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Passionate about internet scams

I'm really passionate about Internet scams, Five years ago; I lost my job due to a back injury. My family went from a two-income family to a one, with only my husband working. So, as I stayed home, my family needing a little extra money, I decided to look for work on the Internet. Instead, I find several ways people stole your money. I thought the Internet would be safe, but I thought wrong. I signed up to become a mystery shopper, paid the fee, only to find out I could have found these sites without paying a dime. I signed up to mail letters for companies (I know you are probably saying how did you get caught up with this one, since it's the oldest scam around) but soon found out I had to contact these companies myself and ask to mail their letters. I signed up to read e-mails for companies, only to find out they pay you less than a penny for each e-mail you read. I also, signed up to do surveys for companies, only to find out you must first qualify to take a survey. Sometimes it take at least 5 qualifies before you can take a survey that is only worth 10 points. You see, Survey companies gives points, you have to accumulate so many points that converts to either money or prizes. On some surveys, 1000 points is worth $10.00 or a prize worth $5.00.
If you see a survey company, which says " we pay $125.00 per survey". It is so cluttered with questions and advertising from other companies it's unreal. Finally, if you go through all this clutter you might have to buy something at the end.
Some scams on the Internet really hurt people. Such as: the E-mail Lottery Scam which is also International, The Nigerian Scam, the Identity Theft Scam and one that almost got me the Wedding Plan Scam.
I started a small wedding planning business; several years ago to have extra income. Someone e-mailed me from another country, asked me to plan their wedding in my city; all I had to do was send them a bill for the fee I charged and my checking account number. When they received my bill along with the bank account number. I could start planning the wedding.
I immediately contacted some of my fellow planners, to ask if this was legit. I was informed, that this is a scam going around in the wedding community and a lot of planners had money stolen from their accounts. It's everywhere, even on these sites that say we are not a scam but they ask you to pay for information that's free on the Internet.

I've looked and looked to not avail, only to find out nothing is free and if it sounds to good to be true then 100% it is not true. I have found some companies that allow you to make money on their sites but there is work involved. One is Cafepress.com: it's a site you setup to sell T-shirts you design. They charge a flat fee for the shirt and you set a markup fee (which is the money you keep) for the shirt. Only thing, their are a lot of people selling T- shirts so it takes time before you can make money, but you are not out of any money. Another site I like is mymommybiz.com, because they offer free sites in almost every category imagined. Mystery Shopping, Telecommuting jobs, and they give web design and hosting advice so you can start your
own business. Advertising on this site is only $15.00 a year which does attract the
undesirable, just be careful and look for these red flags: Making a lot of money in a
short period of time, never talking to a live person, and no experience necessary
to do the job.
I hope this helps someone, just always remember you never have to pay to work

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