Mystery shopper scams that target WAH workers.

You can find plenty of attractive advertisements which used to guarantee thousands of dollars per month to work from your home or area.  Now we are going to find out the truth behind some of the mystery shopper program which are actually scam and make lot of American to loose millions of dollars every year. Those people who are in need of quick money used to get trapped to these tricks. Read the article here from the Fox6now.

“Work-at-home mystery shopper scams
The idea of making a little extra cash is enticing, and ads promise big bucks for stuffing envelopes or becoming a mystery shopper. FOX6′s Contact 6 looks into whether those offers are worth checking out.

Thousands are receiving mail, promising hundreds of dollars.

“The person at home may think they have won a lottery or that their prayers have been answered and now they are working from home. Unfortunately, behind the letters, behind the advertisements, are scams,” U.S. Postal Inspector Glen McKechnie said.

The con artists tell folks they’ll be either evaluating the quality of service in a store or testing a specific product. The envelope they send usually includes a counterfeit check or money order that is supposed to be cashed. The next step is for the recipient to go shopping for the product to be evaluated.

“Once they buy the items, they are told to keep the items and mail the additional money back to the scammer,” McKechnie said.

However, the checks are actually counterfeit.

“That solicitation can say anything, as long as there is an attractive hook to it and it`s accompanied by a check,” McKechnie said.

FOX6′s Contact 6 advises to contact the Better Business Bureau to check out any business that tries to solicit, and never send money to anyone who sends a check or money order unless it is certain they are legitimate.”
Source: Fox6now.  

Reshipping fraud under the name of work at home.

There is plenty of scam jobs are offered under the pre text of work at home. Some time they may put you in legal trouble, if you happened to work for these people as there are stolen credit cards involved.
Read here one article from the popular American TV.
“A new scheme targeting people who want to work from home is growing in popularity. It is called “reshipping fraud,” and FOX6′s Contact 6 is issuing a warning about it.

“Most of the victims are thinking they are doing it as a ‘work at home’ job and have no idea they are tied to any scam whatsoever,” U.S. Postal Inspector Stephanie Harden said.

That’s what the criminals want you to think. They market these jobs to people trying to find work — usually on the internet.

“Receive packages at their home, re-wrap them and send them — usually overseas,” Harden said.

Postal inspectors say a large percentage of these scams originate in eastern Eurpoe and Nigeria. The goods include computers, cameras and other electronics usually bought with stolen credit cards.

The person who thought they were just making extra money working from home becomes part of a crime, and can even be arrested.

“Credit card companies will contact local (police departments) and say ‘there is an address in your county receiving stolen property’ because the credit cards are no good,” Harden said.

Postal inspectors offer these tips:

Don’t give your personal information to a person or company you don’t know
Be suspicious of any offer that does not pay a regular salary or involves working for an overseas company
Check out the company with the Better Business Bureau or state Attorney General

Postal inspectors urge asking this question: “Why am I the middle man? There is no reason why a merchant can`t send things to customers directly,” Harden said.”

Source: Fox6now

Mystery shopper scams.

The idea of making a little extra cash is enticing, and ads promise big bucks for stuffing envelopes or becoming a mystery shopper. FOX6′s Contact 6 looks into whether those offers are worth checking out.

Read more about this here.

Online job vacancies Fall in March.

Online job vacancies decreased in March following a fall in February, according to the latest Jobs Online report from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

The latest seasonally adjusted results show that skilled vacancies advertised online fell by 1.5 percent in March and all online job vacancies fell by 1.2 percent. While there is some month to month variation in the seasonally adjusted series, the trend in skilled vacancies has been largely flat since April 2012.

Skilled vacancies fell in most industry groups. The accounting, HR, legal and administration industry group had the largest fall over the month (down 5.0 percent), followed by sales, retail, marketing and advertising (down 3.8 percent). The biggest increase was for the healthcare and medical industry (up 3.6 percent).

Skilled vacancies fell in most regions over the month. The Canterbury region had the largest fall (down 6.5 percent), followed by Auckland (down 2.1 percent). The North Island – excluding Auckland and Wellington – had the biggest increase over the month (up 1.3 percent).

Over the year to March, skilled vacancies decreased by 1.1 percent. However, all vacancies increased by 2.6 percent.

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Fall in online job vacancies in March.

Online job vacancies decreased in March following a fall in February, according to the latest Jobs Online report from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

The latest seasonally adjusted results show that skilled vacancies advertised online fell by 1.5 percent in March and all online job vacancies fell by 1.2 percent. While there is some month to month variation in the seasonally adjusted series, the trend in skilled vacancies has been largely flat since April 2012.

Skilled vacancies fell in most industry groups. The accounting, HR, legal and administration industry group had the largest fall over the month (down 5.0 percent), followed by sales, retail, marketing and advertising (down 3.8 percent). The biggest increase was for the healthcare and medical industry (up 3.6 percent).

