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Work from Home Online Scams, Ensure you are not a Victim

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 24th, 2009%

While our global economy is still in deep waters, and a lot of people are desperate for money. Now, even more that ever, there are a lot of work from home online scam artists out there willing and waiting to take your money. With everybody’s money tight and more and more people looking for work from . . . → Read More: Work from Home Online Scams, Ensure you are not a Victim

Avoid work from home scams and find real work at home jobs online

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 23rd, 2009%

How to avoid work from home scams

Let’s get right down to the nitty gritty because when I started looking for home-based jobs I kept running into all types of scams. So I am assuming that you have reached this page because many of the opportunities you have come across were schemes such as multi-level marketing, chain . . . → Read More: Avoid work from home scams and find real work at home jobs online

Is it a Scam?

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 22nd, 2009%

Televisions commercials, magazine advertisements, and Internet websites all indicate working from home is easy. “If I can do it, so can you!” says the paid actor or copywriter.

You’ve heard or read the gimmicks a thousand times. Heck, you could probably recite them verbatim. Most messages go something like this: The benefits of working from home . . . → Read More: Is it a Scam?

Avoiding Common Work At Home Scams

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 21st, 2009%

Scammers are getting more creative every day, coming up with new schemes to get your money (or sensitive information). Knowledge is power! By educating yourself on the common scams and keeping aware about new ones, you can stop the scammers in their tracks. Remember, if no one fell for their tactics, they would be out of . . . → Read More: Avoiding Common Work At Home Scams

Home Business Opportunity – How Can you Avoid All the Scams Online?

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 20th, 2009%

A home business opportunity online that is authentic and can make money actually does exist. Nevertheless, how can you sort out the genuine home business opportunity from the outrageous claims on the Internet? The answer to this question is easy to discover. If you are very smart, you can never be . . . → Read More: Home Business Opportunity – How Can you Avoid All the Scams Online?

How To Tell If A Home-Based Business Is A Scam…

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 19th, 2009%

The internet is littered with every kind of get-rich-quick con and scam you can imagine.

There are the Nigerian 419 schemes, forced matrix ‘opportunities’ that would require maxing out the entire human population for just 10 percent of participants to ever see a penny, there are over-hyped Pay-per-click and Adsense scams, fake MLM and network marketing ‘opportunities’, . . . → Read More: How To Tell If A Home-Based Business Is A Scam…

Don’t Get Caught Out by Income Scams

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 18th, 2009%

The fact is that most people get into part time work because they are in need of extra income. Other people choose to go with a part time income opportunity because they do not feel fulfilled with their full time work.The ability to earn part time income online has helped a number of people achieve . . . → Read More: Don’t Get Caught Out by Income Scams

Gifting Clubs – Unwrapping the Scam

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 17th, 2009%

You’re at your friend’s house for coffee or receive an email from an acquaintance. They are really excited about this new club they have joined and have to tell you about it. It will change your life. They explain it’s a “gifting” club. You put in money, often between $500.00 and $2000.00, and the money is . . . → Read More: Gifting Clubs – Unwrapping the Scam

Scams, Gambling & Investments: How to Spot the Difference

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 16th, 2009%

The internet is a wonderful source of information – both good and bad. It’s also a playground of profitable possibilities for would-be and seasoned shysters and scam artists. Apart from pornography, one of the most prevalent types of content one can find on the web is in the moneymaking category. And I guess, like sex, money . . . → Read More: Scams, Gambling & Investments: How to Spot the Difference

Have Anyone Try To Send 6 Dollar To Oprah Winfrey Chain Letter Does It Really Work?

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 14th, 2009%

I don’t really want to be alone at this but i received a letter stating “If a 15 year old boy could make$71,000 in just 5 weeks and others $250,000 in a few weeks so can you” it sound like a scam and the first thought that came to my head was GET A REAL . . . → Read More: Have Anyone Try To Send 6 Dollar To Oprah Winfrey Chain Letter Does It Really Work?

Is This A Virus Or Just A Chain Letter Type Thing.?

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 13th, 2009%

My mother phoned up this morning in a panic saying blar,blar,blar do not open message with post card from hallmark attatched blar,blar blar, according to cnn this is the worst virus ever do not open.
But I am sure I read somewhere that this is just a scam and nothing but a . . . → Read More: Is This A Virus Or Just A Chain Letter Type Thing.?

Scam Or Not??!!! Chain Letter I Received In The Mail…………..?

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 12th, 2009%

I received a letter in the mail regarding “As seen on The Oprah Winfrey Show and 20/20″
Sending $1 dollar to each person on the list… blah blah blah.
Does anyone know what letter I am referring to? If so, IS THIS . . . → Read More: Scam Or Not??!!! Chain Letter I Received In The Mail…………..?

