This is a company that recruits people to extract court record information for their background investigation business. They pay you a per-name search fee of around $3.00 to $4.00 per name to go to various courthouses and determine whether the person has a criminal conviction or civil suit.
I began doing work with the company in early April with the promise that I would be clearing close to 400-600 names per month.in April, I earned a paltry $164.00, but in May, I had earned a little over $300 within the first two weeks.
The problem is, the company requires you to submit your invoice on the 5th of the month following the month the work was done (they pay once a month) and the check would be sent out on the 10th (or the following business day if the 10th was on a weekend). After waiting a week, I called to find out where my $164 was (by this time I had already "earned" another $300). I was told it would be to me shortly, as it had been processed.
A few days later, I called again, and spoke to Lesley Cole, the owner of the company, and she said my payment would be sent to me around the 21st, because I was new with their firm and all my work had to be audited for accuracy. I was never told that in the beginning.
Once I complained, the company started sending me fewer names per day.
I complained about that, and they cut me off entirely. I suspect that they don't have any intention of sending the money to me at all, and that what they do is get people to work as long as they can, getting the information they want/need, then when it's time to pay, they stall you then stiff you.
So here I am, after 6 weeks of driving around on my own gas, with NOTHING to show for it.
Don't get caught up in this scam. Get a written agreement if you want to do this kind of work.in a bigger city, it can be profitable, but check them out first.
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