This scam comes in your e-mail. I am merely reproducing parts of it to show you what it looks like so you won't be scammed.
To: [email protected]
Real Online Job - Apply Here.
You have indicated a desire to work online. Based on this fact, we have picked you for this online job. You have a a 48-hour window to apply for a position before we fill it with the next person in the queue.
Enter here for more details.
To no longer receive announcements enter here. 20816 S Dixie Highway Suite #135 Miami FL 33189 This is an advertisement. (if you click where it says enter here, you will be spammed!)
this is a good one. It has a stock photograph of a light complected lovely lady with her glasses, suit and pencil and the ad promises you big money! Like write fiction and non-fiction stories for $450 per story. (yeah, sure) get paid to post in blogs $12-$50 why not stay at home and get paid for typing on your computer? So i put in a fake e-mail address full of typos and, surprisingly, it went through! The next section of the fake ad set me up for a good one —they thought!
Congratulations! You're just minutes away from making great, easy money from the comfort of your home, just from writing simple articles, easy blog posts, or (if you want the really BIG bucks) by writing short fiction and non-fiction stories... Thousands of smart people just like you are are already brining in an easy $1,000, $2,000... Even as much as $5,000 every single week just by doing this easy writing in their spare time... And now it's your turn! How Is This Possible? If all of this sounds too good to be true, let me put your mind at ease by showing you the reason why this is all possible: The #1 thing all online businesses need in order to survive is more people visiting and buying from their websites. Think about it... The more people who go to their site, the more sales they can make... Simple enough right?
Now here's where you come in: Since 90% website visitors come from the major search engines (Google and Yahoo)... The more content pages a business has, the more times one of it's pages (articles) will show up in the search results when a potential customer does a search... Which is why... These businesses are starving to put up as many content pages as possible! They know that the more content pages they have on their site, the more people they will get to click over to their site, and the more money they will make. And because these business are too busy doing other things, they will gladly pay YOU top-dollar for writing simple articles, blog posts, and even fiction and non-fiction short stories... For them!
How Much Can You Make? Don't let the easy nature of this opportunity fool you, because even though the work is dead-simple, the pay is amazing! If you wrote 3 articles a day @ $10 per article = $210 per week or $840 per month or $10,080 per year! If you wrote 5 articles a day @ $10 per article = $350 per week or $1400 per month or $16,800 per year! If you wrote 8 articles a day @ $20 per article = $1280 per week or $5120 per month or $61,440 per year! Work As Little (or as much) As You Want! This is one of the best things about this program. You get to choose exactly how much you want to work! Maybe you just want a nice, easy part-time income from home? No problem! Just write one or two short, simple articles or blog posts every day and you'll be bringing in several hundred dollars of cold hard cash per-week, almost effortlessly! Or maybe you're a bit more serious, and don't mind writing 3-5 articles per-day, a few blog posts, and a short story here and there... Awesome! Because doing the above will easily earn you upwards of $1,000 every single week! Or maybe your the "highly motivated" type who wants to go full-time and start working from the comfort of your own home - while not just replacing - but exceeding whatever income you were making at that life-sucking day-job... Then simply write 4-6 articles, 3-5 blog posts, and one or two short stories each week-day, and you will find yourself raking in a life-changing $2,000, $3,000... Even as much as $4,000 each and every week! And you never have to worry about finding enough writing jobs, because with freelance home writers...
The Jobs Come To You!
That's right. As soon as you log-in to our exclusive, members-only area, you will get to choose from 1,000's of article / writing job offers, neatly organized by the type of writing each company desires... That's 1000's of companies ready and willing... Right now... To pay you amazing well for the specific content writing tasks that they urgently need done for them. And with dozens of new writing jobs being added each day, you will never run out of great, high-paying content jobs to sign up for, which means there's... No looking for jobs Never a shortage of jobs... It's a never-ending supply of high-paying, simple and easy writing jobs that come to YOU... And if you're worried that you might not be the best writer, or that you never attended any college or higher-learning institute... It does NOT matter one bit! Because...
These Companies Don't Care Who You Are, Where You Live, Or Your Level Of Education The writing tasks you'll be doing will be so easy an 8-year-old child could do them... You just follow the simple instructions that come with each job... And everything you need to complete the job will be right there for you! And with Freelance Home Writers...
Even if you are three years old, if you can give them a credit card number, they will take your money!
The ad continues:
You Get Paid FAST! At freelance home writers we only accept companies that pay our members instantly, as soon as a job is completed, so you never have to wait to get paid. Direct Deposit, Check Payment, PayPal... Whatever you want, you will be paid immediately for every writing job you do, so you can enjoy your new freedom, hassle-free!
Getting Started Is Easy! Click the "Complete Registration" link below to finish creating your profile. Then you'll get to register with all of the companies we have listed in our private access database. The more companies you register with, the more article, blog, and short story jobs you'll get to sign-up for and the more money you'll make. It's as simple as that!
Yeah. Real simple to get ripped off. So i clicked forward and... I got to the part where they ask for money. If this was legit, they would not ask you for money. Employers are supposed to pay you not ask for money! How many people do you know who would fall for this obvious scam? You have to read it and think about what they are asking for and why they want to know! Here is the pitch for you to pay (don't! It is a scam!)
