Here is the current job ad that’s floating around…

Tek-Collect, Inc. seeks highly motivated Sales Professionals to Fast Track into Sales Management. First year earnings range from $75k to $150k. Second year earnings well into six figures. Senior Sales Managers enjoy mid to upper six-figure income.
TekCollect provides business owners with comprehensive accounts receivable management, collections and customer retention services. Our persistence, professionalism and pricing are unparalleled in the industry. And our service is completely Web-based for the most convenient, real-time account management solution available.
Tek-Collect, Inc. leads the industry in providing businesses with innovative, strategic and economical cash flow management systems
We specialize in collections, accounts receivable management, and customer retention services
More than 30,000 companies nationwide rely on Tek-Collect’s Sales Associates to expertly manage their cash flow
Our diverse client base includes financial institutions, health care professionals, utilities, retailers, universities and service providers
Tek-Collect is endorsed by many state and national associations within the financial industry, medical profession, trade organizations and more.
Requirements
Recent association endorsements have prompted an immediate need for skilled sales and management professionals to call upon and service their membership.
We are currently interviewing sales candidates who are assertive, goal-oriented and proven successful at building, developing and maintaining client relationships. While other sales organizations are down-sizing, we are growing like never before
Commissions, Monthly Residuals, and Monthly Bonus are excellent
Comprehensive training is provided locally, and ongoing sales education and coaching are supplied to ensure your success
This is a full-time executive sales position with flexibility, autonomy, high income potential and rapid career advancement. We are committed to helping the most driven, dedicated sales professionals develop a profitable, long-term sales career.

And here are a few actual experiences with the company…

TekCollect Report #1

Anyway, in addition to what you said I’d like to also mention they are perpetrating this scam by using legitimate on-line job boards such as Career Builder, Indeed, and Monster to seduce candidates with their claim of a “$75,000-$100,000 base pay” Sales Rep job. There is NO base pay, not even a draw. This is a 100% commission Independent Contractor sales position with NO benefits. As for the job itself, be prepared for business owners/CFOs to lie about their finances (which ruins your chances to fit a program around their actual outstanding receivables, thereby killing the sale and/or your potential commission), and to get them to show you their A/R books is like pulling teeth! Then trying to convince them to pay an up-front fee to collect money they’ve already written off as bad debt is the textbook definition of a tough sell.

By the way, I never got my “refundable training & materials fee” back, and my guess is 90% of the frustrated and broke sales reps they sucker into this scheme never do either… they are either terminated (due to sales inactivity) or quit because they’re not making enough money long before they’d meet the accounts sold requirements for the alleged refund. And, as you said, when you’re gone TCI keeps the residual income from YOUR few sales, and you have effectively wasted your time AND paid to bird dog/prospect the market for them.

TekCollect Report #2

This company uses illegal bait & switch tactics to attract help by stating that they hire full time employees and pay a base salary of $75k-$100k. They actually do not hire any full time employees — they only hire 1099 subcontractors and instead of giving any kind of base they insist on a deposit from the candidate of $350 to get started. They also say that they are looking to move people up into management roles and that’s also a 1099 experience. This company cannot earn my trust by lying about their positions available. I use this rip-off report every time I even think about applying to a company, now.

TekCollect Report #3

The contracted agents of TekCollect Daniel Campbell and Peter Klaver fraudulently and purposefully misled our company to believe that they would recover money owed us due to bad checks in a timely fashion and under “any circumstance”. When the above reps were asked direct and specific questions to clarify the contract and money back guarantee they flat out lied to gain contract signature. They Assured us that we would recieve our money back if TekCollect did not collect 400% of our $3600.00 investment. We specifically asked for details of the program with the reps and were assured that we could use any checks up to six years old and we could expect money to be collected within months. With their so called clarification of the contract they then pressured us into signing the contract.No funds have been collected by TekCollect. When I contacted Tom Cie, Dir. of Client Svcs he said and I quote “I don’t care what my rep said to you” when I explained the above issue of misrepresentation and our displeasure with the lack of performance of TekCollect

And there are hundreds of similar complaints posted around the web. This particular thread at Scam.com is well worth the read if you’re still even remotely considering working for these guys.

My advice: stay far, far away.

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Scam Email #1

From: Ryan Edwards
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:36:24 AM -0400
Subject: Seeking employee

Our company seeking employees in Coordinating department.
Functions:
Provides investment operational support
Reviews, observes, and monitors credit rating information of entities and compares
against written investment guidelines to determine if securities traded are in compliance
with written investment guidelines
Insures that alternative investments are safe through proper analysis
Evaluates the performance of various types of banking relationships and makes recommendations
regarding more efficient or prudent methods
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Communicate orally in the English language with customers, clients, and the public
using a telephone and in a face-to-face, one-on-one setting
Enter data or information into a terminal, PC, or other keyboard device
Understand and follow oral and written instructions
Work cooperatively with other employees, customers, clients, and the public
Some positions will require the performance of other essential and marginal functions
depending upon work location, assignment, or shift
We offers an exceptional benefits program and a highly competitive compensation
package $3,500 monthly guarantee.
If ready to join contact us with your resume or CV:
ryane_dwards.careers@rocketmail.com
Have a good day!
Ryan Edwards.

