4 Responses to “Question about employment scams?”

1. ascarta2 says:

   March 30, 2010 at 3:28 pm

   there are many gullible people in the world, like the old saying goes, there’s a sucker born every minute
2. csucdartgirl says:

   March 30, 2010 at 4:24 pm

   I knew a guy who did this. What really sucked was he used his own money to buy the crap and would have to go do returns to get his cash back. It wasn’t worth the time, gas money, or wages.
3. shoe2222 says:

   March 30, 2010 at 4:34 pm

   I cannot begin to answer all your questions but I did hear something on the radio recently regarding secret shoppers that I will share with you.

   In a nutshell, they were saying people do make money at being a secret shopper, but they are employed and you do not have to pay anybody any money.

   Bottomline, if an ad or email is asking for you to sign up and it cost money, don’t! It is a scam.
4. PiggiePants says:

   March 30, 2010 at 4:49 pm

   THey are scams. They charge upfront fees for their services, require you to buy inventory for resale, or require credit card information, which they can use/sell.

   The FTC publishes a series of consumer alerts regarding work at home scams. To see how they operate, check them out:

   “Work at home Schemes” http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/invest/homewrk.htm
   ‘Net Based Business Opportunities: Are Some Flop-portunities?
   http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/online/netbizop.htm
   “The Bottom Line on Multilevel Marketing Plans” http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/pyrdalrt.htm
   The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) consumer alert entitled “Take This Scheme and Stuff It: Avoiding Envelope-Stuffing Rip-Offs.”