My First Exclusive!

Today in Crazy World we are going to talk about something that is really getting out of hand. Now it's not going to cure cancer or feed the hungry but a lot of people are starting to be mislead by them. So as always I'm going to try to help you out. I have noticed nobody else is talking about this con that surrounds us everyday in magazines and the internet so I guess this will be my first exclusive.

A few years ago this type of advertising had a label in small print at the bottom of the page that said this is a paid advertisement but they have figured out a way to avoid this by listing other companies and totally disguising themselves as legit articles.

Here is a good example of how this works, I'm not going to link or show you a specific example because I would be opening myself up to legal actions, not that I'm that important but you always should be careful of what you put out there.

The latest one I saw was disguised as a financial article telling the readers that they should not pay off their mortgages on their houses and if they were worried about the interest rates on their house it was much better to refinance. Now if you know anything about finance you know that if you can pay something off, you do it, unless your going to take money out of play that is making more money then the interest rate. Banks scare us by saying things like if you pay off your bills your credit score will go down. This is total nonsense. I haven't owed anybody anything for a while now and if anything my score has gotten better and it was excellent to begin with. Sorry got sidetracked

So then this article went on to tell you the top five refinancing institutes, Sounds pretty good doesn't it but what gave them away was the financial advice in the first of the article that was not only wrong but steered the reader toward the conclusion that they should refinance their houses. All though they peppered the article with other advice to convince you it was legit, non of the advise they gave would be something you would tell a person that your trying to help.

Now you might ask how do I tell the difference and the bad news is unless you're educated  in a certain subject you will probable be fooled by there false claims that they do a great job of backing up with what appears to be good advice. The best I can do for you is to tell you to take your time and investigate any decision you are thinking about after reading advice on the internet. Now I think you could guess who was responsible for the article that was for mentioned. All you had to do is see who was the number one slot in their top five list and I wouldn't be surprised if the rest of the financial institutes were connected in some way we wouldn't be aware of.

This is just one example that I saw directly under a financial news link on a major web browser. There is many, many more and I would bet that you have read a few that seemed suspicious yourself and probable others where you had no idea. Just be aware that French models on the internet aren't always French models. (How do I know this? I read it on the internet.)  Even the legit news sources only tell you what they want you to believe so you shouldn't be surprised that companies are doing the same thing.

I hope  this article will save you some heartache in the future. Reading these articles is kind of like talking to an ex, just make sure that the person telling you the information doesn't have anything to gain from misleading you. As always thanks for reading and leave a comment and I will answer it.