The internet is maturing and the old get rich quick scenario doesn't cut it anymore. Let's raise the bar on the internet to the standards of the real world. If someone's got a way to make thousands or tell you they made thousands with a particular technique. Ask for simple proof in the form of a third party auditor. If what they say holds a grain of salt, this shouldn't be a problem. Just the opinion of a realistic skeptic.
My personal thought are that a lot of people lie about how much there really not making. I keep seeing people say there making thousands a month yet peddling there books, web site or whatever is it that there selling.
I myself when i was starting out very young at (14) doing this kind of stuff i spent some hard earned money on a few of these schemes, turn-key's, and E-books which none of them did anything for me what so ever. I do agree many people are learning that none of these things do work and some of these things should almost be illegal that i have seen popping up lately. Google gets on us hard about adsense and so on but in adwords they have these get rich quick pages on their that flat out lie.