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What Are Car Donation rip-off And How To Avoid Them?

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 22nd, 2009%

Car donation programs have witnessed equal number of successes and flaws in the recent time. Existence of genuine car donation centers and scammers has put a question mark on the fairness of these service providers. Constant warnings from IRS and sufferings from car donation scams have issued an alert for the car donors thinking to hire . . . → Read More: What Are Car Donation rip-off And How To Avoid Them?

Seniors often target of scams

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 21st, 2009%

Seniors often target of scams
Scam artists prey on the elderly because senior citizens are more vulnerable and tend to be more easily persuaded, experts say.

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Don’t fall for holiday scams: How to tell if a charity is legitimate

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 20th, 2009%

Don’t fall for holiday scams: How to tell if a charity is legitimate
The Better Business Bureau in St. Louis warns donors to be wary of scammers posing as legitimate charities during the holiday season.

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Finding The Best Online Auction Site

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 17th, 2009%

In this time, when technology and the internet are becoming more and more important to our day to day lives, it is quite hard to do certain things in the traditional way. With the option of purchasing practically anything from online stores that sell everything from groceries to consumer electronics, it is only normal the auction . . . → Read More: Finding The Best Online Auction Site

How You Use the Internet to Help Children With Donations

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 14th, 2009%

The internet can be a very powerful tool for helping charities to raise donations to help children who are impoverished. The problem is that there are many, many charities out there looking to take advantage of a person’s good will. There are good charities out there; you just may have to do a little research to . . . → Read More: How You Use the Internet to Help Children With Donations

Alpine V Review- are Charity and Mlm a Good Fit?

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 13th, 2009%

Alpine V has arrived on the mlm scene and joined the ranks of other network marketing companies touting exotic, nutrient dense “super” beverages. Companies have already given us “mega” drinks such as Acai, Goji, and Noni, but the folks over at Alpine V say that Alpine V blows them all away!This article will not only review . . . → Read More: Alpine V Review- are Charity and Mlm a Good Fit?

How To Spot Work Home Job Scams

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 11th, 2009%

If you’ve seen one scam, you’ve probably seen them all. Right? Well not necessarily. As the schemes get more clever, the concept is all the same; money. If you are seeking a job, not a business, you should never pay a fee. Legit employers are not going to require money for work. That is what they . . . → Read More: How To Spot Work Home Job Scams

Residual Cash Forever Scam?

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 9th, 2009%

Is Residual Cash Forever a scam? Well, I am not going to sit here, point my finger, and say yes/no based on what other people have said. Now, on scam.com, there are people proclaiming “Residual Cash Forever” to be a scam. However, there are programs on scam.com that are deemed as scams when they are actually . . . → Read More: Residual Cash Forever Scam?

Avoiding telemarketing scams

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 5th, 2009%

You and your family are sitting down to dinner and like clockwork, the telephone rings. The voice on the other end of the line speaks in a slow, robotic voice, like someone reading a fill-in-the-blank script. He is soliciting donations on behalf of some wonderful-sounding cause like, say, the “American Firefighters’ Gifted & Talented Amputee Fund.” . . . → Read More: Avoiding telemarketing scams

Tips To Select Right Car Donation Centre For Your Charity

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 4th, 2009%

Apart from obtaining car donations from interested donors, you can consider reputed car donations centers that can support your charity in a great manner. A number of car donors donate their vehicles these organizations, which in turn sell the cars and donate a significant percentage of amount obtained to the charitable organizations. In this way, these . . . → Read More: Tips To Select Right Car Donation Centre For Your Charity

Know the Facts: Choosing the Right Charity

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 3rd, 2009%

You might not even think about it when giving money to the fundraisers or the car wash and other <a onClick=”javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(’/outgoing/article_exit_link’);” href=http://www.golfmarathonman.com/fundraising_activities.html>fundraising activities</a> you might encounter. While you can consider most <a onClick=”javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(’/outgoing/article_exit_link’);” href=http://www.golfmarathonman.com/school_fundraising.html>school fundraisers</a> to be safe, there are many charitable organizations that can from a less than legitimate background. But, what kinds of things . . . → Read More: Know the Facts: Choosing the Right Charity

Think Before You Pink! ‘realise That Most Cancer Charities are a Scam

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 2nd, 2009%

As well intending as these people may be: whether you see them shaking tins, collecting money, or working in resident shops or any other campaign, the sad truth of the matter is most cancer charities are a scam.

Basically, the money collected from the charities goes to the pharmaceutical establishment, who have no intention of finding the . . . → Read More: Think Before You Pink! ‘realise That Most Cancer Charities are a Scam

How to Spot a Loan Modification Scam

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 30th, 2009%

Little do they realize that one wrong move in the submission of your loan modification and you are declined even though you thought everything out and were studious, you still lost your house!

I am writing this article to let you know that there are experts in this field despite the bad raps and to . . . → Read More: How to Spot a Loan Modification Scam

Home Typing Jobs – Scams or the Real Deal?

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 30th, 2009%

Within the last five years I have seen literally hundreds of adsfor home typing and online data entry jobs. They all seem to say the same thing -“Make $250-$1000 a Day”. For a long time I thought to myself “yeah right”, There’sno way, this has to be scam! So after seeing them around for so long, . . . → Read More: Home Typing Jobs – Scams or the Real Deal?

What Is A Good Charity To Donate To?

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 29th, 2009%

Every charity I find seems like a scam, I know they are all good causes, but I seem to be very paranoid about this.
A few years ago I was out of work and wanted to help out in a charity, cuz I had so much free time and noone wanted my time and efforts, they just . . . → Read More: What Is A Good Charity To Donate To?

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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