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krazyladyplz
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#401 · Posted: 30 Dec 2009 00:35
Always read the fine print and always do your due diligence and find out about the product or site. I'm always careful about those you got to get it quick or it'll be sold out and then it'll be higher if you want to purchase later. Creates that sense of anxiousness that you'll be losing out if you don't get in now. Only thing you lose is your money.
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#402 · Posted: 15 Jan 2010 10:38
When I stumble upon an opportunity online, I also check it out by attaching "online scam" next to the company name on the search engines.
But I also analyze the results because some competitors also put dirt on other companies by spreading that they are scams. So I also ask people online about their opinion.
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#403 · Posted: 22 Jan 2010 16:29
I purchased a course on affiliate marketing a month ago and it was saying how he earned $25,000 his first month. It is legit.
But would you say that other people would see this as a scam because of the big figure he is mentioning?
Is putting this kind of earning a good strategy for advertising? Would people really believe?
I hope this makes sense. 
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#404 · Posted: 23 Jan 2010 18:51
pincpassion: Would people really believe?
Oh yes,they would..
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#405 · Posted: 23 Jan 2010 20:55
pincpassion
Well, that doesn't necessarily mean that's a scam. I make $30,000 a month from affiliate programs and more.
People just have to learn the techniques. People just don't know how important this is. If you have the right techniques than you can make just about anything online and the world will be your play ground.
But it's always good to check and make sure if a program is a scam. I have been scammed more than a few times before I found the things to work for me.
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#406 · Posted: 4 Feb 2010 02:20
Online scams are frequent so be careful.
Somebody from the states (he claims) called me with a professional voice and said he got my email from the form I filled up online.
He said he got a sure shot opportunity for only few selected people and the company has chosen me as one of them. Then, he starts asking me about my credit card details.
I said sorry I am not interested. He replied: "No, I'm sorry because I'm just helping you out with this". I can hear him laugh a bit as he end the call.
That was quick with a sense of urgency that required immediate action. If you are easy, you're done!
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#407 · Posted: 8 Feb 2010 05:56
When I started out, I helped to keep many so-called "Gurus" in business. Now when I get caught up in the hype and buzz of a new product, I give myself a cooling off period of a couple of days, do some research, then go ahead and buy it anyway!
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greg2010
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#408 · Posted: 8 Feb 2010 22:23
Hi Guys! It's my first time to post here. I just recently worked with a company that was referred to me. I just want to ask if that's a scam if the company referred to me is considered scam?
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1life1fire
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#409 · Posted: 22 Feb 2010 18:20
You know what I do if I'm interested in a online business program?
I go in and convince the owner that I am looking to BUY an entire online program... I go in saying something like "price is no object" ...
Once the owner sees $$$ ... the owner will let me in to his entire membership area whether its a free or paid program...
Then I can take a look around... chat with other members in the forums... get an idea of what the support looks like... get an idea of what Up To Date training and advertising materials look like.... and much more...
And get a chance to check it out first hand without paying anything right away.
Hope this helps!
Dan
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#410 · Posted: 22 Feb 2010 23:36
I recently was a target for the Secret Shopper Scam.
Here is the 1st email which I answered:
Hello Ma/Sir,
My name is Ben Andrew, A representative of Secret Shoppers Management,This is an awareness to let the public know that we have a vacancy position for a mystery shopper in our company and we would like to know if you're interested in working with us. As a mystery shopper you work and shop together for pleasure and the pay is $200 weekly on Part time basis, you only work 2-3hours twice in a week.
Kindly provide the below information for assessment and registration with the company. Kindly send the requested information to ([email protected])
Full Legal Name.........,
Address.................,
City....................,
State...................,
Zip code................,
Home and Cell numbers...,
Thanks
Secret Shopper�
Then the response looked like this:
Dear Bernnard,
Shopper's Guide already have a survey for you to run on two prominent companies in your area.
The 1st is a Western Union Location
The 2nd is a Restaurant
There has been reports about lack in the services of their Management and some of their staffs,the complaints were based on reports which their customers forwarded anonymously and Phone calls which were also made to the head office.The Western union location was reported for evaluation, Negligence for the following reasons:
I) Slow services
II) Unbalanced transfer charges The 2nd company was reported to be rendering(I) Poor services(II) Rudeness to customers
III) Excess charge
IV) Late opening time and Closing before time.
Your Secret Evaluation would be
1) To make a transfer of funds from this western union location to another Mystery shopper, and the funds would be picked up by the mystery shopper at the exact location Which a customer reported her funds missing.
2) You would have to record the time at which you go to the location and how many minutes it took you to get service.
3) You would be sent a check/Money order which would cover your payment of $200 and also for the duty. As soon as you receive the check/money order, you would cash in at your bank, and deduct your $200.00, and use the rest of the money for the services.
4) Upon receiving the funds, the locations address would be forwarded to you, and also the Name and address of whom the Mystery shoppers transfer would be made to. You would have to keep a comprehensive report on every activity you carry out.
5) You would also provide me with the name of the cashier that attended to you. Please, confirm to me that you did received this message so that the check/Money order can be sent out to you ASAP.
KINDLY RECONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION BELOW FOR ASSESSMENT
Then a UPS overnight showed up on my front porch with 2 MoneyGrams for $850 each. And this email was in my inbox. I did not follow the instructions and have called my state AG. This is a scam!
