don’t get scammed please.
Hey, just a friendly community reminder that the advertisement that ran in this past Friday’s PioLog is almost definitely a scam. So, please don’t follow up on it, and if you do, keep your wits about you and don’t do anything that seems odd.
Here’s the text of the advertisement in question:
Looking for a part time offer where you can earn $1400 to $2400 every two weeks?
Are you dedicated? Over 21? Computer literate? And have access to the internet one to two hours a week?
If you answered ”Yes” then we have your career waiting for you!Canes Ultralights Inc. is currently seeking store managers, assistant managers,payroll reps and payment clerks to work at your own flexible schedule! And it only takes a little bit of your time!
If you think you have what Canes Ultralights is looking for,
contact us with your resume @ rjordan263canesultralights@gmail.com
that’s rjordan263canesultralights@googlemail.comHurry..don’t wait! This great opportunity is limited so contact Canes Ultralight Inc. today!
Here’s why it’s fake:
- The Better Business Bureau has no records of a company called Canes Ultralights Inc.
- vague purpose, type of business, job description, etc.
- typos
- the e-mail address is unofficial and does not even match itself.
- the company does not have a website or even a web presence aside from this exact ad, ver batim, pasted all over the place.
- no one pays a college student $1500 for two hours of work unless it’s illegal.
- there’s an unanswered Yahoo! Answers page asking if it’s a scam.
So…
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I don’t understand. What’s that frog monster thing you put at the end of your post?
I really hope nobody gets suckered by that ad. I particularly enjoyed the “are you over 21?” part. Claaaaassy.
ITS A TRAP
Red flags everywhere …!
The most powerful thing we as individuals can do is to educate ourselves, be extremely skeptical, do as much research as possible, and spread the word to help others avoid getting scammed. Please feel free to drop by my site for useful scam-related addresses:
http://www.squidoo.com/Scam_on_you
thank you for caring
;-) karin
Shouldn’t the Pio Log be responsible for checking these sorts of things out?
yeah… that seems like it would be good.
One would think…
What, windex buys an advertisement claiming they get windows cleaner, faster, and the pinoeer log runs several double-blind experimental trials to verify before printing? We’re not the BBB; if someone buys ad space they bought ad space.
:P
All I’m asking for is a Google search if a company they’ve never head of buys add space.
If they started doing that, it would be implying that they guarantee scam-free advertising. Who would want to take on that responsibility? We need to participate in protecting ourselves by doing the research, and alerting others.
stay safe!
;-) karin
Canes Ultralights owner is now being indicted on credit card fraud charges in Texas.
That’s good to know… do you have any links or anything? How did you find out?
Hey Gut Shot, I’m trying to write an article for my school’s paper (where this guy also put his scam ad) and I wondering if you could tell me where you found out about the charges in Texas?
Thanks