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joecool6101 · 04-02-2007

My friend's sister was pulled into an ad in the news paper that said "pay only $50 to get started" on licking envelopes and mailing them out for some company.. Of course she quickly sent out the money then she quickly realized they closed up shop shut down the phone line and probably left to do it some other place... No one is going to pay you $20/hour to sit at home and mail stuff out for a company.. considering they have to take the time and send you the stuff all the time so it doesnt even seem like it would be worth it for the company.

Kaets · 04-04-2007

I see these ads all the time, and I could understand how gullible people can be. They really need the money so they will do anything for it.

biggerboy · 04-04-2007

I think the saying, no money is easy money comes into use here. They may actually send you the supplies have you mail them, but never actually pay you. They won't have you sign any contracts and then you can do nothing against them.

Althema · 04-04-2007

I fell for this scam once, many years ago. At the time I was working 50 hours a week and getting burned out. When people get that desperate, they want to believe the hype. I'm sorry your sister fell for it, just encourage her in her desire to want to work from home, and let her know that there are others out here that have been ripped by companies like this before as well.

stealth · 04-09-2007

That should serve as a lesson. It's good the amount involved is minimal. The other lesson is your employer is supposed to pay you and not the other way around. This scam is common online and continues to persist because nobody seems to be running after it.

sweeper · 04-13-2007

The rule of thumb is anything that requires you to shell out money in exchange for a job online needs to be duly verified. Do not get enticed by high returns. You must always exercise due diligence.

ltjman22 · 04-16-2007

Yea, the oldest scam in the book you have right there! I get some letters in the mail like that sometimes! Not cool!

nici0306 · 04-17-2007

I too see ads similar to this.. i think i read today itself something that said join googleCashline and you will earn $2000 or more sitting back at home.. they are surely scam. I read it thinking that it is related to google but it is not like that, i searched and did not find anything that said googlecashline services..

SoulasisMusic · 04-23-2007

That ad is the oldest trick in the book. It's been around even before the Internet. Apparently folks are getting money off the scam or else it wouldn't continue.

sood123 · 04-27-2007

I had been getting similar ads since long where they offer me 1000$ a month just to write short articles by simply copy and pasting them from other sites. Sounds really fake.

04-02-2007	#1 (permalink)
joecool6101 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: On, Canada Posts: 250 Rep Power: 2	paid to mail... My friend's sister was pulled into an ad in the news paper that said "pay only $50 to get started" on licking envelopes and mailing them out for some company.. Of course she quickly sent out the money then she quickly realized they closed up shop shut down the phone line and probably left to do it some other place... No one is going to pay you $20/hour to sit at home and mail stuff out for a company.. considering they have to take the time and send you the stuff all the time so it doesnt even seem like it would be worth it for the company. __________________ Gamer Forums \| Free Flash Games \| Free File Uploads

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stealth Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 71 Rep Power: 2	That should serve as a lesson. It's good the amount involved is minimal. The other lesson is your employer is supposed to pay you and not the other way around. This scam is common online and continues to persist because nobody seems to be running after it. __________________ Premium paid directory Daily updated software blog 3DMax and Photoshop tutorials

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sweeper Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0	The rule of thumb is anything that requires you to shell out money in exchange for a job online needs to be duly verified. Do not get enticed by high returns. You must always exercise due diligence. __________________ Charge me!

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ltjman22 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 409 Rep Power: 0	Yea, the oldest scam in the book you have right there! I get some letters in the mail like that sometimes! Not cool! __________________ Myfishsite Fishing Forums!

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nici0306 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	I too see ads similar to this.. i think i read today itself something that said join googleCashline and you will earn $2000 or more sitting back at home.. they are surely scam. I read it thinking that it is related to google but it is not like that, i searched and did not find anything that said googlecashline services.. __________________ Nici C. My forum

04-04-2007	#2 (permalink)
Kaets Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 30 Rep Power: 0	I see these ads all the time, and I could understand how gullible people can be. They really need the money so they will do anything for it.

04-04-2007	#3 (permalink)
biggerboy Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	I think the saying, no money is easy money comes into use here. They may actually send you the supplies have you mail them, but never actually pay you. They won't have you sign any contracts and then you can do nothing against them.

04-04-2007	#4 (permalink)
Althema Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 66 Rep Power: 2	I fell for this scam once, many years ago. At the time I was working 50 hours a week and getting burned out. When people get that desperate, they want to believe the hype. I'm sorry your sister fell for it, just encourage her in her desire to want to work from home, and let her know that there are others out here that have been ripped by companies like this before as well.

04-23-2007	#9 (permalink)
SoulasisMusic Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 100 Rep Power: 2	That ad is the oldest trick in the book. It's been around even before the Internet. Apparently folks are getting money off the scam or else it wouldn't continue.

04-27-2007	#10 (permalink)
sood123 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 2	I had been getting similar ads since long where they offer me 1000$ a month just to write short articles by simply copy and pasting them from other sites. Sounds really fake.

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