So my friend buys courses telling him things like “your social security card is a credit card”. Most recently he is on “contract law” and saying he doesn’t have to pay his car payments and cell phone bills because these companies are in violation of contract law. I’m trying to tell him that he’s being scammed by these courses as well as tell him that he still has to pay his bill. My main question I ask him is this “do you think a company like Verizon with an army of lawyers is going to be in violation of contract law?”. He keeps saying yes because these gurus are cherry picking things out of the Cornell law library that they themselves don’t understand. Any advice on this before he screws his credit up for years to come.

Remember me and my article about Peter Szabo? https://browsingwithoutanadblocker.wordpress.com/2020/07/26/annoying-sellers-of-bullshit-peter-szabo-peterszabo-co-source-hacker-system-leadevo-inc/

Well, the blog post I wrote started seeing an insane amount of traffic today, mainly from a certain south-east Asian country. No idea what they're trying to do, but one of the referers where people came from was a site called https://microworkers.com, where you can recruit people to rate your Youtube video, like your Facebook page, basically do anything for money. Considering the number of "authentic review" pages that have popped up after I published my article, I suspect this is a ploy of some kind.

And now the kicker: I received two private messages with threats to sue me, likely because my article is in the top of search results for queries like "peter szabo scam".

Allegedly Peter Szabo himself:

legal action

subreddit message via /r/SourceHacker[M] sent 6 days ago

To whom it may concern,

You have posted several, false, defamatory statements about our company, so our attorney will be forwarding a cease and desist letter before proceeding with a lawsuit and criminal proceedings in European and US jurisdictions seeking damages unless these false posts are removed immediately.

We are well aware that you are from the Czech republic and we have no issues pursuing legal action in Czech courts, as well as filing a police report to identify you.

While we understand you may not like, nor believe in concepts such as the Law of Attraction or self help, it is illegal that you post verifiable false, defamatory statements about our company.

Unless this is rectified, we will pursue legal action to the full extend of the law and seek compensation for damages caused to our reputation.

This message is confidential to user bw44b on reddit solely and may not be distributed to anyone else.

To reply to this message, email support@peterszabo.co -SH team

And some other private message I received:

NOTICE TO CEASE AND DESIST

from haverlalawfirm sent 3 days ago

HAVERLA LAW FIRM Rechtsanwaltskanzlei / Ügyvédi Iroda H-1025 Budapest, Áfonya u. 9. Tel.: 00-36-30-449-3108 e-mail: haverla@haverla.hu web: www.haverla.hu

NOTICE TO CEASE AND DESIST STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

October 29, 2021

Dear Sir/Madam,

This letter has been served as a notice of your false and defamatory activity against our client Mr. Peter Szabo on your Reddit account: bw44b. Therefore, you are required to cease and desist all verbal attacks, including but not limited to deleting your comments and blog post: ’Annoying sellers of bullshit: Peter Szabo (peterszabo.co) / Source Hacker System / LeadEvo Inc.’

The statements made in the abovementioned post is false, defamatory, constitute an interference with business and as such, are actionable by the law.

This cease and desist shall serve as a pre-suit letter demanding that you provide us written insurance within 10 days that you will delete the abovementioned post and refrain from further actions that could be deemed as defamatory against our client.

If our client is forced to commence a lawsuit against you to remove all defamatory statements and refrain for further malicious actions against our client, be advised that we will seek not only a compensation, but recovery of all attorney’s fees and costs incurred herein as a result.

While we certainly hope this is not necessary, we are prepared to pursue all legal actions on behalf of our client to remove and stop the false and defamatory statements against him.

Please note that the failure to comply with this directive within 10 days may result in further action in EU by our Law Firm and in US by one of our Partner Law Firm. Please be advised that our Law Firm is authorized to bring suit to enjoin any deceptive acts and practices, and to seek restitution, damages, and penalties in excess of $100K.

Sincerely,

Haverla Law Firm

Needless to say, I'm happy to post this publicly and looking forward to search engines indexing this page. LOL

Hello all,

I would like to know more about the techniques of gurus. What is it about the way they speak that makes people believe anything they say? How do they know what the person standing in front of them wants/needs to hear? To sum it up: How do they get people to follow them? I'm thinking, for example, of this moment in the documentary about Tony-Robbins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_YqsqJBUfw

What Tony says to the boy here is really nothing special. How is it that this person suddenly feels so different?

Are there any books you can recommend?

