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November 16, 2005
I was a work from home millionaire
Soon after Adzooks went live a few ads offering the opportunity to work from home were posted on the sites. The ads generally followed the same rules: offering you the chance to earn lots of cash from the comfort of your own home, you choosing your own hours, though the ads rarely say what the work is. All you have to do is send the poster of the ad £10 to get you started.
Some of the ads are very brief, asking you to email back for more information (then they’ll send you a long sales pitch), and others are very long though equally lacking in any information. In the name of research I replied to one of the more sensible looking ads (now long gone from the site), and sure enough in amongst the bumph I got back was a request for some money.
This is what it comes down to and why these scam ads are placed. There is no real job, and no legitimate offer will ask you for money first to start you off. As a general rule I’ve been taking down any work from home scam ads. Let us know about any scam ads you see by clicking the 'not allowed' button, and I'll investigate and remove them from the site as appropriate.
For more information see our http://london.adzooks.co.uk/scam.shtml page or visit UK Trading Standards at www.tradingstandards.gov.uk and sites such as www.fraud.org for more information about the types of fraud that take place.
Posted by Selina at November 16, 2005 12:39 PM
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