Popular Work At Home Scams And The Gullible Home Business Opportunity Seekers

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 11th, 2009%

The Internet is exploding with all kinds of Scams. Searching for a legitimate work at home business opportunity is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Some of the Work at Home Scams that capture the imagination of gullible people are, envelope-stuffing, craft assembly, chain letter e-mails, data entry jobs, and business opportunities. It is very . . . → Read More: Popular Work At Home Scams And The Gullible Home Business Opportunity Seekers

They Can Sugar Coat it All They Want, It’s Still a Scam

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 10th, 2009%

A lot of the recent so called opportunities out there in my eyes are just chain letter scams of the 21st century. They may say you are getting all this so called product but you have to compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges. I can say my house is worth over a million dollars . . . → Read More: They Can Sugar Coat it All They Want, It’s Still a Scam

The Make Money Fast Chain Letter

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 9th, 2009%

The Make Money Fast chain letter was an email forwarded chain letter that was a scam and no money actually came from it. Further it has since been a term that insiders into the computer industry have joked about and said that if something is impossible then it is a Make Money Fast scam. Some antispammers . . . → Read More: The Make Money Fast Chain Letter

Top 10 Scams and Rip-Offs
1.Scams and Rip-Offs} Acai Supplements and Other “Free” Trial Offers – Ads offering trial offers for teeth whiteners, acai anti-aging pills and other miracle supplements blanket the Internet, including trusted Web sites of national news organizations. The marketing campaigns often falsely claimed an endorsement by Oprah, Rachel Ray and Doctor Oz. Thousands of consumers complained to BBB that the free trial actually cost them as much as hundreds of dollars, month after month.

2.Scams and Rip-Offs} Stimulus/Government Grant Scams – Even before President Obama announced the stimulus plan in February, scammers had already set up schemes for misleading consumers and small business owners into thinking they could get a piece of the pie. Offers for worthless assistance and advice on how to get government grants bombarded consumers online, over the phone and via mail and e-mail.

3.Scams and Rip-Offs} Robocalls – Owning a cell phone or having their phone number on the do-not-call list did not help thousands of people across the US put a stop to harassing automated telemarketing calls in 2009. The robocalls often claimed that their auto warranty was about to expire—which wasn’t true—or offered help in reducing their interest rate on their credit card. The prevalence of robocalls violating federal telemarketing laws prompted the FTC to increase restrictions on the practice in 2009.

4.Scams and Rip-Offs} Lottery/Sweepstakes Scam – The victim receives a letter in the mail pretending to be from Reader’s Digest, Publisher’s Clearing House or a phony foreign lottery claiming that he or she has won millions. The letter comes with a check that represents only a portion of the total winnings. In order to get the rest, the victim has to deposit the check and then wire hundreds of dollars back to the scammers supposedly to cover taxes or some other bogus fee. The victim wires the money, but the prize never arrives.

5.Scams and Rip-Offs} Job Hunter Scams –Scams targeting job hunters vary and include attempts to gain access to personal information such as bank account or social security numbers and requirements to pay a fee in order to even be considered for the job. Another common scam was reported to BBB by job hunters who were told by a prospective employer that they had to check their credit report before being considered for a job. The job offer is actually a marketing ploy for online credit monitoring that costs the victim every month until they cancel.

6.Scams and Rip-Offs} Google Work from Home Scam – Countless Web sites cropped up in 2009 that claimed you could learn how to make money from home using Google or Twitter and offered a free trial of learning materials. The Web sites often included the Google or Twitter moniker and logo. As a result, many people who complained to BBB thought they were getting a job with Google or Twitter when in, fact, they were being lured into another misleading free-trial offer and were billed every month for the materials and other mystery charges that added up to hundreds of dollars.

7.Scams and Rip-Offs} Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue/Debt Assistance – Many families are struggling in the current economy and hucksters are offering to help them save their house from foreclosure or help them get out of credit card debt. Unfortunately, victims are paying hundreds of dollars up front for the assistance they desperately need but ultimately never receive.

8.Scams and Rip-Offs} Mystery Shopping – Consumers across the country thought that they could make some extra money by becoming a secret shopper and evaluating the customer service of various stores. The victim is asked to evaluate their shopping experience at a few stores as well as a money wiring service such as Western Union or MoneyGram by wiring money back to the scammers. A seemingly real looking check is supposed to cover the costs, but ends up being a fake. The victim is out hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars.

9.Scams and Rip-Offs} Over-Payment Scams – Over-payment scams typically target small business owners, landlords or individuals with rooms to rent and sellers on classifieds or sites like Craigslist. Typically the scammer pretends to be a customer, possible renter or interested buyer, respectively. The victim receives a check for more than the amount requested. The scammers then ask the victim to deposit the check and wire the extra amount elsewhere, such as to a shipping company. Ultimately though, the check is fake and the victim is really wiring money back to the scammers.

10.Scams and Rip-Offs} Phishing e-mails/H1N1 spam – A perennial problem, phishing e-mails pop up in inboxes and can take various forms such as appearing to be from a business, a government agency or official or even a friend. Whatever the setup, the goal of any phishing e-mail is the same: to trick victims into divulging sensitive financial information or to infect the victim’s computer with viruses and malware. In addition to phishing e-mails, spam e-mail selling wares to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus were particularly rampant in 2009.

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