Readers Respond: Have You Ever Been Deceived by a Work at Home Scam?

Have you ever tried a work-at-home opportunity that turned out to be bogus or at least a waste of time? Tell your story and help keep someone else from losing time and money.

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Auto Pilot Income System

This webb site came across as the one that gives full disclosure up front, I started with $49.00, with others testimonial of it being a 1-2-3 deal to start making money then dropped to $39.00 , thats good then to really get going it is absolutely necessary to spend another min. $95.00. I thought that was the end, then a congratulation , but then if you want others to see the web site and be in front of others to make sure I would have to spend another $207.00. THIS IS BATE AND SWITCH . SO TO REALLY GET INVOLVE I MUST SPEND, OVER $350.00. These promoter do not give full disclosure up front .

—CyrilCJ

Stay At Home Mum Makes S$10,000/Month

I came across this websit claims to be Online Career Journal with fake informations menus and no matter how you click the menus or sub-menus, it always lead you to the same maketing page. This guy introduced himself as Sherman Choo from Singapore, the date of posted comments always changed but with the same comments. One thing I discovered, the online payment form is credited to his own paypal account, not any established body like click bank, Amanzon or goggle etc. There is a big risk people who signed up might not able to get refund if they found the product he is selling is not workable to make money online. They procliam he is not affiliated with The newspaper, Straits Time and Today, however these logo are there to create attention. Sounded very promissing, but I found it very fake, it is interesting to take a look. The Link: http://govcashkit.info/sg/newsupdate/workfromhome/trifu/sg/

—Guest Julie

I almost fell for it

I almost fell for a work at home scam which sounded too good to be true given the financial benefits inherent. I gave them my email and first name but something stopped me short. i decided to read about it from people who had tried it only to discover that it was big time scam. How can i get my email from them or stop them from writing me?

—Guest Telima Duke

workathomedoingpayroll

i got some emails about work at home doing pay roll. they told me i was gonna get paid 1500 a month and wanted me to buy a 150 $ printer and check paper, and they kept giving me the run around! THEY are scams stay away!! I had different ones

—Guest emily

Money Scams

I tried responding to a work at home job. It seemed legit until he sent me a check for over $2000 and wanted me to deposit it into my checking account and send him proof that I deposited it into my account. He sent the check by fedex and then told me it was on it's way, after he had already sent it off. I had no say over receiving it. Of course I did NOT depositi it into my account. I refuse to use my bank account for ANY business transactions. Since then I've come up with several other "work from home" jobs that have tried to pull the same thing on me. Now I know what to watch for so I've been able to cut them off at the pass. No legit work from home job should ever expect you to use your bank account for business transactions.

—Guest Evykaye

No Money Out

I went to a site from this list and then I canceled it. HOWEVER they did not cancel it. They hit my credit card for $9.95 I called and tracked down the person who's name was on my bank statement. He says "No problem just return it for a full credit" I am returning it and I have also informed my Visa so the payment is on hold. IF I lose any money it will only be $9.95. I have learned a valuable lesson. NO MONEY OUT!!

—Guest Catharine Casare

Work at home scams

Freelance Writers University charges your credit card several times before you get your statement if you don't read the fine print. You can't reply to an email to let them know you are not interested and want to cancel.

—Guest Helga

work at home scams

Work from home for citizens is a scam. They offer if you pay more money and agree to do a testimonal you will make money however if not it will take two years or so to make anything.

—Guest barbara

Partners Group

I got Laid off in December. I have been Looking for work so I took this online job with Partners Group. They Promised me $3820 plus $500 for my work. I never received it. I did some research and found out they wanted me as a money mule but also to recruit people. thank god I found out.. Be safe out there :)

—Guest Kia

Fraud Scams

I tried many so called on line companies and they all ripped me off. Some were for a few dollars while one was for $4500 (USOAG). I am still paying for this and some others since I used a credit card. These so called companies are even listed on Better Business Bureau.

—Guest Ida

Work-at-Home Scams

I wasn't necessarily scammed, but there's this website that has a get-rich-quick scheme. I wasn't fully aware at that time that work-at-home scams are all over the Internet, so I took advantage of it. It was all about data entry jobs and I paid a one-time fee, only to find out that I was only given a list of websites that I can find on my own for free.

—Guest Join F4 Free

telecomuting scam

I received an email and I was asked to connect with an IM on yahoo to be given the interview through IM and then asked to send in my name address and how often I would like to get paid. The ad stated that the job pays $19 hr but in the IM it was $17. When I asked about the company, I was told that they did not have an Illinois location. I was on the website and clearly it says that they had an Illinois location. Suddenly the lady had to leave the chat abruptly. I also had a similar IM interview with another company named Global Data that I could not get too much information from. I believe that both places are scams. This one also had a hotmail address and asked that I connect with their yahoo messenger name hdpmanagement. They offer $20 per hour and interview but this time they make you wait for the result and promise to connect again if they have decided to "hire" you.

—Guest janetO59

Totally Fed up

I went to a very deceiving site called; 'Seniors4hire' because i'm an out of work senior citizen, they requested that i submit my resume, and all info necessary for an employer to contact me, but they also suggested that i consider their 'At Home Business' links which offer the 'Google Kit'..Don't Go There!

—Guest Guest Ron

Costly Lesson

Heads Up! I was led on and on by THRIVE Learning Institute (Freedom Source) and Strategic Business Solutions aka SBS (via Google) who swore that even novice computer users could learn their system and make money using the internet. Once they got my money, they gave my infomation to other online businesses who claimed they could help me make money (1lwdropship, Merchant Services, and Momentum Marketing

—Guest Jean Campbell

I got sold

I saw an ad for google. They said that by posting ads I was able to make alot of money. They said it wasn't a scam. I mean come on its google, Google would never scam. But the interesting thing was that a week after I had purchased this so called google kit for the price of .99 cents, there on my checking acct was a pending amount of 68.34 for a nother company. Now who is this, I thought this was google. I dont know, all i know is here i am 68.34 short of my hard earned money. its gone and all in lies. i wasn't aware of this so called job opportunity until it was too late. so please dont let my 64.34 go to waste. Learn from my mistake and please check into everything you might think sounds too good to be true. always google it. lol. I fortunately talked to a representative from my bank and cancelled my acct before they could do more damage to it. Hope this helps and good bless all of you always. Be safe Thanks for reading this.

—Guest Maria