Friday, June 12, 2009

Scams Again

This week I made over $200 selling items through free postings on Craigslist. The amazing thing is that even while selling on that wonderful and remarkable forum, the spammers got me. They like to reply to posts with offers to help. They ask if you are looking for a job. When you reply yes, that you are trying to make extra money, they send you to this link.

http://thetimesonline.org/finance/?showStory=jobs821304&_r=1251&hp=a24

The four times this happened this week, I discovered that they don't respond to any further emails. The link advertises that Easy Google Profit. This company is not even affiliated with Google. It also offers free information at the cost of shipping.

What it tells you in the fine print is that it also includes a subscription to a service that will bill your card every month. You get surprised when all of a sudden your account is billed by a company that you have never heard of. You spend the next few weeks trying to get confirmation numbers so that you can cancel the charges coming from unheard of businesses.

I have learned that thus far, everyone has a bottom line. I haven't received an email that doesn't.

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