Get-rich-quick courses
Lesson 7 of 12 in our free Crypto, Hype & Finfluencers guide: a 5-minute money game with the key points below.
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Questions you'll answer
Dex pays £499 for a course plus £49 a month for signals for a year. Total cost?
Quick facts
- Red flag: “Quit your job in 90 days.” — Big lifestyle promises with no evidence.
- Red flag: “My students made £10k their first month*” — Cherry-picked results — check the tiny asterisk.
- Red flag: “*results not typical.” — Translation: most people don't get this.
- Red flag: “Price goes up at midnight!” — Countdown timers = fake urgency.
- Red flag: “Bring a friend and earn 30% commission.” — Recruitment rewards can be a sign of a pyramid-style scheme.
- Fact: “Free, reliable guidance on money is available from government-backed services.” — MoneyHelper is free and impartial.
- Myth: “Expensive courses are always better than free ones.” — Price is marketing, not quality.
- Fact: “Schemes where you mostly earn by recruiting others can be pyramid schemes.” — If money comes from new joiners, not real sales, it collapses — and late joiners lose.