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A real scam people fell for this year, next to the real thing. The numbers mark the three things to check: hover or tap one to see what it tells you.

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I was working nights and crying over the power bill. Last month I made $8,200 from my kitchen table. Free workshop for 48 hours, then the course is $997.

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Always check the story.

It's an ad dressed up as a personal story, from a page with no company behind it. It ends in a "free for 48 hours" workshop that sells a $997 get-rich course.

Always checkThe real oneThe scam
1Where it livesIs it the real company's or person's own address or number?

Coursera, a known course site, at coursera.org.

A page called "Mom Money Journal" linking to momincome-secret.live.

2What it asks you to doDoes it want a password, a payment, a call, or a tap?

Sign up for a course, with the school named.

Join a "free workshop" that sells a $997 course.

3How hard it pushesCheck firstIs there a deadline, a threat, or a surprise charge?

No promise of money.

$8,200 a month, and "free for 48 hours".

RememberAn ad written like a tear-jerker that ends with "I'm sharing it free for a short time" is selling something. Scroll on.

Would you have spotted it?

10 pairs like this one, three minutes, a score to share. Then find out who in the family is the easy mark.

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