How to Avoid Getting Duped When Shopping for Annuities Online

About this episode

Shawn Plummer discusses how to avoid scams when shopping for annuities online.

Are you just starting to research annuities online? Did you type "Best Annuities" into Google and instantly get bombarded with ads promising massive 9.60% returns or warning you that annuities are terrible? 🛑💸 In this unfiltered reality check, Shawn Plummer from The Annuity Expert pulls back the curtain and exposes the quickest way to get duped on the internet! Doing a live exercise right on Google, Shawn breaks down the difference between legitimate insurance providers and sketchy data-harvesting lead generators. Shawn explains how companies like Fisher Investments use unethical, fear-based marketing just to get their hands on your portfolio. He also exposes SEO marketing firms (like Annuity.org and Annuity Association) that dangle completely fictitious "teaser rates" just to capture your personal financial data and sell it to unvetted, random agents! He even touches on the risks of dealing with companies currently facing SEC accounting investigations (like MassMutual/Blueprint Income). Shawn’s golden rule? If you aren't actually buying the annuity from the person you are immediately speaking to, you are likely just a lead being sold to the highest bidder! 👉 Skip the lead…

People in this episode

Host: Shawn Plummer

Topics covered

• annuities
• online shopping
• financial advice
• marketing tactics
• lead generation
• investment risks

Keywords

• annuities
• investment scams
• financial marketing
• lead generators
• SEC investigations
• teaser rates

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fisher Investments, Annuity.org, Annuity Association, MassMutual, Blueprint Income

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