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I actually found this job on yahoohotjobs.com which would make one think it is legitimate. Wrong-they emailed me repeatedly asking me to do a sample dictation for them which I did. Then they said all you have to do is read the agreement and then we will start your training today. In the agreement...

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The poor reputation of Transam associates is now everywhere on the web. Not only do the cheat and rip people off their money, they have audicity to insist on being legit while the truth is that so much factual information has accumulated against them, that doing so only makes them look like...

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The complaints are true! I found Transam Assoc on Beyond.com which is supposed to help you find jobs. I'm from the Central Valley area in California. I am a real person, a wife and mom looking for legit work! This is the email I received:

Hello

Thank you for...

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I almost fell for this, but I did not and I am so pissed at them for preying on desperate unemployed people across the USA!

Here is what I have found out so far about the companies and the owners of this scam:

Transam Associates
3433 Lithia-Pinecrest Rd....

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Attention all recession clobbered, out work, just trying to make the bills get paid people out there, I got ripped off, and it could yhappen to you. I made the mistake of signing up to be trained to become a Medical Transcriptionist with these people, if you can call them that. the people running...

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I almost got scammed by this company just this week. I received an email earlier this week about Medical Transcription Training and they asked me to transcribe sample Dictation, which I did and sent it back. The first email was sent by someone named Kimberly Carson. Then I got a second email...

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I contacted the company and sent previous transcription results frommy school as they had requested in 2007.
In 2008, I sent their transcription notes from their web site.
I was told when I transcribed without error, I could train with them. I asked what I'd done in error...

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Company claims to "train" medical transcriptionists and keep them on the hook by never allowing them to pass exams and be hired.

Was suspicious, but since I was not in a hurry or needed the money quickly, I was more patient than usual, and studied on and off for a period...

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I got an email to be a medical transcriber from Transam. They are willing to give you free training and then guarantee you work once you finish their 'free' training. But of course, you need to purchase software for $495 in order to do the training and get your eventual work from them....

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I too received the e-mail described by others. I am an unemployed accountant so I spend the vast majority of my time each day on line job searching.

After spending countless hours applying for jobs 100 miles from my home I began taking a closer look at all these "Great"...