November 16, 2012 by Anna T
There is a work at home scam that’s been floating around for years that I still see on occasion, and it’s one of the worst — the package shipping scam. This is very similar to the check cashing scam, only much worse with more legal repercussions.
What is the package shipping scam?
You see an advertisement for a work at home job that sounds pretty easy with good pay. All you’re expected to do is receive packages at your home (which might be anything … electronics, DVDs, who knows) and then reship those packages to someplace else (possibly overseas). You’re told that you’ll be paid a flat…
Keep Reading … October 7, 2012 by Anna TI see various work at home opportunities get labeled as “scams” quite often when this is not the case at all. It happens not only in the comments here on this site sometimes, but on forums I visit as well.
The bottom line is this — simply having a bad experience with a company does not mean they’re a scam and in fact calling out a company as such is very serious so be careful when you say that, especially when you aren’t 100 percent sure you’re right.
So what exactly is a a scam? Well, it’s safe to say that a company is a scam when they’ve tried to take your money or steal your personal information to use for their own purposes. For example, these fake…
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