Archive for the ‘Job Scams’ Category
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
I've received quite a few comments on my post about Payment Processing Jobs from people with first-hand experience with these scams. To say this type of con is alive and well is an understatement.
Most of the commenters were people who were considering taking such a job, but once they became ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
I meant to post this some time ago, but life kept getting in the way. I've been receiving some emails claiming to be from employers going through CareerBuilder.com, saying that they saw my resume and would like to hire me. They were pretty convincing, and if it weren't for the ...
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
Almost everyone who has searched for a work-at-home job has run across ads for home job directories. Some are in print, others are online. When considering a paid home job directory, you should proceed with caution.
Always keep in mind that there are job boards out there that are free. Yes, ...
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
According to PR Web, the ratio of work-at-home scams to legitimate work-at-home jobs is 42 to 1! And the number of scams is growing by 50% per year.
It's an outrage that honest people who are trying to make a living from home have to face such odds. All we can ...
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Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
A few years ago, medical billing jobs were supposedly all the rage. Every way you turned there were advertisements for medical billing classes. They promised you training, the necessary software, and job placement upon successful completion of training.
The companies behind all of that hype must have made a lot of ...
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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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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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