Comments on: Work At Home Sites Busted By FTC!

By: Eddy Salomon

Eddy Salomon — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:33:54 +0000

I totally agree that homework should always be done. But I wouldn’t necessarily only depend on the BBB. They are just one of many resources that should be checked but they’re definitely not the be and end all as others have claimed.

Read the following article and the comments and you’ll see what I mean:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/2008/01/14/bbb-work-at-home/

I like having different points of view and why we think it’s important that part of the research that should be done is what we suggest in our scam video:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams

This way you have multiple resources to provide you a full picture of a given opportunity. Because the fact of the matter is there are a lot of good opportunities out there that aren’t listed with the BBB. So folks would miss out on them if they just limited their search to BBB associations.

Eddy

By: Homejobsite.com

Homejobsite.com — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:26:05 +0000

That is why I do my homework, and try to stick with BBB certified work from home business opportunities!

By: Eddy Salomon

Eddy Salomon — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:25:07 +0000

I hear ya Ms Jaxxee!
There is a lot of “noise” on the web. I’ve narrowed down the sites I visit too. Having a few good expert resources is all I need.

By the way, we don’t control the security words. They just come with the software we use to manage the site.
Just click on the picture and turn up your speakers and it reads out what the word is.

Take care.

Eddy

By: MsJaxxee

MsJaxxee — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:24:39 +0000

Yeah, Eddy. I’m getting too tired and too “senior” to be running all over this WWW; so when I find one or two people I trust, I usually stick with them. I spend too much time reading and looking around your site when I get here until I can only visit 1 or 2 or other places when I leave here!

Two, maybe three, HONEST experts are all I can handle seeing as there are only 24 hours in any day. Seriously!

PS: Give us some clearer looking “security words.” I have no idea what this last word is. I’ve tried 4 times. Well

By: Eddy Salomon

Eddy Salomon — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:51:41 +0000

No problem MsJaxxee!
Steve does some great work on his site!

Eddy

By: MsJaxxee

MsJaxxee — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:45:23 +0000

Hey, Eddy! Thanks for the link to Steve’s place. If two heads are better than one, surely, two legitimate scam-busting sites are, as well.

By: eddysalomon

eddysalomon — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:45:29 +0000

Hi Sherri,

I’m sorry to hear you fell for this company. I think the fact you were brave enough to air out your experience here will help others if they happen to do their research. In the future when it comes to data entry or typing, rebate processing, etc, etc don’t pay. It’s not worth it. We always advise against that in our ask section:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/ask

When in doubt always, follow the steps in our scam video and it should help avoid any more situations like this in the future:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scam

In any event, you might want to contact your credit company and have the charges reversed and make it clear to your credit card company that you were scammed. They will note this in their files and with enough complaints this may cause this company to lose their merchant account or payment processing capabilities.

In any event, I was able to dig up the website contact info here:
http://www.whois-search.com/whois/www.dataprocessors.org

But your best bet is to contact your credit card company if you paid by credit card.

And do your part to spread their dirty laundry around by reporting your experiences on various sites that protect others:

http://www.workathomenoscams.com/2008/01/21/top-5-scam-fighting-sites/

You may also want to copy and paste your comment in our dedicated scam section so more people see it that haven’t read this particular article:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams

Eddy

By: Sherri

Sherri — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:20:19 +0000

I was one of the unfortunate ones. I signed up to work at home on dataprocessors.org. The program cost me a one time fee of $24.95. I received one assignment per day which consisted of reviewing a website with the promise of $10 per assignment. I signed up on August 15th and was emailed stating that I would receive my first check on October 15th (60 days after joining). A couple of things on this to be aware of in the future, this website claimed to be a no scam website, the websites that I reviewed were legit websites (companies that I have heard of) and my assignments came like clockwork with every email stating I would receive my first check in 59 days, then the next email saying 58 days, like a countdown. I never received any payment and I had completed approx 43 reviews. When I emailed support@dataprocessors.org questioning why I hadn’t received my check, they stopped sending me assignments and did not reply to any of my emails. You really have to be careful. This is just like stealing so they should be punished. I would think they could trace these people back by their IP address?

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:00:44 +0000

I don’t want to raise a stink but. Life4hire is right, people will never learn. And in keeping with old sayings, There is a sucker born every minute. . well for every sucker there is someone looking to take’m for what they got.
If scammers were jailed, who would pay to keep them in jail?. . US! . . We lose either way.
The scam artists dirty laundry thing may be the best deal. . if we can open peoples eyes they will see how bad they are and avoid them. But busting them is well attacking our tax dollars plain and simple.

By: eddysalomon

eddysalomon — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:39:17 +0000

Hi Susie,

I totally agree with you. When I first started searching for work at home many moons ago I was so green. I assumed that it was like any other job where you just apply and hope for the best. But I soon learned that everyone was out to get my money and sell me false hope.

It’s a sad reality that many new work at home seekers will have to face as well. Hopefully they’ll avoid the part of losing their hard earned money.

And you’re absolutely right about the detrimental effects that scammers have had on the work at home seeker mind set. Everyone thinks that you can easily make money online without having any specialized skills and that is so far from the truth. I preach that all the time here. If you want to work at home you better have the skills that are in demand or willing to invest in getting those skills.

But people think they can force a square peg into a round hole, meaning job seekers become fixated on one type of industry that isn’t available in large numbers like data entry or typing. But the scammers have made folks believe that those jobs are in demand.

So it’s just sad situation overall. Hopefully when people read sites like this, they will actually take heed to the advice we provide. Some do and they succeed others don’t and many end up scammed or frustrated. The best things that we can do as a community is share information with each other and let the chips fall where they may.

In any event, thanks in advance for referring to our site for some questions you may have in the future.

The more folks we can help, the better!

Eddy