Scam Email #2

orphanagecentre20002000@gmail.com

FROM MRS. LAURA ARMSTRONG,
Laura Orphanage Homes Center.
4 Pasteur Gardens Edmonton London,
N18 1JF UK.

Hello,

My name is Mrs. Laura Armstrong, I wish to offer you a part-time job in which is of mutual benefit. I resigned from my job two years ago as a research scientist for ARINI

(Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland) but still work as a freelance consultant for the institute.However, due to the passion I and my husband Mr. Dennis

Armstrong have for the
children, we decided to run a humanitarian organization of saving the lives of the homeless and abandon children in order to contribute our quarter towards giving these

Children lives a meaning just as our God demanded of us to care for the homeless.

We presently have our orphanage homes in India, Somalia and Cotonou, Republic of Benin and we hope to get to other countries in time to come. we run this organization with

the help of some individuals and companies who values the lives of these children and had made up their minds to send funds for their up keeps.
Most of our funding is from American friends whom we have solicited for their help and we are overwhelmed by their eagerness to send funds to us,please permit me to tell

you this, you too can be our donor if interested.

However we are finding it difficult receiving these funds as the bunch of the payments are in US based money orders and Cheques which we find difficult to cash here in UK.

To enable us receive all the donations, I wish to employ you on contract basis to be our payment representative back in the states,
this way you will receive the Money Orders/Cheques from our Donors, cash them easily, deduct 10% of the total amount in every payment as your commission and then send the

rest back to me via Western Union wire transfer.

JOB DESCRIPTION?

1. Receive Cheques / Money Orders payment from our donnors.
2. Cash Payments at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the Offices you will be contacted to send payment to (Payment is to be forwarded either by Money Gram or

Western Union Money Transfer).

HOW MUCH WILL YOU EARN?

10% from each operation! For instance: you receive 7000 USD via cheques or money orders on our behalf. You will cash the money and keep $700 (10% from $7000) for yourself!
If you are interested in our offer, please reply directly to my
Personal email address:

Thanks for your anticipated action, and we hope to hear back from you.

N .B if you are interested with the job offer we will need you to furnish with this detailed information.

1)YOUR FULL NAMES:Name …………………
2)CONTACT ADDRESS:contact address ….
3)DIRECT TELEPHONE ———–
4) CITY:
5)ZIPCODE:
4) AGE & OCCUPATION:……………..

Regards,

MRS. LAURA ARMSTRONG,
Laura Orphanage Homes Center.
4 Pasteur Gardens Edmonton London,
N18 1JF UK.

Scam Email #3

From: London Art
Reply-To: llondonart@aol.com
Subject: Part Time Job Offer !

My name is Craig and I am the Human Resource Manager for London Art in United Kingdom. London art is the UK’s largest online gallery with a huge collection of contemporary art from the four corners of the globe. Founded in 1997. We are into ART SALE, PAINTINGS SALE,SCULPTURE SALE and PRINTS FOR SALE.

We are looking for a Representative around your city and your job description is as below:

JOB DESCRIPTION

Recieve payment from our buyer by BALANCE TRANSFER i.e (CREDIT CARD) making of payment dirtectly in to your credit card account.
2. Cash Payments at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which will be your commission on each payment processed.
4. Forward balance afetr deduction of 10% commission to offices which shall be provided by us as soon as the fund becomes available

So if you are interested KINDLY SEND YOUR INFORMATION BELOW TO PROCEED ON FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Full Legal Name :
Address :
City :
Zip code :
Age:
Sex:
Nationality :Home Number:
Cell Number:
Company name:

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

Warmest Regards,
London Art
llondonart@aol.com
Mr.Craig

Scam Email #4

From: “CITIC GUOAN GROU”
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE IS NEEDED
Dear Sir/Madam,
First and Foremost,i wish to introduce to you CITIC GUOAN GROUP Ltd.This
company was established in 2005 and also Registered with the chinese
Government.This Company is based in China and have severals Branches in
Asia and is in Chinese Business Directory.
We are Basically Into NETWORKING(Computers).

Presently,we are faced with some problems most especially with our payment
methods as most of our clients prefer to pay us CHEQUE OR VIA WIRE
TRANSFER(HELOC)/CREDIT CARD REFILLING Rather than cash.we Find it very
cumbersome in accepting such payments method due to the new monetary
policy in our banking systems here in China and this is crippling our
business as the nature of our business is capital intensive.

