Category Archives: Job Scams

Secret Shopper Scam Described

Posted on 10 Sep/2011 by mxw

“The Consumerist“, a website that highlights the persistent, shameless gaffes of modern consumerism – and the latest scams, rip-offs, hot deals and freebies, encourages their readers to tell them about their everyday experiences with absurdities of consumer culture – and … Continue reading →

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IRS Lists it’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ Tax Scams

Posted on 3 Jun/2011 by mxw

Hiding income in offshore accounts, identity theft, return preparer fraud, and filing false or misleading tax forms top the annual list of “dirty dozen” tax scams in 2011, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. “The Dirty Dozen represents the worst … Continue reading →

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WORK FROM HOME!!! (yep, it’s yet another scam)

Posted on 9 May/2011 by mxw

Anyone online or offline has seen the ads by now – Money Motivated Pros | Team Leaders Needed | Looking for Recruiters | Professionals Needed | Remote Agents Needed | Top Guns Only | Business Development | Marketing Reps | … Continue reading →

Posted in Classiified Ads, Craigslist, Email Scams, Job Scams, Online Advertising, Ponzi Schemes, Websites | 38 Comments

Powell Exotic Furniture Website Spoof Scam – PEFURNITURE.NET

Posted on 11 May/2010 by mxw

Administrative assistant needed by Powell Exotic Furniture,Good pay and flexible hours, see attached pdf for more info or sign up via www.pefurniture.net/careers.php Here’s a new website spoof scam – take the website of a perfectly respectable, American furniture company – … Continue reading →

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Who or What is BobBear?

Posted on 25 Mar/2009 by mxw

In my infrequent callouts to other websites that  (like Scamdex) were  created out of the blind fury experinced by seeing bad people taking money from good people, I have another site for you to take notice of. But first, a … Continue reading →

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Insurance Scam Job with tortured bizspeak free!

Posted on 3 Mar/2009 by mxw

Here’s a cute one – of course it’s our old friend the ‘transaction processing clerk’ scam, gussied up a little to be an insurance invoicer/reimburser. What caught my eye was the amusing biz speak which looks like it’s been through … Continue reading →

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