CNNMoney reports Google filed a lawsuit against Pacific WebWorks and other unnamed defendants for allegedly using the company’s name and colorful logo to promote fraudulent work-at-home money-making schemes. Thousands of people have been tricked into sending payment information and being charged hidden fees by questionable operations,” Google said in a blog post. The search engine […]
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photo credit: pena2 With the holiday season approaching, there are many people looking into work from home jobs to make a little extra spending money for the holidays. The problem is that the true work from home jobs can be very hard to find through all the scams and hustles that are going around. Look
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photo credit: Roshan V Just like in the fairy tale movies created by Disney, businesses also contain trolls that lurk under your bridges to other business adventures. These trolls can be seemingly harmless provided you don’t fall into their trap. However, if you slip and fall right into their hands, these trolls can prove to
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Inventor’s Digest: Inventor Web sites are a way to get good information. The trick here is to be sure you have found a trustworthy site. The invention scammers often have slick, professional Web sites that lure unsuspecting novice inventors in with offers of free “invention kits.” This is information that is free on the USPTO
photo credit: How can I recycle this I recently came across an article posted on Small Biz Survival suggesting that the yellow pages really don’t serve as much of a purpose for small businesses as they used to. The days of people relying on the yellow pages to find a company or service are coming to
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The New York Times: Most of us think we’re far too savvy to be taken in by some advertisement promoting a work-at-home opportunity that promises great income with minimal work. That’s for those rubes who also fall prey to Nigerian e-mail messages promising untold riches or who believe that a pill a day will melt
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A reader wrote: Good afternoon, Are you able to tell if these two websites below are online home business scams? It sounds too good to be true. I am skeptical about these three websites. * www.dailyjobstribune.com/jobs/?t202id=12539&t202kw=work%20at%20home * dailytribunes.com/finance/?c1=12&c2=72&c3=132&c4=0 * rs971.speedypaycheck.com/?pubid=23829 Thank you in advance! Right now I don’t have a job. Currently, I am looking
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WOAI.com: Laura Garcia found an ad on CraigsList for house cleaning. The posting offered $25 an hour. “We do get some jobs for our construction company off of it, so I go to it everyday,” explained Garcia. But she immediately became suspicious when the man offering the job wanted to pay her in advance. He
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Star News: The Better Business Bureau warns small business owners that reports of scammers plying their trade through telephone relay services – typically used by the hearing impaired to make phone calls – are cropping up all across the country. BBB has received reports from many types of businesses that received suspicious orders through TTY
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CNNMoney: Tough economic times make fertile breeding ground for scammers and this recession is no different. Since the $787 billion stimulus bill became law in February, dozens of websites have popped up offering advice for a fee on how to get government grants on everything from small business initiatives to paying off student loan debt.
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