Get RICH quick schemes

Are there any out there that are legit?

I'm sure many of you have seen those late night/early morning infomericals talking about how you can turn virtually nothing into millions. And as you are sitting there watching and listening to those very convincing testimonials (some of which could be our very own life stories) we find ourselves thinking 'hell I could do that' and almost have ourselves truly convinced of that fact until the announcer comes on telling us how much we have to shell out for the American Dream. For me that's usually the big WAKE UP CALL where I find myself either thinking 'hell I can't afford that' or 'this can't be real -- it's too easy'.

We've all be told that if something seems too good to be true then it probably is. And normally I abide by that same philosphy. I mean a few weeks ago I got this stuffing envelope scam in the mail. It raved how a person could make up to a $1000 a week just by merely stuffing envelopes. According to the flier a person would get paid $2.oo for every envelope stuffed. All this company was asking for was a small handling fee something like $47.00 so they could send out your starting supplies and according to the flier that money would be reimbursed in your first check. Okay I will admit to thinking 'shit you know how many bills I could pay off with $1000 a week' then of course reality set in and I came to my senses thinking about the old adage I mentioned above. So I goggle the name of this so called company and wouldn't you know I came up with 100's of links reporting them as a SCAM. Honestly wasn't surprised but a little disheartened. I mean I have to wonder how many people they do suck into this scheme. People like you and me desperate for extra cash or just desperate for cash to pay for the essentials.

So this morning I am sitting in bed not really able to sleep and I flip through the channels stopping at this infomerical about turning $10.00 into $10,000 in less than 30 days. It's supposed to be something about real estate investing. It's called Millionaire Mindset Collection and the website can be found here. I haven't really looked at the site so please feel free to check it out and let me know - LOL! According to the announcer the cost of this is just 4 easy payments of $49.95 (just shy of $200.00) but if you acted right away they would slash one payment. $150 is still a bit steep for our budget and especially for something I wasn't even all that sure about. I mean yes there were many many people talking about getting checks ranging from $18k upwards of $80k. Of course it's intriguing and it did pull me in. But I couldn't help but thinking how true could this really be? Is it just more elaborate of SCAM than the envelope stuffing one I got in the mail? But on the other hand could it be true? Is my family missing out on great wealth and good life because I am too fearful or skeptical to take a chance? Kind of a double edge sword in my book.

Seriously I know there are people out there making money by doing real estate investing but are they not outlaying any of their own money to do so. That's where I am having my doubts. Again here's something that just seems too good to be true. I know there are other informericals out there advertising similar ideas. I believe the man's name is Jim Palmer....I think.
In all honesty I don't want to be filthy rich...but I want to be comfortable. I want to not have a stack of bills hanging over my head monthly or when it comes time to pay those said bills I don't want to draw a circle on the floor thrown them up in the air and the ones that land in the circle get paid (no I don't really do that but some months it feels like I should).

Sorry if this post is sort of a finanical downer but lately I have been feeling like we are drowning in a sea of debt.