We have numerous customers and we cannot afford to loose them due to this
problem we are facing.
We hereby request for your candid hand in partnership to act as our
payment Reciever Officer for CITIC GUOAN GROUP CHINA,YOU will now receive
payment on Behalf of our Company from our Customers .
Your Benefit is 10% for each payment you receive on our Behalf and this
shall be a continous process.

To indicate your interest please send to us
Full Names:
Your Contact Address:
Telephone and Fax Number:
Occupation:
Age:
Name of Company,if any:

Upon Receipt of this Requested informations,i shall provide you with the
necessary Details of how to finally become our Company Payment Receiver
Officer and is RISK
Please send your Response to the EMAIL:
inguoanca50@yahoo.cn

Your Sincerly
Engr.Alvin Zhang(CEO).
CITIC GUOAN GROUP.

How much money do you make?

A bit personal, but on the same level as a full-time job, whatever that is.

How long did it take to make that money?

I’ve been at this for a little over three years now.

If you were to start from scratch what would you do?

I’d follow a few trends, search for one that interests me, study the niche to see if there’s a way to make it profitable, then build a website around any ideas I think could make money. That’s pretty much all I do now and it seems to work.

What are some tips or tricks most people dont know about making money online?

I have three overly generic pieces of advice:

1. Nothing happens overnight. There is no easy solution and anyone promising you a lot of money quickly is going to rob you.
2. Stick with what you know. This will help you build up your reputation and credibility plus keep you motivated.
3. You need support from others. Talk to your loved ones and let them know you’re going to try and make money online and that you need their support through all of this. Be sure to remember who laughs at you now, so you can laugh at them later.

Could you look at my site and figure out why I am not making money?

I could give it a shot. You have my email.

If you were to be a animal which one would you be?

A red panda. HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? My God I’d be adored by the world over.

Any pets?

A cat and a tank of fish. And yes, I frequently talk to the cat. She could probably take over and successfully run my Internet Marketing business.

What’s your favorite thing to eat?

If I’m cooking at home, lasagna. Going out, filet.

What kind of car do you drive?

A 97 Honda Civic. It has 140k miles on it, is missing all of its hubcaps, and has more dents than I can count. I wouldn’t trade it in for anything. Well, maybe a Ferrari.

Is CreditCardWork.com a scam?

Yup. You’ll be given a pre-built website that hundreds of other people are using. None of them are making any money either.

is surfwithmoney a scam? i’ve made $31 so far and de say i can withdraw money at $35

There are quite a few reports around the web saying they don’t pay. I’d stay away.

What do you think of My- Data- Team.

It’s a scam. They’re misleading in offering “jobs.” What they’re selling is an introduction to pay-per-click marketing and you’re likely to lose hundreds of dollars if you follow their advice.

Wealthy Affiliate or Niche Blitzkrieg?

If you have more time and money to invest, go with Wealthy Affiliate. If you’re new to Internet Marketing and just want to test the waters at a reasonable price, Niche Blitzkrieg is for you.

How could you possibly recommend a work at home job that costs money!?

I have never recommended you pay money to start a work at home job ie. data entry, customer support etc. However, if you are trying to make money online, I highly suggest you invest in a training program so you know how to get started.

How do I get my mom to stop sending me conservabomb emails?

Email -> Settings -> Create Filter -> IF FROM: mom@email.com then TRASH.

This solution may be a little rough, but it’s the only one guaranteed to work.

Well, that’s all the questions I’ve received. To be honest, I expected a few more than that. This was your chance to ask me anything at all really. Either way, I had fun doing this and if you have any more questions for me, leave them in the comments below. I’ll answer those too.

I want to try something new and give you guys a voice on the blog and at the same time, give you a chance to get to know me a little better.

If you have any questions about me, the blog, making money online, working from home, scams, or anything at all really. Send them in through the contact form or just email them to Steve@IveTriedThat.com.

I’ll be accepting questions all weekend and I will do my best to answer them all (within reason of course) in an update on Tuesday. So get your questions in now!

Thanks!

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Scam Email #1

From: benjamin teasle
Sent: Aug 25, 2010 3:04 AM
Subject: FedEx Tracking Info

Hello Gayla,

How are you doing today? I strongly believe you’re fine. I need you to know that the Company has released the funds for your Test of Trust (Equipments Funds) and it will be coming to you via our official Courier Service FedEx. Here is the tracking# for the package (793846797723), you can have it tracked using this linkwww.fedex.com/tracking it will show you the packages present location and the estimated time for delivery at your residence on Wednesday morning 08/25/2010.

You’re required to log on to Yahoo Messenger at 9am your time Wednesday morning for further instructions.

Thanks and for your understanding and hope to read back from you.

Regards,

Benjamin Teasle

We are seeking an enthusiastic and hardworking person to join our Team!

