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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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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
I was replying to a comment today, and was going to direct the reader to the scam resources in my sidebar. Fortunately, I thought to look before I typed, and realized that there were no scam resources in my sidebar. Oops!
Somehow the resources got lost in the shuffle when I ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
That this blog is no longer completely ad-free. I decided to place some carefully selected advertisements in an effort to make enough money to pay for the domain and hosting. So far only one has passed muster, and that's Entrepreneur's 25 Businesses You Can Start and Run From Home.
Entrepreneur is ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Wow. It has been over five months since I posted anything here. Where has the time gone?
I haven't been actively searching for jobs or gigs online for a long time, so I haven't run across any scams to speak of on my own. And due to the way things have ...
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Firstly, let me apologize for not posting anything in ages. I have finally gotten my home business going full-time, but not without some major obstacles in the way. I've been a very busy lady and just haven't had the time to devote to exposing scams. Hopefully that will change soon.
Now, ...
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Thursday, April 26th, 2007
I've been getting a lot of bounced emails lately. It wouldn't be a big deal, except they are ones that I did not send.
After inspecting a few of them and finding that the attached emails were spam, I got worried. I thought that despite all of my efforts to keep ...
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Monday, March 26th, 2007
There is no shortage of scammers out there who want your money. But there are just as many, if not more, who are dying for your email address.
Spam comes in many forms, about many subjects. A substantial amount of it is trying to sell prescription drugs and other such spam-typical ...
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Friday, February 16th, 2007
Buying an established website is a great option for those wishing to work from home. If you've got the cash to put into it, you can get a site that already has content and an audience. Then your biggest concern is adding fresh content and keeping the visitors coming back ...
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
You might have seen commercials on cable about various sorts of kiosks that you can buy and set up to make money. One that I saw a while back was advertising public Internet access sites that you can place in businesses such as malls. Another one that I saw online ...
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
I hope everyone is having a happy holiday season! I just wanted to share something I saw on TV that might be of interest.
THS Investigates: Online Nightmares is a special about bad things that have happened to people online. It covers online predators, eBay scams, and identity theft, among other ...
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