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The latest scams-

No longer by foreigners.. now made in america!

They troll job sites, monster, craigslist, careerbuilder, etc..

They grab resumes from sites that store them...

Sites like CL, or other job sites that don't require memberships, they will post jobs that don't exist- usually in basic office or data entry, or whatever; call you up, do a mock interview, tell you they are interested in hiring you and will do a follow-up email. The email them explains that it's a telecommuting job and that you need to purchase the laptop, supplies, etc to do the job, and will be reimbursed. Needless to say if you follow it thru it's course, you will ultimately end up at western union sending someone $350 you will never see again. Combine that with the fees and penalties on your bank account if you dare try to deposit the bogus check they send, if they ever send anything at all. That's just one scam-

The worst part of it all is that since these are americans, they are much harder to see the red flags you see with foreigners with the grammar and spelling errors. Many of these jobs are listed in local markets and are copied and slightly edited from real postings...

On the phone, they pretend to be 'recruiters', and anyone who has worked in the temp/contractor markets (25% of all americans now!) knows that phone call interviews are standard operating procedure.. so red flags still don't go up.

Some will ask you to fill out the W-2 and I-9 info and give them your bank info for direct deposit.. still SOP.. and then bam.. your checking is cleaned out...

So far my wife has managed to avoid all these scams.. but what is killing me is that this trend has now exceeded 50% of all job listings/opportunities..

Where's law enforcement? Where the hell is the FTC? This is what we're getting with this damned predatory capitalism.. when is enough enough?

My wife just wants to friggin work! Why is it so hard?

You walk into ANY business now, they tell you to go online to apply. Most have deals with recruiters who all play lowball games, and many of which don't pay for months or sometimes never (one owes us $1000 right now, it's been over a month since she worked the job).

Our economy is seemingly falling apart for the working class.

got a boss?


get a union

Kramerguy wrote:The latest scams-

No longer by foreigners.. now made in america!

They troll job sites, monster, craigslist, careerbuilder, etc..

They grab resumes from sites that store them...

Sites like CL, or other job sites that don't require memberships, they will post jobs that don't exist- usually in basic office or data entry, or whatever; call you up, do a mock interview, tell you they are interested in hiring you and will do a follow-up email. The email them explains that it's a telecommuting job and that you need to purchase the laptop, supplies, etc to do the job, and will be reimbursed. Needless to say if you follow it thru it's course, you will ultimately end up at western union sending someone $350 you will never see again. Combine that with the fees and penalties on your bank account if you dare try to deposit the bogus check they send, if they ever send anything at all. That's just one scam-

The worst part of it all is that since these are americans, they are much harder to see the red flags you see with foreigners with the grammar and spelling errors. Many of these jobs are listed in local markets and are copied and slightly edited from real postings...

On the phone, they pretend to be 'recruiters', and anyone who has worked in the temp/contractor markets (25% of all americans now!) knows that phone call interviews are standard operating procedure.. so red flags still don't go up.

Some will ask you to fill out the W-2 and I-9 info and give them your bank info for direct deposit.. still SOP.. and then bam.. your checking is cleaned out...

So far my wife has managed to avoid all these scams.. but what is killing me is that this trend has now exceeded 50% of all job listings/opportunities..

Where's law enforcement? Where the hell is the FTC? This is what we're getting with this damned predatory capitalism.. when is enough enough?

My wife just wants to friggin work! Why is it so hard?

You walk into ANY business now, they tell you to go online to apply. Most have deals with recruiters who all play lowball games, and many of which don't pay for months or sometimes never (one owes us $1000 right now, it's been over a month since she worked the job).

Our economy is seemingly falling apart for the working class.

Let me guess its Bush's Fault?

J-HALEY wrote:Let me guess its Bush's Fault?

If that's as far as you can think into the subject matter, than I have severely overestimated your capacity.

It's Obamas fault.
On Your watch? Then it's Your problem.

Obama !

I still want to blame Bush and Ronnie Regan, maybe Jimminey Carter. LOL

Chief Engineer Scott wrote:I still want to blame Bush and Ronnie Regan, maybe Jimminey Carter. LOL

I blame George Washington!

What did George do?

Did he inspire you to wear a wig? lol

Kramerguy wrote:The latest scams-

No longer by foreigners.. now made in america!

They troll job sites, monster, craigslist, careerbuilder, etc..

They grab resumes from sites that store them...

Sites like CL, or other job sites that don't require memberships, they will post jobs that don't exist- usually in basic office or data entry, or whatever; call you up, do a mock interview, tell you they are interested in hiring you and will do a follow-up email. The email them explains that it's a telecommuting job and that you need to purchase the laptop, supplies, etc to do the job, and will be reimbursed. Needless to say if you follow it thru it's course, you will ultimately end up at western union sending someone $350 you will never see again. Combine that with the fees and penalties on your bank account if you dare try to deposit the bogus check they send, if they ever send anything at all. That's just one scam-

The worst part of it all is that since these are americans, they are much harder to see the red flags you see with foreigners with the grammar and spelling errors. Many of these jobs are listed in local markets and are copied and slightly edited from real postings...

