Work At Home Scams

May 16 2007

Posted by eddysalomon in Work From Home & Internet Scams
Tags: work at home scams

In this day and age because of the advent of the Internet everyone is looking to work from home. I won’t go into the advantages of working from home or why people want to do it. At this point that is very obvious! What may be less obvious to some is that as more people look to make money from home there are more scam artists who view this as a huge opportunity to divorce you of your hard earned money or worst your identity. Scams have come a long way since envelope stuffing and chain letters. They now come in more clever disguises.

As the owner of a work at home website Work At Home Careers.com that has been sited for helping people avoid scams by nationwide publications and news agencies, I know a little about these scams. So I’ve decided to update you with the latest scams on this blog. Scams tend to repeat themselves with slight variations so you’ll start seeing a pattern as you continue to read the items listed below. Most of the items are geared towards working at home or money related. But sometimes they are not but are still worth citing because you may run into them in just your casual Internet surfing. If you find the information useful be sure to use the share this link and send this page to everyone you know.

Report A Scam!

Think you’ve been scammed? Don’t let the punks get away with it! Do your part by reporting the scam using the form at the bottom of the page! Provide as much details as possible. In some cases we may be able to help you, so the more information you can provide in terms of the site, ad that may have been used, etc the better. Don’t let the scam artist get away with this. Sometimes the best thing to do is put their dirty laundry out on the web so others can find it and force these people out of business. So post your scam experience in the form at the bottom of this page!

How To Tell If A Company Is A Scam!

Watch the following video and you should be able to avoid any scam in the future and can tell which company is legitimate or a big scam!

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4 Responses to “Work At Home Scams”

eddysalomon says:
May 16th, 2008 at 12:29 pm |
Hi Pamela,

I’m sorry to hear about this.
Thanks for sharing this scam with others. Hopefully we can help others avoid it.

Looking at the site one of the things that popped out to me was that the site was hosted on a free server bravenet. That would’ve made me wonder because most professional companies would have their own paid hosting.

But it’s not something that usually alarms people of a possible scam. At the end of the day like so many scam artist today it was very cleverly done.

But you did the right thing by reporting this company here and the other consumer protection agencies. Hopefully it will lead to some action against this company.

I just wish we would’ve met sooner as I could’ve probably steered you into a legitimate solution such as HomeJobStop:
www.workathomenoscams.com/2008/04/08/avoiding-work-at-home-ads/

Don’t let this experience jade you. I’ve been scammed many times. You have to look at things like this as learning experience that just made you a better educated work at home seeker which means you’re that much closer to finding work at home jobs and more likely to avoid further scams in the future.

Life experiences is what shape us and make us wiser. This is no different. So keep that in mind in stay positive.

Eddy

Thanks again for sharing.

Eddy
Victoria says:
June 10th, 2008 at 1:54 pm |
Hi Eddy.

I wanted to report a scam. Iseekquote.com. They are advertising for an administrative specialist. Everything seems legit but when I researched on Google, I noticed that there are several scam alerts on this company. It is a money mule.. That send fraudulent checks and want you to send them money.

They seem so legit, that they state they offer medical/vision benefits, $17.50 per hour for processing insurance quote data. They even state that they provide 2 weeks training…..The phone number and address associated with the site goes to a private residence.

I didn’t want to see someone get hurt over this.. They almost got me. I am still actively looking for a work at home job. Hopefully, I will get one soon.
Diane says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:57 pm |
I would like to warn everyone that Partner With Paul and Carbon Copy Pro are both scams. Neither is at all legit. I wish I had known that in order to find out what a scam they are, I would have to lose money.
I can only hope that my warning will help them lose a lot more money. I wish it would make them go out of business, but I know that’s a fat chance.
eddysalomon says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:19 pm |
Hi Diane,

Thanks for sharing your experience. Would you mind providing more details as to why this is a scam? We make it a point not to run around calling companies scams unless there is some more detailed explanation behind it.

Too often when it comes to work at home, people are quick to call something a scam when they haven’t been able to make money with a program. So I definitely would appreciate more details if you’re willing to share what happened.

Did they take money from you and not provide what you paid for?

Did they provide misleading information about what they would actually be providing? i.e. Paid for an apple and got an orange instead.

Look forward to reading more details about your experience.

Thanks again.

Eddy

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