Beware of this! It is sad but true. Bogus emails can come from email addresses that appear to be from a trusted friend!
I received an email today from a trusted church friend who suggested I click the link that can help me make extra part time money from home using the internet. They know I've been looking for extra part time work. I clicked it and was led through a lot of news-info type stories about people who were making a few hundred dollars a day doing online email and searches from their home pc. It cost $97.95 to sign up. It's called "Home Profit Express". Then they wanted another $98 for a VIP course.
To progress on their website, I had to call to one of their career wealth advisors. I called. They said they were busy and someone would call me back in less than ten minutes. Then a Dave Pauley (it said on my phone ID) called and said he was with the business development center. He started to ask a lot of questions about financial goals. He said it this was a necessary first stage of a two stage process to weed-out those people not serious about this opportunity. He asked if I was married and then asked if my wife could also join in the conversation. My internal alarm bells went off. I said she was out to get some groceries and would be back in an hour. He said he would call back then.
Then I checked with my bank and the $97.95 credit card charge was still pending. But the bank would not cancel it according to the rules of online purchases. My big mistake. Now I know: Never buy online unless you know it it a legitimate business. If it checks out online with Scambook or other consumer online fraud safety sites, you can always go back in and buy.
When money is tight, a $97.95 mistake is a week's worth of groceries.
Then (too late for me but not for you) I went to Reviewpedia.com and got the facts about these scam people. It said that these scammers are really high quality con artists. Great graphics and fake news stories that lead you down the path. Beware of the other names they have used and similar graphics and fake news stories. They are all linked to scams: Automated Home Profits.com; Home Income Cash Systems; Quick Cash Kit.
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