point out these clues that his entire story is complete fiction, but I thought I’d point these things out anyway.
Now for the climax; Dillard claims that “during the end of 2010…massive inflation will appear within the next 6 to 36 months.”
But that’s not all. Get this. He claims he can show you how to earn 28,000% gains over the next 6 to 36 months (BS alert: selling greed).
And if you don’t position your assets correctly, (i.e. if you don’t get connected to him) according to Dillard, you will go bankrupt (BS alert: selling fear) due to hyperinflation (he doesn’t say the term but this is implied due to his statements).
He goes on to further add that over this time period, the “vast majority of the world population is going to go bankrupt.”
Finally, he lets even the broke and most desperate people know that even they can “get in the game” with only $30. 
Well who could turn that down? Are you kidding me?
You mean I can “get in the game with only $30” with a guy who has made more than 400% annually over the past few years?
Sign me up!!
Wait. One last thing.
This guy who has spent his entire life in MLM and had no experience or knowledge of investments until 2007, when he learned the secrets of the ultra-wealthy, claims that silver is going to soar to $900 to $1000 per ounce!
And he says gold is headed to $56,000 per ounce!
Well, his 36 months will end by December 2013, so it looks like now is the time to buy! Hurry up before you miss the boat!
Where did Dillard get this shit from?
Mike Maloney the idiot gold pumper!
Notice how Maloney gets interviewed by gold dealers BECAUSE HE INSISTS that you ONLY buy physical gold. Of course Maloney is pitching gold and silver himself.
Gold dealers won’t make a dime if you buy gold ETFs even though this is the most prudent approach for a variety of reasons (as I discussed in America’s Financial Apocalypse, accounting for one reason why I have been banned throughout the internet, which is run by gold ads and those who make money pumping gold).
But wait. If you still aren’t sold on Dillard’s pitch, he is going to show you how to make sure your children grow up wealthy even if you are broke today.
Someone please lock this crook up.
I certainly don’t have a crystal ball like Dillard, but I would be willing to bet that once the suckers who listened to these gold charlatans end up losing most of their money, there will be (at least) some death threats.
See here.
But wait a minute. Earlier he said that he only started “studying” in 2007. Then, he said he predicted EVERYTHING since 2008 (see second video).
So how did he learn the secrets of getting filthy rich so fast?
Oh and by the way, if Dillard is making soooooooooo much money using simple “secrets that ANYONE can apply” (if you are willing to pay him to show you these secrets), then WHY IN THE HELL IS HE SPENDING HIS TIME CREATING MARKETING VIDEOS TO SELL HIS “MIDAS” TOUCH?
The following video shows you a very common tactic being used by con men to thrwart skeptics. Here's how it works. Affiliates or paid reviewers will post a so-called "review" that they claim is honest, unbiased and legit when in fact it's being paid for by the scam artist.
As a way to lure in as many skeptics as possible, these paid reviewers will create a headline like "Is Mike Dillard a Scam Artist?" because they want to make sure to have their scam review appear at the top of search results when people search for information to confirm that these guys are con men.
The following video is an example of this. Notice how this guy basically tells you that he went from being a customer to an affiliate.
Note also his mention of Dillard, Maloney and Kiyosaki.
If you check his YouTube channel you will see how he grew from being a naive affiliate to a shark.
Oddly, it's been two years since he has posted any videos. My guess is that he was blown out from the collapse in precious metals.
Finally, I am going to show you the latest trend in deceit and fraud (although it’s been going on for a few years now). See here.
The above video is a paid endorsement, which is illegal since it’s not disclosed.
Now I cannot confirm whether Dillard is paying this guy DIRECTLY for promoting his scam. But keep in mind that this guy is in network marketing, which is an outshoot of MLM. As such, he gets paid based on referrals and affiliate relationships.
This guy sounds legit. He seems sincere and honest, doesn’t he?
He is making the video out of his office/bedroom. He is a normal guy, right?
This is precisely the idea; to make it look like he is legit and a normal guy.
The endorsement wouldn’t be as effective if it was made by a professional crew in a professional setting, would it.
Dillard is clearly a con man. And he is exploiting the stupidity and greed of sheep.
Do you really think Dillard is any different than the clowns you see plastered in the media as experts?
Well, I have a surprise for you. In this video, Dillard interviews Robert Kiyosaki. As you can tell, Dillard was not yet involved with this element of the scam. See here.
It should be noted that it was Peter Schiff and the rest of the extremist marketing clowns who opened the door for guys like Dillard. Think about that.
You find it interesting to note that Schiff has interviewed (and promoted) Robert Kiyosaki and Mike Maloney. See here.
Of course, Schiff is merely a marketer like Kiyosaki and Maloney.
Remember, the apple never falls far from the tree.
But wait a minute. Kiyosaki has also been interviewed by Alex Jones. And Schiff has been interviewed by Jones. Kevin Trudeau has also been interviewed by Jones.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Notice how Jones claims that Kiyosaki has “predicted everything we see today.”
This is a complete lie. Kiyosaki didn’t predict jack shit. He was the clown who was pumping real estate when the collapse was in progress.
This is the common tactic used by the media. They always claim their guests are experts, stating lies about their track record. And they get away with these lies because most people are too naïve and too lazy to verify the claims.
