It said that it was a CHRISTIAN HOME-BASED BUSINESS and since it had the magic words that, in my many years of life experience, triggered the magic RIP OFF ALERT and that is: CHRISTIAN" (Televangelists, Prosperity Gospel and Robert Tilton come to mind) and "Home-based business online."
Here is what I got in my e-mail today. Notice, there is NO return address and NO phone number either... That's another indication that there MIGHT be a rip-off.
"Christian Work Available Online: - Enter Here.
Working online in a Christian environment is
the best choice for a bright future. Would
you like to earn a great income working on
the Internet?
Use your God given talents to make your
loved ones happy. You can stay home and
earn money by helping others. Be in charge
and choose when and how you want to work.
Work with thousands of other Christians
who embrace traditional values like honesty,
integrity, work ethic and family relationships.
All these great things are just a click
away. Live and enjoy life with Christian
work on the Internet."
So what is it i would be doing exactly? Enough with the damn platitudes, already! Show me the money!
There was a link to click on and I get this lovely colored photo of a family of four who could be Hispanic, Native American, possible Mediterranean origins. Here you are asked: "WOULD YOU LIKE TO EARN $1,000s WORKING FROM HOME?"
Duh. Well, yes.
It continues:
"Use your God-given talents and experience to do something extraordinary for yourself, your family and your financial future.
You can work from home, be available to your family when they need you, create new relationships with like-minded people, and to be able to bless the lives of your family and others while you earn!"
Underneath the blissfully happy family:
"Make the best possible choice for your future!
Earn residual income right from home
Choose your hours Part Time or Full Time
Earn money by helping others
Be your own boss, leave the J-O-B FOREVER
Established and proven companies"
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. Wonder what I got to do to MAKE ALL THIS MONEY?
If I will e-mail them my information, I can get some FREE INFORMATION ON HOW TO DO ALL THIS GOOD STUFF:
Learn more about a Christian internet-based home business
today by completing this simple form:
First Name*
Last Name*
Email Address*
Phone*"
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IN EXTREMELY SMALL LETTERS, IT READS: "Must be 18 years of age or older. This is about a home-based business opportunity and not a job. Available only to US residents only."
I don't want my telephone number being sold to all kinds of people who would be calling me all kinds of hours and I don't see any guarantee on this site that it won't.
I see three links in the lower left hand side of the site and so i click to see if i can get a clue who these people really are and if they can offer me what they claim.
And they are an affiliate marketing outfit. Hmmmmmmm.
GMB Direct - Affiliate Inquire Form
GMBDirect - Email marketing Affiliate Network
Interested in partnering with us? To find out more about our affiliate and advertising opportunities, please fill out the form below and a representative will contact you shortly with all the information about our services.
GMBDirect
305 Madison Avenue.
Suite 449
New York, NY 10165
So why do we get one address for the christian work at home business opportunity and we get another address from the affiliate site marketing sales place?
Just wondering.
But wait, I want to earn thousands working from HOME in my own CHRISTIAN WORK AT HOME BUSINESS!!!
And if I want to UNSUBSCRIBE, I click on that link and I get a website for
http://christianopportunitiesonline.com
Up pops a photo of a red-haired beautiful white lady model holding the little blond headed boy clasped close to her bosom and from the look on his face, he's a red-blooded young guy and definitely NOT her real kid! Guess this appeals to the Kinder, Kirsche, Kuche mindset... On the right hand side of the page, we have the same olive-complected man from the four happy family models with a lighter complected son and a light complected wife. I LOVE diversity!
Maybe you get different opportunities if you are BLONDE AND WHITE OR RED-HEADED AND WHITE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THIS AD PROMISES:
"
Earn residual income right from home
Choose your hours - P/T or F/T
Earn money by helping others
Be your own boss, leave the J-O-B FOREVER
Established and proven companies
Join the thousands of home entrepreneurs who enjoy working with others and who embrace traditional values like honesty, integrity, work ethic and family relationships. You too can work from home, be available to your family when they need you, create new relationships with like-minded people, and to be able to bless the lives of your family and others while you earn! You'll even get FREE training and MENTORING from successful Christian entrepreneurs."
You have to type your e-mail address in to UNSUBSCRIBE so now they can farm it out to buyers of e-mail addresses.
Now, check out their "privacy policy"...
Information Collection and Use
We collect your personally identifiable information when you sign up to receive products and/or services at the Website. We may also collect your personally identifiable information when you otherwise agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy at this Website, but do not complete the full registration process. The types of personally identifiable information that we collect at this Website, during registration and when you make a purchase include, without limitation, your name, street address, e-mail address, telephone number and credit card information.in addition, we may request information about your use of, or interest in, the types of products and services offered by the third-party advertisers with whom we have partnered to offer you the products and services available at this Website.
Any personal information that you submit at the Website remains your property. However, by submitting that information to us, you grant to us the right to use your personal information for any legal purpose including, without limitation:
* effectuating a purchase from us that you make at the Website;
* transferring your personal information to a third party to effectuate a purchase from a third party advertiser at the Website;
* marketing purposes such as sharing your information with third party advertisers;
* providing promotional offers to you by means of e-mail advertising, telemarketing, direct mail marketing, pop-ups, pop-unders and/or online banner advertising;
* tracking compliance with our Terms and Conditions;
* for validation, suppression, content improvement and feedback purposes.
AND OF PARTICULAR INTEREST:
"In connection with the products and services available for purchase at the Website, we will collect your credit card information. We will use your credit card information to bill you for your purchases and we may share your credit card information with third parties for the sole purpose of effectuating any transactions that you enter into at the Website.in addition, by submitting your credit card information to us, you authorize us to periodically verify that your credit card account continues to be a valid and active one by charging and, thereafter immediately crediting, a small sum to the card. Such verification may be conducted through a third party service provider and, in that case, we will share your specific credit card information with this third party for verification purposes. Apart from the foregoing uses, we reserve the right to share with other third parties the fact that we have credit card information on file for specific individuals, but we will not share the actual credit card information with other third parties without the applicable individual's prior informed consent.
"In addition, you agree that by submitting your personal information at the Website, such act constitutes a purchase, an inquiry and/or an application for purposes of the Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 CFR 310 et seq. (the ATSR). Notwithstanding that your telephone number may be listed on the Federal Trade Commission's Do-Not-Call List, we retain the right to contact you via telemarketing in accordance with the ATSR. Moreover, by registering with, making a purchase from, or requesting information from, a third party advertiser at or through the Website, such action shall constitute a purchase, an inquiry and/or an application with the respective third party advertiser for purposes of the ATSR and you may be contacted via e-mail, direct mail and/or telephone by such third party advertiser in accordance with the ATSR.
We may share with third party advertisers certain Website usage information of individuals that have received targeted promotional campaigns for the purpose of formatting future campaigns and upgrading visitor information used in reporting statistics. For this purpose, we may track some of the pages that you visit on our Website through the use of pixel tags (also called clear gifs). By submitting information at and/or registering at this Website, you agree to allow us to share such Website usage information with third parties."
Do i really want to waste my time with this when it is probably a scam???
Is it a scam?
Anybody know?
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