SCAM!
The important thing is to READ THE FINE PRINT:
http://alegretto.ru/termsandconditions.php
After your first trial you get automatically charged $79.95 every single month!
I agree it is a scam. The thing is things are being done about it but as soon as one "work at home" site is shut down, another pops up. People have to be informed but it is impossible to inform the whole world of scammers like this so the scammers will always have new prey. So all we can do is share our negative experiences and let people know the general golden rule to working online, which is:
IF IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT GENERALLY IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!
Just like lending money to a friend, only lend money or pay money to something that you can do without just incase the outcome is bad. But handing over your last dollar to scammers is NOT the way to go. Verify that the company really exists with the better business bureau or what ever else they say they are verified with and just because they have a phone number or address does not mean that it is really them! Verify everything! And most of all, do NOT BELIEVE liars and scammers!
By the way, I also got an email saying:
Subject: Fire your boss by working for yourself
I discovered this amazing work at home opportunity online. Thought Id pass it on to you. Its an article talking about a great way to work with Fortune 500 companies where you can earn $75 an hour. That sure beats the pants off what most people make! Read the article and decide for yourself. I know for a fact you just cant go wrong with this one. Good luck!
hxxp://3goptin.com/C/562/13030/2671968
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The link for 3goptin (which I never opted in but that is another complaint in itself .. this is about where this link took me) redirects to:
http://www.clickboothlnk.com/e/?enc=dhbbkxyckokro&optionalinfo=&deployid=0&land=0&pid=0
==> http://publishers.clickbooth.com/ez/dhbbkxyckokro/&dp=0&l=0&p=0
=====>http://www.home-job-report.org/?utm_source=ClickBooth&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CB%2B-%20Affiliate&subid=CD105300
SO yeah, www.home-job-report.org is the site and it wants me to be an ebay "Auction Listing Agent"!
Once you jump through hoops to get this job you finally get a page that says:
"Earn Up To $98, 500 Per Year
Working From Your Home Computer"
Then a full page of crap that no one will ever read.. ..and then finally..
"Remember, you risk nothing. I want this to be the right fit for you, and I truly believe it will be. But if for some unusual reason you find it isn’t—just let me know within the first 60 days. I’ll refund your entire $197 certification fee and we’ll still be friends.
To your success,
Elizabeth Jackson
America’s Top Work At Home Consultant"
Notice $197? Yeah right you will get it back! The scammers just made their money off you no matter what you do now!
You just got scammed. What was the website you fell victim to?
What to know if an online job is legitmate or not? If you have to pay up front it is a scam. If they sound like they are selling YOU something, they are. If anything at all seems the least bit suspicious at all and makes you wonder, then hold off and research! Do NOT believe the fake sites that have these fake people saying how great they are and how much money they made! Check here and on security sites instead (reputable sites).
Also more tips here:
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs25a-jobseekerpriv2.htm
"All those credit report websites...scams to get your personal info and pass it off onto the next fake whatever. "
Now I am curious by reading what you have about those online credit reports. My fiance said he signed up for one. I did not know until he told me that they kept charging him even after cancelling and that he is having a tough time with them. From what I have read on here and other sites like IB rsomethings now trigger questions that never would have before.
Is he at risk for his indentity getting stolen or credit cards charged without him knowing it? He is not that good at keeping track of his credit and would just keep paying (he is so very deep in debt as it is so he wouldn't notice knowing him).
What is the first thing he should do?
Great! NEVER give them your password! Or do you mean you were trying to type it on a page? Hopefully it wasn't the SAME password you use for everything else! Man there has been so many hijacked email accounts lately sending spam .. yours will probably be next ...
As for gwa gwa blaming Facebook .. that is the thing I don't like about Facebook is they say they are on top of security but the privacy issues are slack (people complain about privacy yet befriend everyone who likes the same thing as them... but that is another issue for somewhere else) but they don't tell anyone that the advertisements on the side are just advertisements and not through Facebook at all! Infact a lot of the apps (applications) are not through Facebook neither! I got an email telling me to play a new game on Facebook and I would have fallen for it too except that it went to an email of mine not even associated with any Facebook at all! So then I looked into it farther and was surprised that scammers are on the "Causes" site .. and are not checked into.