On the phone, they pretend to be 'recruiters', and anyone who has worked in the temp/contractor markets (25% of all americans now!) knows that phone call interviews are standard operating procedure.. so red flags still don't go up.

Some will ask you to fill out the W-2 and I-9 info and give them your bank info for direct deposit.. still SOP.. and then bam.. your checking is cleaned out...

So far my wife has managed to avoid all these scams.. but what is killing me is that this trend has now exceeded 50% of all job listings/opportunities..

Where's law enforcement? Where the hell is the FTC? This is what we're getting with this damned predatory capitalism.. when is enough enough?

My wife just wants to friggin work! Why is it so hard?

You walk into ANY business now, they tell you to go online to apply. Most have deals with recruiters who all play lowball games, and many of which don't pay for months or sometimes never (one owes us $1000 right now, it's been over a month since she worked the job).

Our economy is seemingly falling apart for the working class.

Kramer , this has been going on for about 6 years now. I got news for ya... Monster dot com was posting biullshit ads to get resumes, to sell lists. Unfortunately, some of this lists got bought out by scammers as you described. You can blame all the asshole sites who compromised your information. The sharks were always out there in the water, but the online job sites have sold you out.

Fk Monster .com... I have documented data about theose ass wipes...
If you need employment Kramer, hit each company, individually and sign on that way... They will review your resume ....and most reputable companies will uphold your privacy.

Sad commentary.

Kramer / "Our economy is seemingly falling apart for the working class."

This is just the beginning. When we finish killing all the rich people, who do we go after next?

This is going to be very,very interesting.

Sorry about your wife running into that sort of nonsense , Kramer.

Kramer , this has been going on for about 6 years now. I got news for ya... Monster dot com was posting biullshit ads to get resumes, to sell lists. Unfortunately, some of this lists got bought out by scammers as you described. You can blame all the asshole sites who compromised your information. The sharks were always out there in the water, but the online job sites have sold you out.

The truth is that is is a conservative effort started by Bush to cripple "fearless leaders" thriving economy.

Glen,

Kramer / "Our economy is seemingly falling apart for the working class."

This is just the beginning. When we finish killing all the rich people, who do we go after next?

Some here believe that this economy will turn around under this regimes skillful manipulation of the numbers. There are a great number of well paying jobs being created.

TV watching under the extended unemployment benefit programs.

Couch breaker (Breaking in couches) a job created after unemployment benefit's run out. See: Crooked Lawyer Disability Claim Programs.

Unwed mother dating services. They always have get lots of really great free stuff. (However, to get in on these you do have to date one of them... even if you are the biological father. This requires you to sneak in at night through the back door so that the welfare goons don't disrupt the flow of benefit's.)

illegal alien welfare programs. (Phony ID and broken English course required for people born in the USA.)

And these are only a small portion of the jobs created in the last several years. The pay is good, the insurance is free, food just seems to fall out of the sky, rent subsidies insure a higher standard of living.

** Caution: The supply of Twinkies and Ho Ho's are in short supply, No more filling food carts with them on the first of the month. Capitalism and union greed have decimated Ho Ho industry. But the Dollar Stores still have great cookies and candy.

Ewwwww the dollar store candy tastes like crap !!!!

Chief Engineer Scott wrote:Ewwwww the dollar store candy tastes like crap !!!!

Dollar Store? Of course it does... That's all the candy that had been purchased from K-mart, Target or Walmart...but then was left in a trunk for 6 months before it got returned. LOL!

What doesnt make it to the shelves of the dollar store, you can catch from those guys on the street corners who try to sell the candy bars at a profit...Or they'll clean your windshield...

Everyone is making a joke of this. I understand, because right now all you can really do is laugh.

Well, the party is almost over. People are running out of money. NOT THE WEALTHY. But the average hard working American that has been sold a LIE.

Obama is not just going after the rich, he is going after the poor.
In 2014,,,
A 2 1/2 % bank transaction fee kicks in to fund "OBAMACARE"
THAT MEANS,,,, every time your bosses direct deposit a thousand dollar paycheck,,, you will be charged 25 dollars.

Every time your company buys $10,000 dollars of supply it will cost, at least, another 250 dollars. Oh well,,, there goes your raise. Now who is bed with the banks?

The EPA is now going after the logging roads. HMMMM. No oil, coal, nat gas, pipeline, nuclear, and now WOOD.

Next is to disarm every American. Why don't you just line up and surrender now.

Like I said this is going to become very interesting.
Am I afraid??,,,, Not at all. It is what it is. I just don't think many of you have any foresight as to what is really going down. I give it a year before any of the big changes come down.
I just hope the hell doesn't come down on you to hard,,, and you die peacefully.

We need some real leaders, all we are getting is traitors. Good luck!

I don't think dying peacefully is in the cards for anyone who loves freedom enough to fight for it. They (politicians and banksters) have wound up an awesome machine of wickedness and just keeps spinning. Like the Dodo bird, it is fixing to spin right up it's own ass.

But as Jesus said in the Olivet Discourse, "when you see these things, look up for your Salvation is near."

Talbot