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Fake On-line Jobs, How And Why They Do This
Another addition to the Internet fraud scams is alive and growing fast. Fake job postings all over the Internet are duping the public in several different ways. The only thing these fraudulent job postings are really offering is a chance for them to get at your personal information. They will use this information in a lot of different ways that have serious potential to cause damage to your personal security and financial stability.
Set up and display jobs, as well as product demonstration offers needs to be explained here. They generally offer a base rate of $400 per week or so. What these are is selling door to door, and it is usually vacuum cleaners. Sometimes it may be knives, cleaning products or even air purifiers. (listed as pollution control systems) The problem here is that the pay they are offering is just a commission based on what they say you should be selling. If you do not sell any products, you make nothing. Skip these jobs unless you are a proficient seller and want to go door to door.
Bait and switch jobs are now gaining popularity in the job field. When you apply for the position that is offered, you will be informed that the position has been filled. They will then direct you to another position that their affiliate company has available. But this position will somehow require payment from your end, such as a placement or application fee.( with no guarantee of a job) Avoid these switch routines, and never use your debit/credit card to pay any fees, because unauthorized recurring charges almost always follow. Some of these jobs may ask you to take a free online IQ test as well, which leads to you getting unauthorized charges on your cellphone. These charges are difficult to remove, so please use caution with these free job IQ tests.
Basic email gathering is one of the most common tricks, and has been around for a long time. The main purpose here is just to collect mail addresses to sell in large lots to bulk spammers. Then your mailbox ends up getting packed full on a daily basis. Another drawback to this is that a lot of this spam you get can come with viruses. If have to do business on-line this way, get extra email addresses that you can cancel when they become too polluted.
Physical street address information gathering is similar to email, but it is your mailbox that gets filled up with junk mail. You end up on huge mailing lists that get sold and passed around several times. Then you will receive a lot of so-called lucrative offers on a regular basis in your residential mailbox. The offers and ads you get will mostly all be junk.
This last one can cause total devastation to your financial well being. If a credit history check and social security number is required you are asking for trouble. (Please see this Credit History Check article for more details) Sometimes they will say it is free, but requires a $1.00 processing fee. Once you give them the dollar, they have access to your account, and your social security number. This is a major cause of identity theft around the world, and should be avoided at all costs. Here are a few red-flag alerts to watch for if you are considering applying for an on-line job:
Social security number is required.
Credit history check is required.
The pay is substantially more than similar legitimate positions.
Unprofessional website
Lack of information on website
The Company name is not posted.
An address is not supplied for you to verify.
The phone number is not supplied.
Directed to another website or Job
It just seems to good to be true.
A little effort on your part before you give out your information can save you a lot of aggravation down the road. Just put a little time in first, before you send your personal details. Make sure these offers have a physical address you can verify. Always go visit the job in person to deliver your sensitive information. Maybe check ripoffreports.com and scambusters.com to see if there are any bad reports on the company. Always protect yourself first, before any trouble can start. Once you get yourself into a mess like this it is very difficult to straighten the situation out. Please proceed with caution if you see anything that would make you wonder. There are a lot of different tricks out there designed to get you, so beware.
Be careful out there, and thanks for reading
Please see other on-line scam articles below in this series to protect yourself from a lot of aggravation.
free IQ tests are not free http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2688647/free_online_iq_tests_avoid_the_scams.html?cat=7
resumes and identity theft http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2677529/identity_theft_and_online_resumes_go.html?cat=15
credit history check scams http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2273139/free_credit_history_check_scams_beware_pg2.html?cat=4
acai berry scams http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1990558/acai_berry_scams_everywhere_buyer_beware.html?cat=7
teeth whitening scams http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2026168/teeth_whitening_scams_buyer_beware.html?cat=35
google cash scams http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1988702/google_cash_scam.html?cat=7
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