Apr 06 2009
Looking for a Job, Scams, Warning signs, Ebay
In today’s world, jobs are being lost and people are hunting for work or ways to supplement their income.
Ebay has recently refused to let their sellers accept money orders. Why? Because it now a new way to defraud people. I’ve sold on ebay for many years and never had a problem because I’m aware of the way you can be defrauted by a money order. I had a person wanting to send me a money order, but he wanted to send it for more money than the auction was selling for. I refused. Why?
That is the first sign that it is a fraud. Anytime, someone wants to send you a money order and you to cash it and send back the difference–that person is a CROOK. No honest person will do that. All you have to do is watch the news–and the people that have lost money, fell for a this scam.
In today’s world, jobs are being lost and people are hunting for work or ways to supplement their income.
Ebay has recently refused to let their sellers accept money orders. Why? Because it now a new way to defraud people. I’ve sold on Ebay for many years and never had a problem because I’m aware of the way you can be defrauded by a money order. I had a person wanting to send me a money order, but he wanted to send it for more money than the auction was selling for. I refused. Why?
That is the first sign that it is a fraud. Anytime, someone wants to send you a money order and you to cash it and send back the difference–that person is a CROOK. No honest person will do that. All you have to do is watch the news–and the people that have lost money, fell for a this scam.
The second reason: is that it is hard to tell the difference between a real money order and a fake one. If you accept a money order or cashiers check, deposit it and wait until the bank tells you that it has cleared – that may take at least 10 days or more.
It is a very sophisticated scam. WARNING–anytime someone tells you they will put money in your bank account, you keep some of it and withdraw the difference and send them either a money order or cashier’s check — it is a scam. The money will be there, but it has been stolen from another account and the bank will catch the error and will correct it and come after you for the money.
The next big fraud is having you mail money orders to people all over the United States. You will receive a stack of money orders with people’s names on them, they look real even down to a water mark. You will be instructed to mail them out either by FedEx or UPS and you will be given money to cover your expenses. DON’T DO IT. IT IS A FRAUD—YOU ARE SENDING FAKE MONEY ORDERS AND CAN BE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
NOW IF THEY DON’T GET THEIR MONEY IMMEDIATELY, they will threaten you with the FBI. Say, that’s okay, as soon as the bank tells me that the money order has cleared, you’ll get your money. It won’t clear.
99 per cent of all the above scams are based in NIGERIA. They will use the picture and name of a real person in the US to hook you in further.
Another scam is stuffing envelopes. Send them $49.00, ect. and they will send you the supplies and list to address the envelopes. That is another scam. No honest business does that. Check with the business that is supposed to have hired you, check with the better business bureau.
Another scam is the advertisement to help you find a job overseas. Don’t do it, send your money and you will receive a booklet containing a list of companies with names and addresses that do hire for overseas jobs or it is just a list of companies.
If it sounds too good to be true—it is.
This has been going on for hundreds of years in one form or another. Remember the old western movies and the person selling snake oil. In the audience there was a shill—a person that would endorse it. That is also a warning sign—fake endorsements. There really is a product made from Snake Oil that is used in Asia and it is good for joint pain, but Snake oil made from US snakes is an inferior product.