Job Specifications:
-Full-Time, No Weekends
-Benefits available after 30 days including medial/dental insurance, 401k, and paid time off
-Pay is starting from $14.50/hr or dependant upon skill set and relevant experience

Qualified candidate will have excellent customer service skills; strong working knowledge of Excel, Outlook
and Word; experience utilizing Internet; excellent data entry skills; strong interpersonal, verbal and written
communication skills; multi tasking and organization are essential; ability to meet tight deadlines and maintain
focus and accuracy.

Candidates MUST have the following:
-Minimum 3 years experience in office/clerical/administrative position with data entry a primary job function
-Experience providing customer service or sales support via phone or previous receptionist experience
-Proficient with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook (or other email/calendar program),
Instant Messaging and using Internet in general
-Excellent communication skills and customer service especially experience communicating in a professional
manner via email

Candidates should forward resume to hrdeskmarie@hotmail.com for immediate consideration

Scam Email #2

From: “Mr.Rolland Ford”
Subject: Job Offer

Japan Drilling Company,
Shin-Horidome Bldg. 5F 6F,
2-4-3, Nihonbashi Horidome-cho,
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0012,
Japan.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I write to seek your sincere co-operation and trust in respect of a business opportunity in our company, Japan Drilling Co. Ltd with branch office in UK.We are experts in the sales and distribution of Drilling materials and Civil Engineering Equipments.

We import from some major manufacturing companies in Asia and export into the Canada,America and Europe. The people we suppied our goods to has refused to pay up the money they are owning us.

We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers,as well as receiving payment from them to us.

It will not in anyway affect your present job as your service to us would not interfer with your working hours at all.You do not need to leave your present job.
Most of the contact is going to be through phone and emails.
Your duty will be to help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in Mexico, America, Canada and Europe as well as receiving payments from them on our behalf.

Basic payment for services will be:-
For the first 180 days, Representatives will receive 10% commission on every transaction processed. After the 180 day period, commission will increase to 15% on turnovers collected from our customers.

With this employment diversification drive, our aim of becoming one of the World leader in the production and export of a wide range of the best of arts materials and paints for the best art production within the next ten years will be realized, provided representatives are trustworthy and want the growth of the company.

It will be our utmost pleasure if you would be interested in establishing this business relationship with us.
please fill the form below and send it to us;

REPRESENTATIVE VERIFICATION FORM
PERSONAL DETAILS:
(1)Full Name:
(2)Contact Address:
(3)Phone Number:
(4)Age;
(5)Sex;
(6)Occupation:

TO OUR FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER

Mr. Chun Lun
fsm_jdc1@yahoo.co.uk

I look foward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Mr.James Orks
Advert manager,
Japan Drilling company,
United Kingdom

Scam Email #3

From: “Mr. Frank James”
Subject: We have a mystery shopping assignment.
Contact Email: (evaluationteam@informaticos.com)

“We have a mystery shopping assignment in your area and we would like you to participate”

Secret Shopper(R) is accepting applications for qualified individuals to become mystery shoppers. It’s fun and rewarding, and you choose when and where you want to hop. You are never obligated to accept an assignment.There is no charge to become a shopper and you do not need previousexperience. After you sign up, you will ave access to training materials via e-mail, fax or postal mail.

ABOUT US

Secret Shoper(R) is the premier mystery shopping company, serving clients across America with over 500,000 shoppers available and ready to help businesses better serve their cstomers. Continual investment in the latest internet and communication technologies coupled with over 16 years of know-how means working with Secret Shopper(R) is a satisfying and rewarding experience.

Secret shopping as seen on ABC NEWS, NBC NEWS, L.A.TIMES.Stores and organizations such as The Gap, Walmart, Pizza Hut, and Bank. One amongst many others pay for Secret Shoppers to shop in their establishments and report their experiences. On top of being paid for shopping you are also allowed to keep purchases for free. Secret Shopper(R) NEVER charge fees to the shopper.. Training, tips for improvement, and shopping opportunities are provided free to registered shoppers. Mystery shoppers are either paid a

pre-arranged fee for a particular shop, a reimbursement for a purchase or a combination of both.

You will be required to interact with the shop clerk.You may conduct the shop alone or as a couple.

The assignment will pay $200.00/ Assignment.

Kindly Fill Out the application form below and we will get back to you shortly with the assignment to this email (evaluationteam@informaticos.com):

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

First Name:
Last Name:
Street Address:
City, State, Zip Code:
Cell Phone Number:
Home Phone Number:

AVAILABILITY:

Days/Hours Available

Monday …..Yes………………………………….
Tuesday ……Yes……………………………….
Wednesday ….Yes……………………………………
Thursday ………Yes……………………………….
Friday ……………….Yes……………………..
Saturday ……………………………………….
Sunday ……………Anytime………………………….

Hours Available: from __5_____ to __9____

We await your urgent response.

Thank you for your help.

We look forward to working with you.

