Posted on 06/09/2003 9:28:52 AM PDT by God is good
REFUND RECOVERY SCAM
Reported and Web Produced by: John Matarese Updated: 05/19/03 09:15:21
WITH THE ECONOMY ON THE ROPES, AND JOBS HARD TO FIND, YOU MAY BE LOOKING TO MAKE A LITTLE EXTRA CASH.
AND IT SEEMS A LOGICAL PLACE IS RIGHT ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER.
"I am deluged, I mean deluged. To make money at home on your computer. You dont have to do anything, you sign up, they do everything for you."
JAN MATTHEWS GETS E-MAILS EVERY DAY PROMISING HER RICHES IF SHE'S ONLY JOIN THE LATEST WORK AT HOME PROGRAM.
SHE SAYS MANY ARE OBVIOUS SCAMS.
"Hi Jan, we have a no risk home based business..."
BUT ONE SOUNDED LEGITIMATE SINCE IT INVOLVED TWO WELL KNOWN FIRMS.
"This one is to get refunds from FedEx and UPS."
THE JOB IS CALLED REFUND RECOVERY: PROCESSING REFUNDS FOR FIRMS WHO SHIP A LOT OF FEDEX AND UPS PACKAGES.
"They say you can make between 55 and 75 dollars an hour."
SO JAN MAILED IN 80 DOLLARS FOR THESE STARTER DISCS...AND THE CHANCE TO EARN BIG MONEY.
ONLY ONE SNAG:
"What they didn't tell you was you had to fax a letter to all these companies...you had to fax at least 100 a day."
YUP...SHE'D HAVE TO CONTACT HUNDREDS OF COMPANIES, TO MAYBE FIND A FEW WILLING TO SHARE THEIR FEDEX FILES WITH HER.
GOOD LUCK! SMALL BUSINESS OWNER ROBBIE ROBINSON TELLS ME HE'D NEVER SHARE THOSE FILES WITH A STRANGER.... THAT'S RIGHT, NEVER.
"Somebody off the street wanted to look at your FedEx papers, shipping receipts, all that? The way security is now, not after everything the past couple of years, especially with shipping."
THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AGREES.
--IT RECENTLY ISSUED AN ALERT ABOUT REFUND RECOVERY PROGRAMS, SAYING IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE MONEY PROCESSING FEDEX AND UPS REFUNDS.
BUT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE SIGNING UP FOR HOME COMPUTER JOBS...
AMONG THEM: EARN 40 THOUSAND A YEAR PROCESSING MEDICAL BILLING.
ONLINE SHOPPING MALLS WHERE YOU "FREE YOURSELF AND GET A FREE WEBSITE."
THIS ONE SAYS IT CAN EARN YOU "HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR."
--THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU ADVISES YOU TO WATCH FOR RED FLAG TERMS, SUCH AS "NO RISK" ... "50 DOLLARS OR MORE AN HOUR" ... AND THE BIGGEST: "SEND MONEY FOR YOUR STARTER KIT."
JAN MATTHEWS LEARNED THE HARD WAY.
"Its a bunch of baloney...excuse me."
BOTTOM LINE: MAKING MONEY ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER IS VERY, VERY TOUGH.
IF YOU'RE A GOOD WRITER, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SELL ARTICLES ... OR DO SOME PROOFREADING.
BUT IF THE OFFER ASKS FOR CASH UP FRONT, I'D SAY ITS ANOTHER CASE OF DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY.
I'M JOHN MATARESE.
Contact John Matarese E-mail jmatarese@wcpo.com
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