An "Unlimited Access" membership to the FreeLance Home Writers Private Site normally costs $69.95... But I'm going to take the risk off you completely with our Special Risk Free Trial Membership which allows you to see for yourself what all the hype is about. For only $2.95 you will have unlimited access to the same money making tools that thousands of our other members have for 7 days. Monthly membership is only $47 dollars which is a fraction of what you will make with the Freelance Home Writers system. Try this amazing system for yourself and if you don't like it, no worries you can call our 800 number anytime to cancel your subscription no questions asked. There are no obligations of ANY kind!
Bonus Timer - If you order before the timer expires you're guaranteed the following bonus offer. After that, I may remove this bonus as at any time... Like hell. You will only removed it when the ftc comes to complain or some irate people who have been scammed look you up and your office is probably a mail drop somewhere in a bad part of miami.
yes! I want to start making money right away. Get Started Today For JUST only $2.95! The special low price will be ending soon so hurry and take advantage of this discount offer! Get access now! Click Here To Pay By Credit Card
It is obvious. They want your credit card number! They have the usual disclaimer: satisfaction 100 percent guaranteed" same one as the gypsy fortune teller scammers use. They will take your visa, mastercard and discover credit card numbers to rip you off with on a hacker secure verified site (they are probably the hackers themselves so i guess they would know) and to further reassure you they have made up some organization or borrowed it from somewhere else that pledges that they are a valued member of honest online jobs."
TRUE TO FORM, YOU HAVE TO REALLY SEARCH TO FIND A PHONE NUMBER BUT I FOUND ONE AND I FOUND ANOTHER ADDRESS WHCH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE FLORIDA ADDRESS: Before you contact the email address below, please make sure that you've read over the entire Frequently Asked Questions section. We are available Monday-Friday from 9AM-12AM Midnight Central Standard Time & on the weekends we are available from 9am-5pm Central Standard Time. Our telephone number is 1-800-750-7660. If you would like immediate online assistance please click on the link below to chat with one of our customer service agents.
1101 d thorpe lane suite 430 san marcos, tx 78666 a whole different address from the original florida address.
100% total satisfaction 8-week money back guarantee so when you have had a gutfull and you have clicked off on this disgusting scam, they have a farewell message for you and a last ditch effort to pull that new "google" scam on you but rip off report readers won't be fooled because we have had the heads up on this for almost a year now.
Blah, blah, blah. Lies, lies, lies!
Getting Started Is Easy! Click the "Complete Registration" link below to finish creating your profile. Then you'll get to register with all of the companies we have listed in our private access database. The more companies you register with, the more article, blog, and short story jobs you'll get to sign-up for and the more money you'll make. It's as simple as that!
When you click on that registration icon, surprise, you end back up at the same page you just left which offers you three credit card choices where you can pay and be ripped off of your credit card number with the same three choices as before. How dumb do these people think we are??? And when you return to the original ad in your e-mail box and ask to be removed, you find a list of all of their fraudulent and rip off sites. The same ones that have been listed in rip off report and you have to be careful becaused you will become subscribed to be spammed by all of them. If you see these ads, please be advised they are all scams and many but not all have been reported on the rip off report already:
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Now THEY WARN YOU ON THE FAQ PAGE —ASSUMING THAT ANYONE READS IT. Well, i do and here is what it says so you are being set up. LET HE WHO HAS EYES AND HE WHO HAS EARS BE WARNED BECAUSE THEY HAVE WRITTEN IN RIGHT HERE:
Frequently Asked Questions How do I know this isn't a scam? Answer: Absolutely not! We wouldn't be able to do business online very long if we were only here to blindly take your money and leave you high and dry. We've been online for nearly 6 years now (BUT THEIR SITE IS COPYRIGHTED 2007 and this is... 2009?) and are very proud to be legit!
Can you guarantee that I'll make money using your system? Answer: The simple answer is no. However, I promise you that if you follow our instructions 100%, and do not make money, we will refund your purchase right then and there! Because we're so confident in our system, we have made a 100% satisfaction money-back guarantee.
What are the details or your 100% money-back guarantee? Answer: It's quite simple actually... If you aren't 100% satisfied with Freelance Home Writers, simply contact us and we'll send you a prompt refund! And, we'll even let you keep your membership and all the bonuses included!
I don't live in the US, will this work if I live outside of USA?
Answer: That's a very good question! And the answer is, YES! It doesn't matter where you live in this world, our system will work for you...
I'm a complete beginner and know nothing about freelance writing, will your system still be able to help me? Answer: As long as you can follow simply directions we've created for you, the answer to this question is a resounding YES!
How much money can I make using your system?
Answer: While I make around $500 per day using this system, I can not in no way, shape or form tell you that you WILL make the same. That's misleading and wrong. However, it's very possible to make what I do and even more per day. As long as you work towards your financial goals, they'll happen ;)
Do you pay me or does someone else?
Answer: You'll be paid by the party that you are writing for, they seem to all vary, yet it seems the normal pay period is once monthly. When can I start doing this? Answer: As soon as you're ready! Order now and we'll set you up right away!
Do I need my own websites or products or anything like that?
Answer: The simple answer is a big, fat, NO!
You bet they will set you up right away! And there is no e-mail address on the page, just an office number or a mail box drop in san marcos, texas where i once lived. I know the town rather well.
14_7144_0.html#newreply has some interesting information to back up what i said also.
Joe
HOUSTON, Texas
U.S.A.
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