As you recall in my last post, I had questions about their refund policy and wanted some clarification before paying the $97. I never heard back from them. Now, if I weren’t investigating this company I would certainly not pursue it. But, since I want to complete my investigation I will go ahead and register.
I [...]
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I decided to investigate a data entry ad because I’ve looked into them in the past myself and have found them to all be extremely similar. While there are companies that hire people to do data entry work from their homes, most of them don’t post ads on the Internet. Hopefully, this post will make [...]
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I decided to investigate envelope stuffing because it’s one of the most prevalent work at home ads out there (not on my site, mind you). I also thought it was appropriate because I am asked on a daily basis whether or not you can really earn a living (or make any money at all) stuffing [...]
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There was a job posted on my site today that immediately aroused my suspicions. The job was “Part time job: editing texts”. Here’s the job description:
We will provide you with the texts for our employees with the important information and you will correct the texts as an english speaking person and send them [...]
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Today there was a job posted on my site that immediately aroused suspicion. The job was for a “package manager”. Since I have seen many scams that involve shipping packages, I knew I should really look at this one.
Here’s what they posted:
Honest workers needed for a package processing company located in NY, but any location [...]
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The worse the economy gets, the more active the scammers are. Today someone emailed me to ask my opinion on a mystery shopper job they’d been offered. They had received this letter along with a check for $3,900:
As you can (barely) see, the letter directs the new employee to cash the check and then wire [...]
The Internet Crime Complaint Center, a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). today issued a warning about work at home scams:
Consumers need to be vigilant when seeking employment on-line. The IC3 continues to receive numerous complaints from individuals who [...]
While identity theft is nothing new, the Web has opened up whole new world of opportunity for identity thieves.
According the FBI, identity theft is the top online fraud. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says that identity theft is it’s number one source of consumer complaints – 42 percent of all complaints.
The thief will use your [...]
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Newspaper ads claiming to offer medical billing jobs are turning out to be nothing but a scam. The ad says, “Do medical billing at home for doctors” and gives an 800 number. You get a recorded message…
“You get paid for as many as you do. Four to seven dollars each, depending on the length. [...]
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