<i>If anyone knew of a way to turn 24k into millions, why would they say how to do it for free?</i><p>Because people are social creatures and often take great pleasure in talking about something they know a lot about and may have difficulty finding many people that really want to listen/discuss it. Besides, as gets stated here often, a great idea isn't worth much.  You still have to put in the time and effort to get any payoff.  So it's not much of a threat, really.