Dear Bernnard,
Enclose with this instruction is a check payment for $1750 which will be delivered to you via UPS with the tracking number (J121 251 628 5). You are to cash the payment at your bank then you deduct $150 for the mystery shopper assignment, you would have $1600 left and i want you to send $1500 to the next secret shopper in another location via western union money transfer. The remaining $100 will be for western union transfer chargers ensure that money is sent using the (Money Available in Minutes) procedure. Here is the name you will wire the funds to below:
RECEIVER'S NAME: MICHAEL FOLKS
ADDRESS: 23 THOMAS WAY
CITY: MILE END
STATE: LONDON
ZIP CODE: E14 2RT
COUNTRY: UNITED KINGDOM
YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT'S INSTRUCTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
During this assignment which requires you to have the money orders cashed at your bank before proceeding to wire the remaining funds at any local western union money transfer location, You are expected to secretly perform the following shopping operation:
1. How fast and Efficient is the Western Union Money Transfer Service?
2. How long does it take you to have the funds wired?
3. How Close is the Western Union Money Transfer Location to your area?
4. Is the Senders Request Form too short or Long?
5. Is the neighboring environment safe for handling Western Union Money Transfer Service.
6. What is the name of the Local Western Union Money Transfer Agent where you have the funds wired?
7. General Comment....
You are expected to have this done today and email us back your results with the following information after you have the funds wired:
1. Name and Address of Sender
2. Money Transfer Control Number
3. Amount Wired
Once payment is sent i would expect you to email me on [email protected] with the required questions above so I will be waiting to read from you ASAP with the requested transfer details.
Regards,
Ben Andrew
Please don't fall for this scam. The Moneygrams are fake!
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#411 · Posted: 11 Mar 2010 12:31
Make sure the company you are looking into has a physical address, this will indicate a solid company. If no address then it could be a fly by night. Take Care.
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#412 · Posted: 19 Mar 2010 23:01
microdermxuser: I tried one of those chain letters that promised 6,000,000 and I got one whole dollar whooo hooo...rip off!!!
That's a dollar more than most people.
How much did you "invest"?
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#413 · Posted: 19 Mar 2010 23:26
jazzewi: Then a UPS overnight showed up on my front porch with 2 MoneyGrams for $850 each. And this email was in my inbox. I did not follow the instructions and have called my state AG. This is a scam!
Wow!
So the MoneyGrams are fake? Isn't that a flaw in their scam? They tell you to cash them at your bank, so wouldn't the bank tell you they are conterfeit?
Or are they counting on some people just depositing them assuming they are real (since, after all, they were instructed to cash them)?
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I remember a scam I fell for. Came oin the mail in the early 80's.
It had pictures all of kinds of products and they said they were a company that represented all these clients and who looking for testers to give their opinions of their products. Testers would get to keep the products.
There was a $10 processing fee. I sent it in and within a few days got another several pages of photos of more expensive products.
I was told that since I had acted immediately I was eligible for the exclusive elite testers club and would get thousands of dollars in products, but would need to send in $49.
Yep. I bought it, hook, line and sinker.
Of course I never heard back.
Felt like a fool.
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#414 · Posted: 20 Mar 2010 10:20
Well, being from the UK I can tell you that London address is not legit but then I guess you knew that anyway!
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#415 · Posted: 22 Mar 2010 18:19
Just wanna share some ideas what is scam and what is not. Clearly if they say that you will earn a lot by just doing simple jobs like data entry but you'll earn like you're an engineer or something it's very obvious that it's a scam. But many people still fall for it.
Here's my tip to make sure that it's not a scam. Try to google it, example PPC, if the name of it is ClickObuck search it and add scam on it and research it.
Being too trustful is one of the reason why people get scammed.
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#416 · Posted: 24 Mar 2010 08:05
Hi gurudattsinha;
It is looks very much as scam for many reasons which i will copy here from the search i did:
# "Moniker Privacy Services" was found in about 584,631 other domains
# 4 registrars have maintained records for this domain since 2005-09-13 with 3 drops.
# This domain has changed name servers 10 times over 3 years.
# Hosted on 17 IP addresses over 5 years.
# View 342 ownership records archived since 2005-12-18 .
When is a company is found in so many Unrelated domains, do so mnay changes, have many different ip addresses, it is means they do not want to be found. So my advice is don't go for it. It stinks.
I hope to have been helpful and take care.
Cheers,
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#417 · Posted: 1 Apr 2010 08:25
gurudattsinha: I also saw a newspaper add from Icash.com to pay 990 rupees for CD to how to earn money with GoogleJunction. Can anybody suggest something regarding this? Is this a fraud site/ad? If yes, pls let me know so that i will not get trapped into it.
Hi Guru, I googled google junction (lol) and there doesn't seem to be anything, any website with that name. It's got to be a scam. They're obviously just using the google brand name to lure victims in, by the looks of it. Stick to the legitamiate businesses that've been around for 10, 15, 20 or even 30 years, and you can't go wrong.
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#418 · Posted: 9 Apr 2010 23:00
I always google it and read the pros AND cons.
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#419 · Posted: 21 Apr 2010 10:26
With any new IM business, I find www.imreportcard.com a very safe bet.
Here you will have honest reviews of systems that do or don't work.
Give them a look at.
Best
Sidney
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#420 · Posted: 21 Apr 2010 15:41
I believe one should consider ANY money making program/scheme on the internet to be a scam - by default - until one has sufficient proof that it is otherwise.
It's simple enough: first find and read several 'independent' reviews of the product, using 'scam' in your keyword. Should this exercise reveal something damning, or even suspicious, then it's probably best to move on.
Experience is often the best teacher in the real world, not least because it informs judgement.
Like many things of value experience often comes at a stiff price.
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