Sorry I have been absent from my blog for a long time. You know, I just got busy. But I haven't forgotten you. My mind was thinking of subjects to blog at all times.
What I have noticed is that the SCAMS have never stopped, have they? They just changed in some shape or form, that's all, for years, and years, and years.
The most common ones are Google and Twitter scams. Why? I think because they are more well known, and have gained peoples' trust. Besides, large companies may need more workers frequently, people would think. Let's talk about Google's first.
Most of the time, it starts with the headline "Google now hiring"! A complete deliberate lie! Some may soften their claim in the body copy by saying that it's connected with Google but not run by them. The end result is that you will have to pay shipping of a kit for $1.99 or so. That sounds reasonable, doesn't it? So, you think, "Only $1.99? I can afford that". So you pull out your credit card from your wallet and pay them. Voila!
Two weeks later your credit card account is slapped with $39.95 for something. "What is this"? You ask yourself. Then you call the number on the statement, if there is any. That's the end of your money. You don't know when, they will do it again. It could be tomorrow. So you have to cancel that card and get a new one. Then you have to inform your regular monthly creditors of the new credit card number, and so on. What a hassle!
The bank or credit card company should now reimburse you for that amount according to their new fraud protection policy. But you may be unlucky, you never know.
The same thing with Twitter, but it's more difficult for the scammers. There are now many software programs to be used with Twitter, for example, to get more followers or to make money selling to Twitter members. So, buyers scrutinize the offers carefully, making it more difficult to cheat. If they say "Twitter is hiring" it's harder to believe too. Why would Twitter hire anyone, to do what? The work is all about sending and receiving messages done by the software.
There is another one that is deceiving but NOT a scam. The ad says something like "Make $2000 a day without any website, any advertising, or selling of anything". I don't remember the words exactly. But what intrigues me is without selling anything. How can you make money without selling of anything? Where does the money come from? The price I believe is either $9 or $12, something low. As it turns out you are buying a report on how to make money gambling in casinos. Now if you are a gambler, you'll probably accept the product. What about the people who don't gamble at all? Oh, the ad also says no refund. You see he misleads you to buy it though he doesn't lie. He "misrepresents" his case.
So, if you see a money making ad "without advertising or selling", BEWARE. You will see this ad on the first page of Google, on the sponsored side (right hand side), if you type in a name of any popular money making program.
I hope this information is of some value to you. To sum up, how do you spot a scam?
(1) They use big names to attract your attention and get believability
(2) Tend to use the word "hiring"
(3) Ask for a small sum like for shipping, to get your credit card info.
(4) Their ad tends to be too good to be true, for one thing or another.
(5) Big companies don't hire through small ads like these. They have a "Career" Tab at their website.
(6) If the ad says "no advertising, no selling", run.
I think one of the first Google scams was so good and believable. The website even showed a young couple with pictures and a long story. They made it so real that people would trust them. They sold the Google Kit. But you couldn't pay them money. The credit card acceptance did not work. Why? Either the bank stopped it or the authorities did.
In the next few days, I'm coming out with a very HOT topic which will turn your life around.
So, until then , au revoir.
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