Sincerely,
Frank James
Secret Shopper(R)

Scam Email #4

From: Gloria Jacobs
Subject: Please find attached for the next step.
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 3:57 AM

Hello again,

This is Gloria Jacobs again. As your future personnel manager I am glad that you decide to accept our offer. Thank you very much for your interest in our Financial manager vacancy. I reviewed your resume on the Yahoo! and I’m glad to invite you to join our team!

Well, now you have successfully completed the first stage of recruiting process.

Now we should pass very easy formal procedure. Let me to describe the

employment procedure:

First of all,our HR department will carry out:

- your name, place of residing, contact phone numbers

- reliability of information you provided (your name, place of residing, contact phone)

In order to perform these checks we need you to submit us the

following information ASAP by completing the documents:

- Employment Agreement(signed copy)

- Employment Application(signed copy)

I have attached this documents documents to this message in MS Word

format and PDF format. Please fill that documents, sign and sent me the copies.

You may send a copy of of your signed Employment Agreement and Employment Application two ways:

1. To my Fax: 1,206,350,7574 (US inside fax)

OR

2. You scan this document and after that you send it to my e-mail:

Manager.Design.International@gmail.com

This information will be totally secured and will not be shared with

the third parts.

When you send this documents and the information verifies,your

candidacy gets approved. After that we will start working. This will entitle you to start receiving and processing customer’s payments.

AS FINANCIAL MANAGER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECEIVING PAYMENTS FROM

CUSTOMERS AND PROCESSING THE RECEIVED FUNDS TO OUR HEADQUARTER IN

RUSSIAN FEDERATION. YOU WILL START RECEIVING PAYMENTS BY FOLLOWING SERVICES:

1. Bank Checks

2. Wire transfers

3. Certified funds and Cash funds

-Salary and Compensation

The Financial Manager will be entitled to 5 of all completed transactions. The maximum turnover handled by a single manager is limited the by company’s policy and is set at $100,000 per month.

Minimum salary- $3,000/monthly, plus income tax compensation(under the US tax form 1099)

-Type of Employment and Time Commitment:

Part-time. you will work from home as an Independent Contractor. Approximately working schedule- 3-5 hours per week. You can combine this job with your current job, because you’ll spend

no more than 5 hours per week. This job can become perfect addition to your current job.

To sum it up, your next step for getting the position with our company

is submitting the requested information for verification purposes. We

already have some applicants and the time limit is short, so please do

your best to provide it ASAP. Please let me know your final decision

within 2 days. I will wait for your documents.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Best regards,

Personnel manager

Gloria Jacobs

Personal e-mail: Manager.Design.International@gmail.com

Hi Steve,

I received an email from surveys4checks.com saying I could make $1,500 a month in my spare time taking surveys. They want me to pay $49.99 up front to prove I’m a “serious job applicant.” Is this real? Thanks!

Sadly, it isn’t and here’s why…

Surveys4Checks is a Scam.

Now, let’s be clear on one thing first. There are legitimate online survey jobs. They cost nothing to join and they do pay out. Yes, you really can make money taking surveys; however, you will never make a full-time income doing so. That’s just not possible.

The scam here is that Sarah Garringer at Surveys4Checks.com is falsely leading people to believe that it is possible to quit your day job and work entirely from home taking surveys. She’s also leading you to believe that once you pay her $49.99 you become an employee of her company and then can log on and take as many surveys as time will allow. Herein lies the scam.

Take a look at the FAQ page where Sarah writes…

Surveys4Checks.com charges a one time only registration fee because we only want serious job applicants filling out our surveys. If we allowed access to the surveys for free we would have “curiosity” applicants filling out survey applications that were not really serious about the surveys, and taking up applications intended for serious job applicants.

In the past we offered the program for free and found many surveys were not being completed and this pay could have gone to another, more reliable and serious survey taker. We want to weed out the “just curious” applicants from the “serious and reliable” survey employees.

This is complete and utter garbage. She uses the words “job applicants” and “survey employees” to mislead victims into sending her money thinking they’re getting a job. At no point will you ever be an employee of her company.

Instead, your $50 will get you a list of online survey companies and probably a few hints on how to take surveys. That’s a bit of a far cry from survey employee. The only redeeming quality of the site is the fact that they use Clickbank to process orders. Clickbank offers a 60-day refund guarantee on ANY order so you can at least get your money back.

Stay far way from this program and any others like it.

If you haven’t seen it yet, click here and check out the post I wrote yesterday. I took a few pictures of checks I’ve received from different survey companies. You can join them all today and start making money online too. Best of all, my information is completely free.

Unlucky for him, I happened to have a stack of checks from various survey companies sitting next to me at the time…

I had to resize the image to fit on the blog so the amounts might be a little hard to read.

There are three checks from Survey Savvy at $24.50, $42.50, and $40.75, two checks from Opinion Outpost at $33.00 and $39.00, and one check from American Consumer Opinion for $31.04. For a grand total of $210.79. Not bad for two months. These checks are a combination of both my efforts taking surveys and recruiting other people to the survey sites as well. The point being that there are survey websites that do pay.

