Online Guru Sells £299 Course Teaching People How to Become Millionaires — Lesson One: Sell a £299 Course
By Albert Immerson, Chief Crime Correspondent
Thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs have signed up for an exciting new online course promising to reveal the secret of becoming a millionaire.
The course costs £299 and contains just one lesson.
SELL OTHER PEOPLE A £299 COURSE ABOUT BECOMING A MILLIONAIRE.
Dodgy Scams became interested after seeing an advertisement from internet business guru Bradley Cashmore, who claims his revolutionary system can transform anybody into a millionaire without qualifications, experience, products, staff or apparently doing very much at all.
The advertisement promised:
BECOME A MILLIONAIRE FROM YOUR SOFA!
NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!
JUST 30 MINUTES A DAY!
Albert Immerson immediately enrolled.
It was either that or spend £299 on something stupid.
Welcome, Future Millionaire!
Seconds after paying, Albert received an email.
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU HAVE TAKEN THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS FINANCIAL FREEDOM!
Unfortunately, Step Two cost another £499.
Albert telephoned Bradley.
“I’ve already paid £299.”
“Exactly!” Bradley replied enthusiastically.
“Doesn’t that include the entire course?”
“It includes the Starter Millionaire Course.”
“So what’s £499?”
“The Advanced Millionaire Course.”
“What does that teach?”
“How to sell the Starter Millionaire Course.”
Albert began taking notes.
The Secret Formula
Eventually, Bradley agreed to reveal his business model.
It was remarkably straightforward.
Buy the £299 course.
Create your own £299 course.
Tell people your £299 course will teach them how to become wealthy.
Sell 3,345 courses.
Congratulations.
You’re a millionaire.
Albert checked the mathematics.
“What exactly do I teach inside my course?”
Bradley seemed surprised by the question.
“How to sell courses.”
“About what?”
“Making money.”
“How?”
“By selling courses.”
Albert stopped writing.
Proof of Success
Bradley’s website contained photographs of him standing beside a Lamborghini, sitting on a yacht and drinking champagne beside a swimming pool.
Albert asked whether Bradley owned the Lamborghini.
“No.”
“The yacht?”
“No.”
“The villa?”
“No.”
“Whose are they?”
Bradley smiled.
“Content assets.”
Albert later discovered the Lamborghini had been rented for 45 minutes.
The yacht belonged to somebody called Trevor.
And the luxury villa was available online for £38 an hour for influencer photography.
Bradley had apparently spent £126 creating photographic evidence that he was a millionaire.
The VIP Upgrade
Students wanting faster results can purchase Bradley’s Millionaire Platinum Mentoring Package for £4,999.
This includes:
One 20-minute video call with Bradley.
Three motivational emails.
A downloadable certificate saying ENTREPRENEUR.
Access to an exclusive online group containing 847 other people wondering how to make their £4,999 back.
And a complimentary desktop wallpaper featuring a Lamborghini.
Albert asked Bradley whether anybody had actually become wealthy using the system.
“Absolutely.”
“Who?”
Bradley pointed at himself.
Albert nodded.
“And how did you make your money?”
“Selling the course.”
The Masterclass
Albert attended Bradley’s live webinar that evening.
The presentation began:
THE FIVE SECRETS MILLIONAIRES DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW
Secret Number One:
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.
Secret Number Two:
THINK BIG.
Secret Number Three:
NEVER GIVE UP.
Secret Number Four:
SURROUND YOURSELF WITH SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE.
Secret Number Five was available exclusively in Bradley’s £999 Elite Wealth Masterclass.
Albert paid.
Secret Number Five was:
CHARGE MORE.
Albert Tries the System
For investigative purposes, Albert created his own course.
He called it:
HOW TO SAVE £299 ON ONLINE BUSINESS COURSES
The entire course consisted of one sentence:
Don’t buy them.
Price:
£0.
Within two hours, 6,000 people had downloaded it.
Bradley immediately contacted Albert.
“You can’t give business knowledge away for free!”
“Why not?”
“It destroys the entire industry!”
Albert realised he might finally have discovered something useful.
Refund Guarantee
Bradley’s advertisements promised a:
100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
Albert requested his money back.
Bradley sent him the refund conditions.
To qualify, customers must demonstrate that they completed every lesson, implemented every strategy, attended every webinar and made fewer than £1 million.
They must then submit their request between 9:00 and 9:03 a.m. on the second Tuesday following a full moon.
There was also a £75 Refund Processing Fee.
Albert decided to keep the course.
He needed evidence.
DODGY RATING: 10/10
Albert awarded maximum marks after receiving Bradley’s latest email:
ALBERT — YOU’RE SO CLOSE TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM!
Apparently, all Albert needed to do was purchase the new:
ULTIMATE BILLIONAIRE MINDSET PROGRAMME — £9,999
Albert replied:
“If your programme is so good, lend me the £9,999 and I’ll pay you back when I’m a billionaire.”
Strangely, Bradley hasn’t replied.
However, Albert has now launched his own programme:
HOW TO BECOME £299 RICHER
Lesson One:
Keep your £299.
Course complete.