Writers Beware!

Writers Beware of Freelance Home Writers....it is a Scam!

In these unsettling times, when folks are losing jobs or needing more income, just to make ends' meet, it is easy to be taken in by some clever advertising and end up the victim of a scam.
Recently, it ALMOST happened to me.
I received an email, from one of the 'what seem like "millions"' of work-at-home opportunities, advertising Freelance Home Writers.

It seemed to offer a great service for people who are interested in earning money from writing and the money sounded very good.

Be careful of their 'special' low cost registration fee. Take a closer look at the small print and you'll find that this is ONLY a seven day trial period. Then they will charge $49.95 every month. Even though they also state that" if you are not satisfied", there is an 8 week money-back guarantee. I've learned that others sent them a message through an online 'contact form' asking them to cancel the account and refund their money. None of them received a reply, even though several follow up emails were sent.

Most of the material on their site can be easily found on other sites for free. And, they do not have any 'connection' what-so-ever with employers, or anyone 'looking for writers'. They provide the same kinds of lists that you can find for free on Elance.

Here is a forum thread where I found folks who are having problems with this company: http://www.work-at-home-forum.com/14_7144_0.html You might also find a few links to some free sites if you have an interest in freelance writing, with or without the Bum Marketing.

Unfortunately there are a lot of sites and offers like this, they really are timeless, and these people can make these offers look absolutely genuine.


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Don't get 'snookered'

As a general rule...

"if it sounds too good to be true...

it usually is"

I ran across a program that fit this description to a 't'.

It has a pretty good sales pitch...good enough that I decided to,

at least, check it out.

One of the things I have begun to do...after being 'ripped off' a time

or two, when I didn't...is to go out and do my 'homework'...

what are other people saying about their experiences.

Paidsurveysetc....doesn't get high marks from me.

Here are a couple of 'reviews' of folks

who purchased this program...

"I discovered to my horror that in order to get paid for these surveys you had to not only complete the survey you had to sign up and pay for a business offer. You either had to purchase goods or services. I was very dissappointed. My objective was not to make money by spending money on goods and services over and over again. Many of the opportunities involved services that could be cancelled later but who wants to go to all that trouble? I decided this wasn't for me and requested a refund. I haven't heard anything back yet but they did offer a money back guarantee..." Link to complete review.

I gave the author a five star rating for the review...please consider doing this

also. The review could very well, not only saved me money, but

saved me the aggrevation of a program that promised big...and delivered very small.

"My mailbox was inundated with as many as 800 emails per day - all garbage.Countless attempts to get my guaranteed refund have been in vain. No response whatsoever from these turkeys.I traced their physical address to a vacant strip mall in California.The website is very convincing and appears to be heartfelt - someone who has been duped in the past wanting to be sure you only have legit sites - yeah, right!" -- Link to complete review.

The author of this review needed extra income so they

could stay home with their son, while he was undergoing chemotherapy.

How heartless!!

I could go on and on with scam after scam after scam, from this program.

I'm a little horrified that the program is still being offered as a Clickbank affiliate product...

and I will say that...

the ONLY positive reviews I ran across

were from folks..who are actually trying to

'peddle the product'....

You will not find my affiliate link on

any paidsurveysetc product...

I will never...knowingly...lead anyone to a bogus product.

This is my 'review'.

Homeworkers. Beware this scam.

I got an email today...

Hello..(my name)..
Recently you have indicated a desire to work at home... Based upon this we have hand picked you for this work at home job.
Click Here To Start
We would like to congratulate you for making the right decision in working with us. You have a 48 hour window to claim your position before we fill it with the next in que
Click Here To Claim Your Position
Regards,
Charles Wellmore
Work at Home Group

*PLEASE NOTE---I REMOVED THE DIRECT LINKS FROM THIS EMAIL, SO YOU WOULDN'T ACCIDENTALLY CLICK THROUGH. Otherwise, the email is presented as I received it...I just copied and pasted.


I thought it might have been something I had 'researched' for this blog, so I clicked through. I immediately recognized it as a 'pre-sell page' and had the presence of mind to do further checking via Google.
I can tell you....Do NOT sign up with this company...it really is a SCAM! ... read how others were ripped off...

This is an 'article writing program' that boasts larger earnings for each article you write. However, there is a registration fee and then, once you give your credit card authorization, you find that they take an additional $47.00 that they didn't bother to tell you about.
There are many...many...many article writing sites that PAY YOU for your articles..and you don't have to pay anything to sign up...stick with those.
So, as with any program, it is wise to do a little 'detective' work before signing up for anything that requires you give over your credit card number or paypal payment.

Post Script--Just thought I'd let you know...I never did "make any decision to work with them" as stated in their email. In fact...I'd never heard of them before.