The Girly Girl's Survival Guide: How to Be Bamboozled

Believe it or not, everyone in the world does not always have your best interest in mind. In fact, a lot people you encounter will most like be trying to get something out of you and con you! So beware of those of the fraudulent nature!

There is only one step to make sure that you do not get bamboozled in life, it is listed below!

If it sounds like it’s too good to be true, than it probably is too good to be true!

So if something ever comes up and you think to yourself “this is just too good to be true!”, be warned that you are about to be caught up in some type of a scam. I have listed some examples of things that are too good to be true to help you notice them when you come across the signs.

1.) Opportunities that will jump start your career and make you rich over night.

I had one such encounter happen to me a year ago.

Back in the day, when I was trying to be an actress, I was waiting in line for an audition. While I was waiting, I was approached by a woman who gave me the opportunity to have a free career consultation with someone who had actually been successful in acting. How could I turn down such an offer? So I went to the building for my consultation and was immediately taken a back by the atmosphere. She had forgotten to mention to me that my consultation would be at a religious organization.

I proceeded anyway and after talking to a man for about half an hour, he informed me that he knew exactly how he was going to make me famous! He told me all I had to do was take this one class that was $80 and all would be right with the world. He told me how he saw me winning awards and being ridiculously famous. Well, I took the $80 class and all I have to show for it is my lighter wallet! And clearly I am not an international sensation, so the class failed!

2.) Weight loss fads.

If you hear about a magic diet or pill that will make you lose 50 pounds in a week, the commercial ad is probably lying to you! Sorry to have to break the news to you, but the only way to really lose weight is to exercise and eat right!

3.) A guy falling for you too quick.

Say you meet a wonderful guy. He is loving, affectionate, sensitive and on top of it all, he likes you a lot! He professes to you how much he cares about you and how he can’t imagine his life without you! If a guy is making confessions like this very early into knowing each other, there is no way he actually means it. He is just spitting game at you and trying to get in your pants! (And I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, but you should be aware of what you’re getting into!)

I once had a guy tell me how much he cared about me when we had only been dating a week! A week is not enough time to know how you feel about anything!