If you have been following financial blogs or doing your own research, you must have been on the receiving end of targeted ads that sound like this.
“Hello, I am XXX and I am here to share with you my secrets.”
“I make $4,000 a month from my bed, sign up for a free seminar to know more!”
“Stock trading is easy. I’ll show you my secret system”
“Escape 9 to 5. Join my free Forex seminar and I will show you how”
The videos usually show charismatic speakers living the high life, driving a brand name car, enjoying next to a swimming pool and sometimes show many of their students in the background.
Usually, I thought of them as a mild annoyance. I will just skip over their videos but in the past year, my distaste for the people behind these ads got a lot more personal....