Others lack the minimum required intelligence to verify the claims. See here.
In conclusion, one could argue that Schiff has become the “Godfather of the Post-crisis Internet Investment Scam Artists” because he and his clown crew (Faber and other Jews promoted by the Jewish-run media) were the primary individuals who brainwashed the sheep to believe these myths of hyperinflation in the U.S., the U.S. dollar headed to zero and so forth.
In essence, they expanded if not created the market for this trash, which has facilitated the entry of 1000s of guys like Dillard to participate in.
When you take a closer look at these internet scam artists, you will see that the rabbit hole goes very deep and always leads to complete horse shit.
For instance, I ran across this site while searching for more info on Dillard.
Apparently, Ms. Turner claims to have been a “successful” real estate agent for 13 years after getting blasted in 2007. That’s odd since the real estate bubble hadn’t yet collapsed by much in 2007.
Regardless, she makes it clear that this page featuring Dillard and Maloney is the “most important on her blog.”
She tells us that she is always following what the wealthy are doing. The problem is that Maloney and Dillard are not wealthy. And they are con artists.
She goes on to summarize Dillard’s pitch. Apparently, she has linked up with Dillard and is working on another side of the scam business.
Although she does make a disclaimer as to her financial skills (or lack thereof), at the very least, she is working as an affiliate, yet I don’t recall seeing any disclosure of her financial relationship with Dillard (maybe I missed the fine print hidden somewhere), which of course is illegal.
Notice the entry to the lower right of the page, “advertising best practices.” These crooks actually have the nerve to even bring up this topic after creating a con job ad?
Now under the menu where it reads “Meet Debbie.” If you click the option at the top of that menu that reads, “Work with Debbie,” you will be taken to more of her scams.
But let's focus on her relationship and endorsement of Dillard.
Notice the advertisement to the video to the lower left of the page. Don’t click it because you will be making Debbie money.
Instead, click this link and you can see the video if you want to hear the typical pitch by these internet scam artists.
You can even reach Debbie, who works from her home, so this is her 24-hr number…843-270-5611. I called it and she answered.
Below is David Wood, the next scam artist in the video to the right.
He too posts his number. Call Dave if you want…
David Wood
801-542-9350
You see folks, these people are all con artists. To be honest, even watching these videos and reading the complete BS and lies and manipulation on their sites truly gives me the creeps.
Mike Dillard and his sheep exploitation company are one of thousands out there that have jumped aboard the gold bang wagon because of the Peter Schiffs, Max Keisers and Alex Jones of the world who have brainwashed the average moron to think the dollar will go to zero and people will be fighting for food and water, and they will be willing to trade you their precious food and water for gold.
Recently, Schiff has come out and criticized the stock pumpers at the National Inflation Association and Porter Stansberry, as a way to try to distance himself from these guys. But that simply is not possible because he opened the door for them. That’s something to think about.
Finally, never forget these associations:
Illuminati, Brotherhood, secrets to wealth, freedom, liberty hyperinflation, fiat currency, gold, silver, network marketing, gurus, coaching, financial freedom, become an entrepreneur, multi-level marketing (MLM), network marketing, con artists, fraud and sheep.
Remember, the apple never falls far from the tree.
And we see the same relationships online; the same scam artists associating with each other for a common cause - to take your money. This is why you need to pay close attention to the contributors and blog rolls of every website.
As an exercise, you should check the blog rolls of the hack websites sites (refer to our ENCYCLOPEDIA of Bozos, Hacks, Snake Oil Salesmen and Faux Heroes) and see how many reappear.
Or you can go to Zero Hedge and check their blog roll and the blog rolls of each site. You will soon find yourself in a perpetual loop of con men.
If you are alert, you will begin to notice that you are running across the same circle of clowns who pitch the same lines, but never a voice of reason and credibility. This fact alone highlights the shear importance of our firm and our website. I hope you agree.
Listen to this sucker. Notice how he doesn't say specifically how he came across Dillard. He mentions "other business ventures."
Well, I can tell you how he ran into Dillard; through his online marketing scams.
Notice the title of the video. You see, the reason why he used a title that makes you expect him to expose Dillard as a fraud is because he knows that this title will get the most hits because Dillard is a fraud!
The guy in the video is one of these online marketing scam artists and now he is a sophisticated investor? Of course not! Notice his I...buysilverandgold. That ID alone tells you he's a moron.
Hey, but don't take my word for it. Let's see what Charles Munger has to say about gold as an investment...
“gold is a great thing to sew onto your garments if you’re a Jewish family in Vienna in 1939 but civilized people don’t buy gold – they invest in productive businesses.”
Charles Munger, Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (May 4, 2012)
It really pisses me off when you have complete idiots like the guy in the video who claim to know a good deal about something they know nothing about. I suppose ignorant people with big mouths piss me off.
Oh well, I never said I wasn't without fault.
But what pisses me off much more are guys who pitch lies to fools like the guy in the video, for the purpose of making money by charging them fees, sucking them into their lair more and more until they're tapped out. See here.
We welcome submissions of other con artists in the financial world. If you are willing to do some research and present it in a piece, we will consider publishing it.
But don't send us emails asking us to investigate people. If you want to read a piece on one of these guys, write it yourself. STOP BEING LAZY.
I continue this discussion in Part 2.