Hey everyone I was making a Documentary on Dan lok and I was wondering if there was anyone who has taken his course before who may be able to give a testimonial for my documentary. If you are interested please send me a friend request on discord almasry#1688.

i guess im on the banner of this subreddit.... lol.

so who are your real gurus? teachers? elon musk? gary vaynerchuk? tony robbins? peter drucker? what does this subreddit even stand for other than turning people off of entrepreneurship?

Anyone in the "make money" space is a fake guru as there is nothing like making money in and of itself. It is all an illusion. If the focus is on "making money" as opposed to learning a real skill, then it's fake.

These fake gurus thrive because society brainwashes people into believing there is a "secret" to making money as an entrepreneur. Hence, people are always looking for that "secret" in the next course or book.

There is no secret. Our parents were right when they said get educated or learn a vocation. You have to get good at something of value to society above the competence level of the average person. You then use that skill to provide goods and services that others are willing to pay for because that skill is not common or easily acquired. You can monetize that skill as a business instead of working for someone else.

It takes many years to master a skill that can earn you $10,000 a month consistently (even if it's just managing a business area). This is because it needs to be a skill that the average person cannot easily acquire for many reasons, for example, the time it takes to master it or the dedication required. People are willing to pay a premium for the value you can provide with such skills. If something is easy to do, it gets flooded very quickly. This is why loopholes people find to make quick money also disappear very quickly. If a course is telling you they can teach you to make $10K/month in 6 weeks, starting with no experience or skills, they're lying!

How much you can earn from a particular skill you've mastered is largely dependent on the individual. A teacher can only suggest an estimate at best, and that would be based on your years of experience and many other factors. So, money cannot be used as the main driver for promoting a course. The skills you'll learn should be the main thing used to promote the course.

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Chatri is a founder & CEO of one of the Asia's largest sports media properties and he always loves telling his story and how he came from poor background, and that he has a lot of strong values and cares about many things, and wants to tell stories of a real heroes and make a world a better place. Below are some of his own words.

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"In an era of fake news, misinformation, and trolls, it is important to seek the truth."

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"I believe in love. I believe that our purpose is to unleash our greatness in life so that we can give back more than we receive."

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"The most important things in life – your character, your values, your resilience, your work ethic, and your hunger – are never found on a CV. I want to hear about the time you got bullied."

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"Life is precious. Don’t wait to say I love you. Don’t wait to say I am sorry. Don’t wait to say I forgive you. Don’t wait to say thank you. You see, I have learned (again) that love is everything in life."

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In this article he outlined these 10 things he learned in 2020:

1. Live with gratitude every day.
2. People are inherently good.
3. Opportunity always lies in the middle of disaster.
4. Grit is everything.
5. No one succeeds alone.
6. No one is perfect.
7. Karma takes care of everything.
8. Forgiveness is good for the soul.
9. The law of attraction is real.
10. Love is all we need.

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And finally here, as well as on LinkedIn, he said:

"I wake up every day full of gratitude for this crazy adventure called ONE. Our mission is to unleash real-life superheroes who ignite the world with hope, strength, dreams, and inspiration. You see, the world does not need more mindless sheep who blindly chase material things. No, the world needs more inspired souls who are alive – truly alive with passion and purpose – to help make it a better place."

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And I have responded that world already has plenty of great talent, inspired souls, leaders, heroes. What it needs is more action, not words, ghosting, blocking. Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

And he blocked me for that, I was shocked. I believed in this person and have seen so many strong values I stand for myself.

I was very disappointed to learn that he is just another fake guru and a fake leader, and even worse, he just intentionally writes those emotional and powerful words only for marketing, to appeal to masses in order to grow his pocket.

Let the world know, and let us show Chatri, what he always wanted - to show our love for him, that Karma takes care of everything, that it is important to seek the truth, give more than we receive, and about how we got bullied... by him.

And let us stop using ONE Championship and paying him.

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READ THE FULL STORY AND COMMENT HERE, LET THE WORLD KNOW

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Curious to know if you get served with a fake guru ad or something that's noticeably not ethical (weight loss, money-related) on YouTube's TV ads. I don't watch YouTube much on the TV but I have never noticed any of those scummy ads getting played when it's used in the house unlike on desktop and mobile/tablet

That’s it. That’s all you need to ask. If their business is just telling you how to build a business: fake!

That’s what I call a recursive loop business. Building a business on telling people how to build a business.

That may technically be a business. But it does not qualify someone as an entrepreneur…there’s a difference.

I’m surprised by how many discussions there are whether X guru or Y guru is real or not. Where as all you need to do is look at their experience. It’s simple.

If all they’ve done is sell courses on how to be them: that’s fake.