Bradford County couple accused in work-at-home scam

Citizen's Voice ^ | 2/24/2005 | James Haggerty

[cynicom]

Some of those hill billies are pretty slick.

[Mad Mammoth]

Maybe these ill-fated entreprenuers can look forward to stuffing envelopes for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

[Jagman]

"Make BIG money at home, sharpen saws and earn extra cash!"

[cynicom]

Their people can claim as their defense that they were just proving Barnums law.

[Drango]

I work at home and you can too! For instructions please FReepmail me $20....

[from occupied ga]

$100 million, the government announced Tuesday. ... The FTC says consumers paid $38 for registration and start-up materials and a $12 inspection fee.

So they bilked consumers out of $100,000,000 in $50 hits? They had TWO MILLION SUCKERS????? This sounds a bit exaggerated to me. I'd be lucky to get 10 dummies if I were running the scam. 2/3 of 1 pct of the entire US population is a pretty good success rate for any crooked scam except social security.

[quack]

"in many, if not all, instances, the defendants rejected consumers' work for 'quality' reasons and the consumer lost all the money spent."

Don't know ALL the details,but I don't see a problem with this.This is no different than a company(or our government) sub-contracting work.Now,if a company subs out work and it doesn't meet quality standards,the company is not obligated to continue to do business with the sub.I know that many times,the government will cancel a contract due to a sub-contractors quality issues or even because they found a cheaper rate.

[quack]

So they bilked consumers out of $100,000,000 in $50 hits?

Somehow,I missed that entire paragraph.That would take quite a bit of time.

[quack]

I think the 100 mill. was accounted from the 200 business'.

[Graybeard58]

I work at home and you can too! For instructions please FReepmail me $20....

Attention all members, don't listen to Drango. He's trying to rip you off.

FReepmail me just $10 and I'll tell you how he is doing it!

[drjimmy]

Some of those hill billies are pretty slick.

Gillett, PA, is definitely hillbilly country. Back years ago when I was a reporter I covered a kidnapping/rape case around those parts involving a teenage girl. West Virginia doesn't hold a patent on the slogan, "It's all relative."

[cynicom]

I live in that area during summers. There is a huge area in north central PA and south central NY that does not take a backseat to W VA.

[sean327]

I'll tell you how they are both doing it, for the low low price of $4.99. Shipping and handling extra.

[ColoCdn]

For $5 I'll point you to a lawyer's phone number so you can take action when you become dissatisfied with either of the previous posts.

[from occupied ga]

I misread that into thinking that all 200 were run by these same folks. Makes more sense now.

[ColoCdn]

Beat me to it. You must be doing something illegal. I'll lower my price to $4.50, only because I believe in justice and the American way.

[Petronski]

I was just in Gillett on Monday. Dayum, that place really is way the hell out in the middle of nowhere. I coudln't even get there from here, I had to go somewhere else first...

[Born Conservative]

Is Gillett near Troy, and right by the NY border? I went to college in Mansfield, and vaguely remember passing through there one time.

[Petronski]

To get to Gillett, I drove through Mansfield to Troy, then North on 14. You've got it right. Nothing but moocows and firewood.


Beautiful country.