Comments on: Habitat for Humanity Work At Home Scam http://www.workathomenoscams.com/2009/04/28/habitat-for-humanity-work-at-home-scam/ Work At Home & Avoid Scams. Our Guide will help you find jobs, telecommuting friendly companies & other work from home options. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eddy Salomon http://www.workathomenoscams.com/2009/04/28/habitat-for-humanity-work-at-home-scam/#comment-14492 Eddy Salomon Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:26:15 +0000 http://www.workathomenoscams.com/?p=860#comment-14492 Randy, Thanks! I agree with most of your advice except for the WOT extension. For awhile I used it but then it labelled my own legitimate sites as a threat or scam. That's when it help less validity for me. lol Randy,

Thanks! I agree with most of your advice except for the WOT extension. For awhile I used it but then it labelled my own legitimate sites as a threat or scam. That’s when it help less validity for me. lol

]]> By: Randy http://www.workathomenoscams.com/2009/04/28/habitat-for-humanity-work-at-home-scam/#comment-14486 Randy Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:08:22 +0000 http://www.workathomenoscams.com/?p=860#comment-14486 This is good advice, don't forget that you can also use the WOT extension in Firefox! - How To Spot A Fake Emailed Job Offer! 1. There are misspellings and grammar mistakes littered all over their emailed job offer. 2. The email address is from a free account like yahoo, gmail, aol, etc. It should be from the company’s domain. (Hr@RealCompanyName.com) 3. Contact information isn’t matching up. If they reference a website but their email address isn’t from that website, visit the site, find a contact form use it to contact someone at the company. You want to verify that they have the employee named in the email and the position in question is real. 4. When in doubt just follow the steps in our scam video. Bad news tends to travel fast so chances are this scam artist has been discussed on one of the many other fine scam fighting websites. This is good advice, don’t forget that you can also use the WOT extension in Firefox!

- How To Spot A Fake Emailed Job Offer!

1. There are misspellings and grammar mistakes littered all over their emailed job offer.

2. The email address is from a free account like yahoo, gmail, aol, etc. It should be from the company’s domain. (Hr@RealCompanyName.com)

3. Contact information isn’t matching up. If they reference a website but their email address isn’t from that website, visit the site, find a contact form use it to contact someone at the company. You want to verify that they have the employee named in the email and the position in question is real.

4. When in doubt just follow the steps in our scam video. Bad news tends to travel fast so chances are this scam artist has been discussed on one of the many other fine scam fighting websites.

]]> By: Eddy Salomon http://www.workathomenoscams.com/2009/04/28/habitat-for-humanity-work-at-home-scam/#comment-6442 Eddy Salomon Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:47:44 +0000 http://www.workathomenoscams.com/?p=860#comment-6442 Hi Gretchen, I hear you. I felt the same way when I heard about this scam. It's like they have no boundaries. The red cross one is a new one to me. So thanks for bringing it to my attention. Scammers are persistent bunch. They're like roaches. lol Thanks for chiming in though. I appreciate it. Hi Gretchen,

I hear you. I felt the same way when I heard about this scam. It’s like they have no boundaries. The red cross one is a new one to me. So thanks for bringing it to my attention. Scammers are persistent bunch. They’re like roaches. lol

Thanks for chiming in though. I appreciate it.

]]> By: Gretchen http://www.workathomenoscams.com/2009/04/28/habitat-for-humanity-work-at-home-scam/#comment-6437 Gretchen Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:11:11 +0000 http://www.workathomenoscams.com/?p=860#comment-6437 This is just sick. I donated some time to HFH when I was a teenager, and it was wonderful knowing I was helping someone get a house. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised... I've seen Nigerian scammers try to use the Red Cross, too, asking for donations. This is just insidious though; it sounds like they're getting smarter. There's another version of this scam I don't know if you've seen... it looks like an apology from the Nigerian government, offering to refund you everything you lost in an online scam. These guys actually go further than just emails; a co-worker who retired has been getting calls at my office, from a heavily-accented man, asking if she remembers getting scammed out of a lot of money a couple years ago. We've all told this guy she doesn't work here anymore, but he ignores that and goes on to offer to help her "recover" the money she lost. We know this is complete BS, because she has family still at our office. We've told the guy to contact her at home... but he calls the office at least every other day. damn scammers... This is just sick. I donated some time to HFH when I was a teenager, and it was wonderful knowing I was helping someone get a house. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised… I’ve seen Nigerian scammers try to use the Red Cross, too, asking for donations. This is just insidious though; it sounds like they’re getting smarter.

There’s another version of this scam I don’t know if you’ve seen… it looks like an apology from the Nigerian government, offering to refund you everything you lost in an online scam. These guys actually go further than just emails; a co-worker who retired has been getting calls at my office, from a heavily-accented man, asking if she remembers getting scammed out of a lot of money a couple years ago. We’ve all told this guy she doesn’t work here anymore, but he ignores that and goes on to offer to help her “recover” the money she lost. We know this is complete BS, because she has family still at our office. We’ve told the guy to contact her at home… but he calls the office at least every other day. damn scammers…

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