You should NEVER pay money to join a survey company. I believe this is was the cause for the argument at the beginning of the post. There are scammers out there telling you you can make a full-time living online doing nothing but surveys and that you have to pay a certain amount of money to join. Don’t give them money! Survey companies pay you! It’s best to join a few different ones to maximize your chances at being invited to take a survey. It’s relatively easy money and it helps pay the bills. What more could you ask for?

Bonus asides. Last week I joined InstantCashSweepstakes and yesterday I cashed out my earnings thus far. It’s not a ton of money, but they do pay out. Here’s the confirmation email I received and the money was in my Paypal account about 10 hours later.

Again, here is the list of survey companies that have paid me in this post. Sign up for them all! They’re free to join!

Survey Savvy
Opinion Outpost
American Consumer Opinion
InstantCashSweepstakes

I’d love to hear your experiences with these companies as well. Be sure to leave a comment below.

In my original Mobile Monopoly post, I said I was worried about the program’s effectiveness because I’ve been following progress in mobile advertising and as far as I knew, it wasn’t profitable just yet. Then came Adam Horwitz with Mobile Monopoly and made the claims that mobile advertising was not only profitable, but insanely easy. Honestly, I’m a bit disappointed in myself because I usually never get wrapped up in hype and I should have trusted my gut instincts. I was excited and already planning my retirement when I first started my review. Things have quickly gone sour since.

I hate to report that I have no statistics to share with you, but keep reading and you’ll see why.

Adam’s “Proven” Campaigns

One of the biggest things that enticed me to the program was the fact that Adam offered to show you the exact profitable campaigns he’s ran in the past. I never entirely expected them to work as well as I thought he was going to advertise. I had thought that if he was giving away campaigns that once made money, they’re no longer profitable.

In my last post, I offered to sacrifice some money and follow one of Adam’s “proven” campaigns word for word, but this turned out to be a huge problem for many reasons.

Let’s get started.

First, Adam calls them proven campaigns, but there’s absolutely nothing proven AT ALL. I was expecting to see a few statistics about each campaign. You know click through rates, cost per click, conversion rates, earnings, ANYTHING AT ALL REALLY, but no. Adam offers nothing in terms of proof that these campaigns have made him money. Instead, each video is just Adam seemingly picking an affiliate offer at random and then shows you how to setup a campaign for it and THAT’S IT. Adam doesn’t even show you if the campaign was approved by the ad network! He just copies and pastes a bunch of text into different fields and calls it a proven campaign.

Okay, fine. Whatever.

For the sake of continuing I went with the assumption that Adam was a private guy and didn’t want to show his earnings as an affiliate for whatever reason. I really wanted some evidence for the review as to whether or not the program worked and was still going to test one of the seven campaigns. Unfortunately, four of the affiliate offers used for the proven campaigns no longer existed. Of the three remaining, two were negative option offers that I absolutely refuse to market. The only campaign left for me to promote was for the Shake Weight for Men. It was a less than ideal choice, but I promised you guys results.

I followed Adam’s process step-by-step. I used similar titles and pictures for my ads, targeted the same demographics, and bid the same amount of money. I submitted the ad and waited for AdMob to approve it. It took a few hours, but they finally responded with…

Unfortunately, we were unable to approve your ad for the following reason(s):

Issue: Content guidelines violation
Description: This ad was not approved because it violates our content guidelines. Please review AdMob’s content guidelines for more information.

Well that sucks. I thought it might have been my wording so I replaced the ad title with the exact one Adam used and resubmitted it. Again, it was disapproved. After asking some questions, I found out that the Shake Weight website is not mobile optimized and therefore wasn’t allowed to be advertised on the ad network and that was it for the “proven” campaigns. They didn’t work and there was never any proof that Adam has actually used them to make money.

It was very disappointing.

My Own Campaigns

The proven campaigns may not have worked, but I figured I’d try and start my own campaign. I picked a couple different offers, created ads, but they were ALL rejected. I was following Adam’s advice step-by-step and could not get an ad approved.

I started searching the web for answers and found a few forum discussions regarding Mobile Monopoly. Apparently a lot of people are having trouble getting ads approved and even if they managed to get an ad live, they fail to attract customers and make any money. There was one particular person who did manage to try out Adam’s proven campaign and ended up losing a lot of money.

To be honest, the disapproval of my ads was kind of a blessing. I’d rather like to keep my money instead of wasting it on someone else’s bad advice.

The Bottom Line

Adam Horwitz is really good at selling. A few months ago he released a different mobile marketing product call “Cell Phone Treasure.” It was another product that sold a ton, but user reports with the program claimed the methods just didn’t work. Apparently, Mobile Monopoly is just a rehash of that program with a few small changes.

His mobile marketing advice didn’t work then and it isn’t working now.

