If there is one thing I cannot stand more than anything else, it has to be the internet shark-hypocrite. What do I mean by this? An internet shark-hypocrite is one who goes around parading like your best friend in cyberspace, one who can help you achieve whatever your heart desires, when in fact he is really a lying shark ready to pounce on you at the first scent of blood. In the days since the internet boom, shark-hypocrites have multiplied to the point at which a person in search of some help on the internet, particularly as concerns making some extra money, cannot avoid being attacked by these omnipresent and conniving beasts. Despite their growing numbers, I will not cease to expose them at every turn, trying to educate readers of my articles so that they do not become a sumptuous meal for these lurid creatures.

My friends, let’s get some simple facts straight. You cannot make $10,000 a month by buying a program for $47. I challenge anyone who knows a way to show it—and not just to me. Capitalism as a system would come crashing down if such a reality existed. Not everyone can be rich in a capitalistic society. Basic fact one. You can make money on the internet but you have to put in the work and you might also have to invest some money in the form of advertising. Remember. Something does not come from nothing. You need to stay grounded on such basic tenets as these.

Now in spite of my caveats here, and in spite of your having read and agreed with the content of this article, in two months you might see yet another alluring program and think, “But this one’s different.” Uh, uh. Think for a second. Any one who found a way to make $10,000 or more a month is probably too busy to tell you about it. For one thing this person will be too busy shopping with any free time left over from his enterprising activities. Now you might say, “But these programs are automated so that these people don’t have to be spending time working.” Exactly. These programs are set up via scam websites with certain levels of advertising such that these internet shark-hypocrites roam cyberspace (through their website advertising) waiting for some blood to drop in the water—and then—pounce! They have their meal. Another victim.

And don’t think that just because someone writes articles on the internet and has somewhat of a reputation there that he is immune to being a shark-hypocrite. Don’t take what I say as gospel truth. Ponder it, weigh it, test it out in reality. Discuss it with someone that you can trust and see what that person’s opinion is. For instance, I subscribed to some article writer’s newsletter and was being sent his weekly report. At first, I enjoyed reading the self-help material, a lot of which I was familiar with from my own experience and background and because the material is so well known in the self-help reading genre, having been written by well known authors. But when I started getting the e-mail blitzes with the scam program offers promising millions, I really started flipping out. I even sent a few e-mails to this “expert author” and got no response. Interesting. Do you think he’s an internet shark-hypocrite? You know, if he looks like a shark, and swims like a shark...maybe he’s a shark.

People who make money at the expense of others should be beaten, flogged, and then tarred near a kerosene lamp. This message goes out to all of those who go ripping off my fellow brothers and sisters of cyberspace: lay off the unwary and innocent and stop preying on people’s weaknesses to cover a clear lack of ambition. Do what I do. Go and bust hump working three jobs and then write and create ebooks on the side. But don’t rip off people. Vermin. If it were up to me, all internet shark-hypocrites would be in prison—a very dry one with no water to swim around in.

Joe is a prolific writer of self-help and educational material and an award-winning former teacher of both college and high school mathematics. Under the penname, JC Page, Joe authored Arithmetic Magic. As a result of this publication, Joe was invited to be a guest on the television show the Book Authority. Joe is also author of the charmingly pithy and popular ebook, Making a Good Impression Every Time: The Secret to Instant Popularity; the seminal collection of verse, Poems for the Mathematically Insecure, and the creator and scriptwriter of an upcoming DVD series that is both visionary and highly educational. The diverse genre of his writings (novel, short story, essay, script, and poetry)—particularly in regard to its educational flavor— continues to captivate readers and to earn him recognition.

Joe propagates his teaching philosophy through his articles and books and is dedicated to helping educate children living in impoverished countries. Toward this end, he donates a portion of the proceeds from the sale of every ebook. For more information go to http://www.mathbyjoe.com/