Why Cash Randomizers are Scams

From 3arf

Internet cash randomizers are a great way to be duped out of your hard earned cash.  A banner ad advertising a way to make quick money on the internet is displayed.  By clicking on this ad, you are placing your name in the rotation as well as sending a small amount of money to a randomly selected member of the list.  The hope is that somebody will click on the link when your own name is at the top of the rotation.If there were an extremely limited number of people in the rotation, this theory of internet money making could work.  If new and equally viable networks were created with every X number of sign-ups, you could be assured of your chances.  As the concept stands, the chances of your name showing up on the randomizer diminish with every new sign-up.Example:Bill and Sue are part of the randomizer program.  There is a 50% chance that one of their names will come up in the rotation.  With a banner that is viewed 500 times, Bill's name is rotated equally with Sue's to allow each of them to receive 250 chances at payment.You put your name on the list.  While this gives your administrative fee to Bill or Sue, it also diminishes their chances of receiving money to 33%.  Your name receives another sign up and your overall chances go down to 25% for everyone.To counteract the law of diminishing returns, you can pay another fee which goes to the owner of the randomizer to increase your chances.  Essentially, you can pay more to de-randomize the randomizer.  If you pay to give yourself one extra chance with the previous example, the odds for your name go up to 50% instead of 33%.  With many people joining the program simultaneously, those extra percentage points get eaten up quickly.In short, the only people who really benefit on the internet cash randomizer are the ones who created it.  They are the ones who receive the money for increasing your chances, as well as getting money with each person who signs up.  They are the ones who make the real cash, leaving you in the dust.  Cash randomizers are not only short-lived, but usually illegal since you are not buying a product.  You are just paying to move money around.

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