At no point in the entire program does Adam give any real concrete proof to mobile campaigns that work. To be honest, I don’t think Adam is making a lot of money, if any at all really, with mobile advertising. In his training videos, his affiliate earnings column is either $0.00 or a low number. This made me go back and recheck his sales page. All of the screenshots of his “earnings” are through Clickbank or Paypal. Adam never shows A SINGLE EARNINGS SCREENSHOT from any one of the mobile advertising platforms he recommends. If he was really making a fortune by doing this, don’t you think he’d want to show some proof? But alas, he offers nothing.

I really wanted to like the program, but in the end, it was just another over-hyped ClickBank product that offers little in terms of actual training. Adam frequently says that you “can make a killing” doing this or doing that but never gives ANY real direction. I paid Adam $77 expecting real training. Instead, what I got was some guy telling me it’s possible to make money through mobile advertising. That’s nice, but I really wanted something of use.

Don’t buy into the hype.

Stay away from Mobile Monopoly.

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Scam Email #1

From: Mattew Klinesmen
Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 8:23:13 PM
Subject: Re: Personal Assistant

POSITION : Personal ASSISTANT

I got your resume and it has been reviewed, I did appreciate it, So I will give this a GO !

I’m looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable to work very well and with good understanding.
This position is home-based for 3 weeks till i am back in town where am setting up an office in your area , i do real estate working with me is flexible and basically about instructions and following them,my only fear is that I may come at you impromptu sometimes, so I need someone who can be able to meet up with my irregular timings.As my Personal Assistant,your activities amongst other things will include;
*Running personal errands, supervisions and monitoring. Scheduling programmes, flights and keeping me up to date with them.Acting as an alternative telephone correspondence while I’m away.Making regular contacts and drop-offs on my behalf. Handling and monitoring some of my financial activities..
Basic wage is $600 Weekly

I’m sure you’ll understand I tend to have a very busy schedule at this point,as I am presently in Canada, I will be back in Three Weeks.
I think you’re the right person for this position,Please note that this position is not office based for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules, it’s a part-time work from home and the flexibility means that there will be busier weeks than others, so it’s a little difficult judging the exact number of hours you’ll be doing per week.If you can manage your time properly,this job may even give you some extras while you do something else on the side. As I have said, I’d want us to get a head START with things as soon as possible.I do have lots of works piled up presently and a number of unattended chores which you can immediately assist me with, I hope we can meet up with the workload eventually. Permit me to use the coming week to test your efficiency and diligence towards all this, also to work out your time schedule and fit it to mine. I really need to find the perfect person for this job, I’m confident you can take up the challenge and on the long run we should have a relatively sound working relationship between us. I’m online most of the time as I am hard of hearing so I prefer we contact each other through E-mails,but if there is need for me to call, I will be glad to do that.I am glad you are willing to work with me and i promise to be a good boss. I am also glad on the commitment in working.I have been checking my files and what i would want you to do for me this week is to run some errands out to some of the orphanage home, I do that every month.A payment in form of a Cashier Check/Money Order will be sent over to you from one of my clients and i have some lists to email you once you received the funds,You will make some arrangements by buying some stuff for the kids in the Orphanage at any nearest store around you so you can mail them out. I will get you more information on that,I will like you to get back to me with your Contact Details such as:

Personal Information
Full Name :
Address (Include Apt Number if Available):
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Residential Phone Number:
Mobile:
Email Address :

The employee,acknowledged the Detailed Job Description
and signed _______________
(First Name and Last Name of Employee)

Once I have received your contact information, I will get back to you with the task for this week,Understand you will also be paid as well as its important for me to make the necessary steps before i get back from my business trip back to the states. Hope I am clear with that.

Get back as soon as possible.

Scam Email #2

—–Original Message—–
From: John Mathew [mailto:j.mathew@honeywell.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 1:39 PM
Subject: [Bulk] Part Time Employment Opportunities

Re: Employment Opportunities

Honeywell International Inc.
101 Columbia Road
Morristown, NJ 07962
EMAIL; johnmathew@zing.vn

ABOUT US

Honeywell International is a diversified technology and manufacturing
leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services;
control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products;
turbochargers; and specialty materials. With roots tracing back to 1885,
Honeywell employs more than 100,000 people in 95 countries. Under the
leadership of Chairman and CEO John Mathews, we focus on our Five
Initiatives: Growth, Productivity, Cash, People and the Enablers, Honeywell
Operating System and Functional Transformation.

JOB POSITION

We are currently seeking part or full time employees for our ever-growing
Accounts Receivable Department. Through extensive demographic research, we
have discovered a wealth of untapped human resources that, for one reason or
another, need the freedom to work from home. If this sounds like you,
please read on, and consider becoming part of our company family. as part of
our ongoing Multi Level Marketing Network, we seek capable individuals to
work for us as our representative. You can easily make $700-$2000 or more in
a week by working for us as Sub-contractor in your geographical location,
you will be in charge of collecting payment on behalf of our affiliates and
Small business organizations that are registered under us. Does it sound
like your dream job? Well, it certainly for 10,000+current members who are
making $700- $2,000 weekly online with this system. Note that no form of
investment of is needed from you and this job will take only 1-3 hours
of your time per week.

