The Rise of Fake Youtube Gurus and the Trap People Fall Into

Getting rich in a short time and putting little effort into work is the biggest deception

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We all want to have lots of money, get a fancy sports car, and live in a wealthy neighborhood. However, most of us do not come from a rich family or have a job with a decent salary. We get stuck in the job we hate, suffering from a 9–5 endless rat race. This creates the opportunity for some amateurs to become “Business Gurus”.

The number of Youtube Gurus are growing like crazy, but most of them are fraudulent and low quality.

During the past few years, the rapid development of technology enables people to learn anything from home on computers. This method has been favored by many people due to time-saving travel and affordable price. With just a click, people can access to many online business courses with a hope to get rich soon. In some platforms, mostly Youtube, there are myriad ads of business Gurus showing their fancy houses, sports cars, free financial burden lives. The number of Youtube Gurus are growing like crazy, but most of them are fraudulent and low quality.

There are some features in common of these fake Gurus. They tried to get you to attend their webinars, in the end, they deliver a sale pitch persuading you to buy their online courses or books.

The courses are overpriced for what we get in return

They over-promise that you will make a million-dollar after one year or so and free from work. The content of the courses is poor, the information is so basic that we can get from books or the internet. Also, there is little or no support if you need them to answer your questions. The advertisement you watched guaranteed that the quality of the courses deserves your money. Worse, as you request a refund, they will reply to you after 30 days which is when you are not eligible for a refund.

To get people to buy their courses through sales funnel, they created very effective tactics to manipulate people.