So beware .. don't just go believing everything you see on Facebook! Geeze! That is like believing every infomercial on late night TV!
Buyer Beware is a well known legal term that needs to be repeated more often anymore!
I got one before (around the same time) that also looked like a news article saying it interviewed this person who made so much money .. in my very own city! Woohoo! The thing is .. if you look at it from a different city .. it will say their city! .. interesting ...
Same with the news paper article always has a date and says expires by that date .. and the date is always the very next day ... again if it is looked at a week later .. same thing .. (date changed to the very next day).
Done with scripts. Site is manipulated and they make you rush before thinking it through because "you only have one day left!" .. oh no! Better hurry to get scammed! Everyone LOVES to get scammed!
They also have a lot of redirects and also depending on where you are visiting from will get a different result .. also same for search engines .. they see something completely different so they think the site is legit when it is not!
Here are a few others that look like news reports but are tooting about the make money at home .. all the comments are similar no?
onlinenewsat6.com
news13whyf.com
thecnnews.org
jobnews6.com
thedailyheraldnews.com
interenetnews6.com
news13jobsreport.com
workathomethemagazine.com
@ Chuck Turner: They sure do! Look at all the fake news sites out there tooting this BS!
onlinenewsat6.com
news13whyf.com
thecnnews.org
jobnews6.com
thedailyheraldnews.com
interenetnews6.com
news13jobsreport.com
workathomethemagazine.com
@ Eric Dumkle:
I HAVE looked at the sites (thoroughly) and I do NOT believe any site that has any fake news sites telling me to go to it! The news sites themselves are fake enough so why wouldn't the site it is advertising? On the fake news sites some of the info are scripts on these sites that say that the offer will expire tomorrow (then you visit another day and it is a new date that it expires)..
Here is the date script:
Warning: Offer Expires
Thx Chuck Turner! I can see you know exactly what you are talking about! :)
Well I would say that any email that comes to your email box unsolicited is spam. The email I got it in was not listed on any job boards so it was unsolicited (not asked for / did not opt in to receive it).
I got another today:
Received: from fiscalupdates.com (fiscalupdates. com [70.38.104.238])
by mx.google.com with SMTP id 25si6525356ewy.32.2010.05.30.23.30.47;
Sun, 30 May 2010 23:30:47 -0700 (PDT)
X-Mailer: Robomail Version 7.3.5 ReRepet
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Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 02:31:08 -0400
List-Unsubscribe: ,
Message-ID:
Subject: Auction Processing Jobs at home. Immediate Placement
From: "Elizabeth Jackson"
This market is worth more than $59 billion and growing every day. Some of the bigest names in the industry are part of it. Positions are extremely limited, so don't wait to act. If you're serious about changing your financial situation, you've got to check this out now!
hxxp://fiscalupdates.com/C/7/504/909631
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Got another one today. Instead of it saying it was from
From: "Elizabeth Jackson"
this one said it was from
From: "My Online Income System Team"
and instead of telling you to go to
hxxp://debtwealthmoney.com/C/17/524/909631
Same crap .. different pile. if you got that email do not fall for that scam! They only want your money (the small fee).
Reporting it by IP won't do any good as that is just where the emails are sent through.
fiscalupdates.com [70.38.104.238]
debtwealthmoney.com [70.38.104.237]
They are being sent through:
NS1.MMLITE.COM
NS2.MMLITE.COM
To report it admits it is a Proxy:
At our customer's request our system is acting as a proxy for email
addressed to the contacts which are listed above. Please visit
www.emailaddressprotection.com to contact the appropriate party.
Re: the 2 comments made so far:
Why is safda spamming every comment?
