Archive for August, 2006
Saturday, August 26th, 2006
How's this for a dream job: Receive payments from a company's customers, then wire them to the company through Western Union, and receive a fee for each payment processed. Easy work, you choose your hours, and the pay is great. The catch? By accepting this job you become part of ...
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Monday, August 21st, 2006
Even if you haven't heard of Nigerian 419 scams, if you have an email address you've more than likely been exposed to them. They originated in Nigeria, but are now popping up from all over the world.
In the beginning, mostly well-to-do individuals were the recipients of the scam emails. The ...
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Friday, August 11th, 2006
I read about a new scam that is popping up in a newsletter from my ISP. It isn't exactly a work at home scam, but it seemed like something that would be worth mentioning.
Emails are being sent out to customers of Bank of America and various other banks claiming to ...
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Thursday, August 10th, 2006
Home assembly is a scam that I have first-hand experience with. I touched on it in my first post also, but here I will go into a little more detail.
A company places ads looking for people to assemble products from home, send them to the company, and receive payment for ...
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Saturday, August 5th, 2006
In my first post, I mentioned envelope stuffing scams. For those of you who are not familiar with them, here is some info.
Envelope stuffing scams are one of the oldest scams in the book. Ads are placed for envelope stuffing "jobs", with the promise of a certain amount (usually about ...
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
Are you reading this because you've already been scammed and don't want it to happen again? Here are some resources for scam victims.
The Better Business Bureau is a good place to start. You can file complaints against dishonest businesses with them. You can also check out those that you are ...
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Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Good question, glad you asked! First let me tell you a little about myself.
In 2003, my daughter was a year old, and I had recently quit my part-time job because my husband had changed jobs and our schedules would conflict. Rather than trying to find a babysitter and probably spending ...
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