Work at home scams and scammers never had it so easy! More than 7 MILLION workers laid off need to find a way to support their families, and scammers know exactly how to make your life even more miserable.
The scammers celebrate hardship.
Watch the video below by the FTC for suggestions on how to minimize getting scammed:
Scammers, believe it or not, celebrate when people like you and me lose our jobs and get desperate. We become eas(ier) targets.
Click Read More for the Federal Trade Commission’s reaction to increasing scams targeting vulnerable people losing their jobs.
SCAMMERS CELEBRATE TOUGH TIMES
The headline reads, “FTC Cracks Down On Internet Scams!”
Truth is, the FTC (as well-intentioned as it is) will do very LITTLE to control exploding identity theft.
The “tough talk” you hear from the FTC is meant to appease us…to reassure us we only have to worry about losing (getting) a job; paying our mortgage; buying groceries; whether unemployment benefits will extend; when the repo man will show up; how the kids are handling this uncertainty in the home.
You are not supposed to worry about scammers.
The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on internet, work at home, and business opportunity scams.
Their new initiative labeled, “Operation Short Change”, initiated the law enforcement sweep by filing 15 lawsuits. The FTC cited that many of the defendants were engaging in practices that were deceptive or unfair. DUH!
Stop, look (twice) and listen before you jump at one of these offers looking and sounding very official.
1. Don’t fall victim to an Internet, work at home, or any other type of business opportunity scam sounding too good to be true.
2. Check out the company and the business opportunity you’re considering.
3. Talk personally with people who successfully are working the business. If you can’t find people or the company will not refer you to people, consider yourself duly warned.
4. Report scams to the FTC.
Just yesterday, a friend Dennis called me about an email offer he (allegedly) received from PayPal. According to Dennis, PayPal offered to send a product/service mailing to ALL of PayPal customers for just the price of “2 cups of coffee” per day.
Even if the coffee is Starbucks, the offer didn’t pass my sniff test.
I asked Dennis how he knew the offer came from PayPal.
He quickly told me it had PayPal’s logo and signature. He then paused and got my point. This is exactly how scammers get into your bank account…grab your personal information maybe just one piece at a time until they drop the hammer on you.
The old adage still holds water: “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!” Further, if you do your due diligence by checking out the company promoting the business opportunity, talking face-to-face with people allegedly making money with the business opportunity (and visiting the business unannounced), you stand a better chance to confirm business “viability.”
Please take a moment to share your thoughts and experiences with “get rich quick” and “work from home” pitches.
- Have you fallen for a highly-pitched business opportunity?
- What happened to you?
- Did you lose money?
- What advice do you have to help others avoid making the same mistake?
Work at home scams thrive especially during economic collapse. As unemployment moves above 10% in many parts of the country, scammers will enjoy “shooting fish in a barrel.”
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