Great info bodaciouskevlar but I would stay on top of if you get your money back and I would inform your credit card company of the situation and ask them to keep an eye out for "unusual activity" so that they are aware. You probably will not get a refund and they might start taking out a lot more on a monthly basis. Keep safe and take precautions before it gets to that point. Call your credit card company because as long as the scammers have your credit card information they can keep charging to it..
Seems better than Bell (been calling me lately telling me to switch from Cogeco). I came on here to compare and this is the ONLY complaint about Cogeco while there were numerous complaints about Bell .. so I think I will stick with Cogeco for now.
The only complaint I ever had with Cogeco was that sometimes the net goes out (hardly ever the TV, .. just the net) and then they try to say it is because I am "too far away from their towers" just because I am up on the 5th floor. So I was considering switching..
As long as you are a customer I think they feel they can call you up about offers they THINK YOU should be happy about. They were pushy with me as well. A month later they are still pushing me.. They will be calling me back this afternoon as I told them they talk too fast and I want to review the information for myself online first at my OWN PACE.
Also that link from you JGraceyStinson, didn't work for me.
So instead I am using this link:
/URL removed/
Wow they keep calling me (last month and this month) and if I didn't eventually answer (I finally did today) they would have called forever. I mean .. they call as often and without any consideration to time (supper or bed time) just like telephone solicitors or debt collections.
Bell is really pushy but I was thinking of it as I have not been happy with Cogeco. But then when I looked on here there was only one complaint about Cogeco yet many MANY for Bell. So now I am thinking twice.
It is true they are VERY persistent . and that alone I did NOT like about Bell.
I guess I could call up Cogeco and get them to finally fix my website so that I can finally update it (haven't been able to for a year and sometimes get really bad net but on the most part get good net).
I don't like change anyway and would rather just stay with what I got. Bell keeps pushing me that I will save money for the first year.
They did not say anything about a contract. I Said I wanted to review online first as the girl was talking way too fast and I was unable to get all the details so I said I wanted to review it at my own pace. When I asked for information sent to me she said I had to view it online. So now I am.
She was trying to get me to sign up for the:
Performance Internet
PVR Basic TV
(that is what I understood on the phone anyway .. will go to the Bell site next to see the actual names).
I am glad I didn't go for it. Taking the time to review on their site I Realized I would have been getting only 6MB over the net where as I currently get 14MB!
What have I learned from this? ALWAYS REVIEW ONLINE and DO NOT feel pressured over the phone. You have EVERY RIGHT to review at your OWN PAGE online and have them call you back later when you have made a decision. Sure they do NOT like this but YOU have the control over your own money and services right?
Got another spam email from Elizabeth Jackson when I never opted in in the first place! Sent now to 3 different email accounts. I am getting tired of this spam.
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Received: from debtwealthmoney.com (debtwealthmoney.com [70.38.104.237])
from Elizabeth J.
date Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:05 PM
subject Beat the recession and leave the rat race for good
A REAL Good Paying Job! I want to tell you about a REAL job you can do from anywhere you arefor well-known, legitimate companies who pay well, pay fast, and really need people who are willing to be reliable for them. Its a little known job (yes, I know thats a dirty word to some people, but thats what this is!). And you can do it from the comfort of your home. You dont need ANY previous experience, fancy education, or even a car to get to workbecause you can work from your spare bedroom, living room, or kitchen if you want. BUT there are only a few openings. So if I were you (and you want to make more $$), Id check this out immediately:
hxxp://debtwealthmoney.com/C/7/680/909631
Now mind you I NEVER ASKED for information or ever asked for this email! So this is regarded as Spam!
That should tell you alone that this site is NOT reputable!
How did you find all that information Stephen?
Thank you for that investigation its2am. People need to become more aware and learn to read disclaimers for this reason. I think people think that if it has a disclaimer it is legit but if they read it then red flags would have gone off in their heads. Even scammers use disclaimers because this way no legal action can be taken against them. Be safe. Be aware. Buyer Beware.