THIS IS WHAT IT ENTAILS:

1. Get/receive payment from clients/Customers.
2. Process Payments at your Bank.
3. Deduct 10% which is your commission/Payment on check cashed.
4. Forward the remaining 90% to the information that will be provided later
on.

I will need you to provide me with your basic personal info such as:
Full Name:
Contact Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Country:
Phone Number:

Fill the above application so as to qualify you for the position.

John Mathews
Chairman and CEO
Honeywell International Inc.
101 Columbia Road
Morristown, NJ 07962
EMAIL; johnmathew@zing.vn

Scam Email #3

Hello Prospective Employee,

At HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, We work hard to improve and provide training, technical expertise and support in fund-raising to the national organizations in all the regions of the world. However, the actual work of HABITAT is carried out at the community level by affiliates that have been officially approved by the HFHI Board of Directors. The International Board of Directors (IBOD) are volunteers from around the world who share a deep concern for the problems of poverty housing.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
You’ve got a chance to be one of our representatives and earn a commission for funds raised.This Could earn you an average of $300-$500 weekly.
You can be rest assured that you WOULD NOT be required to pay any fees upfront and this won’t affect your current job earnings or disability payments in any way and you can conveniently work from your desk at home.

Private donations will be made in your name from our esteemed Voluntary Donors in your region and you’ll be allowed to deduct 10 percent (10%) of the total amount on these donations. This serves as your remuneration for the great service you would be rendering in support of saving lives in the third-world countries. Balances (after the 10%) shall be required to be forwarded to the Regional Co-ordinators of the various charitable projects we are involved in around the Globe.

Please Note: You won’t have to do any traveling and WILL NOT be required to pay any fees, this position won’t affect your present employment.

To apply, Kindly forward the following info: to our Human Resource Department at the email listed below for further instructions.

FULL NAME :
FULL ADDRESS :
CITY :
STATE:
ZIP CODE/POSTCODE: ..
PHONE NUMBER (S) must be valid) would be called to confirm.
EMAIL ADDRESS:…

Your prompt response is solicited
Coordinator’s Desk,
Habitat for Humanity
121 Habitat Street
Americus, GA 31709
USA
1-800-800-2190
Registered No. MHQLTH1084442
REPLY TO BE SENT THROUGH : helphumanity71@gmail.com

MR R.Y.HAMED

Scam Email #4

Hello,

I choose to reach you through e-mail, as it is the fastest medium of
communication irrespective of the fact that it has been greatly abused. I
deem it necessary to introduce you to a lucrative business opportunity.
I’m talking of crude oil trading! This is considered as the most
legitimate and fastest money making machinery anyone can setup.

A crude oil “lifting license” gives the owner the mandate of the National
Oil Company (Suppliers of the crude oil), to locate crude oil buyers and
arrange a buy/sale crude oil transaction between the oil company and the
crude oil buyers. The “lifting license” syndrome came into place because
the national oil company does not  deal directly with the buyers of
the crude oil rather; they prefer to issue oil “lifting license
allocations” to individuals/companies to assist them to market the crude
oil which they produce. Anyone that owns an lifting license” from the
local National Oil Company is entitle d to a $2.00 commission from the oil
company on each barrel of crude sold to the buyer and another $1. 00
commission from the buyer. In total, oil lifting license owners receives a
$3.00 commission on each barrel of crude sold by the oil company. Please
note that the commission rates of $2.00 and $1.00 normally increases in
times of crude oil scarcity.

The smallest license allocation/quantity one can procure from t he
National Oil Company is for the sale of 500,000 barrels of crude
monthly/per transaction. This implies that 500,000 barrels of crude oil
will be assigned to the license owner for sale per month. This allocation
size will earn the license owner about ($3.00 multiply by500,000 barrels)
which is $1.5 million gross commissions monthly. If one is lucky to
secure

a bigger allocation that means you will be earning more commissions
monthly. These commissions will be calculated and paid to the license at
the end of the sales transaction.

Incase you decide to invest in this money spinning project; I will
personally reveal to you a well packaged procedure to acquire an oil
lifting license. I will personally assist you to locate the buyers of the
crude oil and facilitate the sales transactions for you while the
resulting commissions will be wired into your overseas nominated banking
co-ordinates as the license owner. You need a “seller agent” to assist you
to sale the crude since you are alien to this business and do not know the
buyers for the crude oil and al so because you are not locally resident
here.

Feel free to ask for clarifications.

Engr. John Mamba

pls reply to my personal private email, {john_mamba124@mynet.com}.

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Payday and My Experiences

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