Skilled vacancies fell in most regions over the month. The Canterbury region had the largest fall (down 6.5 percent), followed by Auckland (down 2.1 percent). The North Island – excluding Auckland and Wellington – had the biggest increase over the month (up 1.3 percent).

More reading. http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/fall-online-job-vacancies-march/5/152857

Here is a good article regarding the remote computer access. This happened with the owners permission. It is very dangerous if you are working from home or doing important tasks from your own computer. This article was written by Jon Brodkin. Read this fully, it is very interesting one.

The spammer who logged into my PC and installed Microsoft Office.

It all began with an annoying text message sent to an Ars reader. Accompanied by a Microsoft Office logo, the message came from a Yahoo e-mail address and read, “Hi, Do u want Microsoft Office 2010. I Can Remotely Install in a Computer.”
An offer I couldn’t refuse.
The recipient promptly answered “No!” and then got in touch with us. Saying the spam text reminded him of the “‘your computer has a virus’ scam,” the reader noted that “this seems to be something that promises the same capabilities, control of your computer and a request for your credit card info. Has anyone else seen this proposal?”
I hadn’t seen this particular scam, so there was only one thing to do: take the scammer up on his offer and let him go to town on a spare copy of Windows. Ultimately, I did get that copy of Microsoft Office, and there were no viruses sent my way. Even when I failed to pay the $30 fee we had agreed upon, the scammer didn’t bother attacking my computer in any way. He was just a nice guy, basically—making a dishonest living from the comfort of his own home.
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I AM not a stay-at-home dad; I am a work-at-home dad. I see there being a big difference.

Sheryl Sandberg is chief operating officer of the biggest waste of time on the planet. One of the things her new book  – targeted at women who wish to be more successful in their careers – has done is to create renewed debate over how work can be balanced with things like raising kids and looking after household chores.

So let me give you the gender-flipping perspective of a guy who works from home, has kids, cooks, cleans and all that stuff.

First, a little background:

I have an MBA and spent over a decade in an office environment, climbing ladders, holding a number of senior positions and making good money. I didn’t hate it, but I sure didn’t love it. The commute sucked.

In other words, I had no friggin’ clue of the reality of how hard it is to make a living as a writer. But the MBA sales and marketing skills, and I suppose some writing talent, along with a relentless desire to be successful, accelerated my new career. Now I’m earning in the top 5% of writers. Sounds impressive, right? Well, I’m comparing myself to other writers. I still make way less than I did as a marketing executive.

Let’s just say that if my wife kicked me out, I wouldn’t have to live in a basement suite and I wouldn’t starve.

I am not a stay-at-home dad; I am a WORK-at-home dad. I see there being a big difference. Now it’s time to piss some people off.

More Reading: dailytelegraph.com.au

Here we are providing some interesting news on the intent scam that has happend in the recent time.

Better Business Bureau: Your Photos scam.
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that the victims of several work-at-home scams the agency took action against in 2010 will finally receive their portion of a $685,000 settlement.

One of the companies named in the action was Abili-Staff Ltd., based out of San Antonio. According to the FTC: Billing itself as a “scam free” and “legitimate” job search service, Abili-Staff sold supposedly prescreened lists of jobs, telling consumers they could access the lists after paying a fee ranging from $29.98 to $89.99.

Your Better Business Bureau worked with the FTC to help stop this company’s poor practices and continues to monitor the marketplace for similar scams. Be very careful before signing up for any work-at-home opportunity. Better Business Bureau advises job hunters to:

Check the company’s Better Business Bureau Business Review at bbb.org to see its letter grade, history of complaints and government actions.

Beware of any offer that guarantees a lot of money for little effort and no experience.

More: Here

Contact 6: Work-at-home/online job postings scam.

Job seekers often turn to the internet to search for job opportunities — and most sites feature real offers from real companies. However, FOX6′s Contact 6 says some online postings come with a price!

Ella Butler found an ad for a work-at-home position and decided to apply for the job in the re-shipping business.

After sending in a copy of her drivers license, Butler signed a contract to re-ship items via Express Mail.

“Receive packages at my home and then send them wherever they tell me to send them. It was easy money, $16 dollars a package,” Butler said.

Butler was sent ski equipment, watches and even an electric guitar to ship out, but then she started to become suspicious.

“I noticed that all of the packages I was sending went to Russia. All these different names coming to my address and I called the postal service,” Butler said.

Postal inspectors began tracking the packages Butler was receiving.

“The Internet allows fraudsters to hide behind the computer. Basically it is a fraudulent credit card purchase that is shipped to an individual in the U.S. who unwittingly participating in the scheme from a work-at-home job,” U.S. Postal Inspector Frank Schissler said.

More here.

Scammers send bad checks to babysitters.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is putting people on alert for the latest bad check scam, this one targeting babysitters.

The situation hit home when a Wausau woman, whose name is withheld, was contacted for a babysitting position. The scammer claimed they were moving to Wisconsin, but said at the time they were out-of-state.

That person then proceeded to send the woman a check for $1,850 when her weekly pay was negotiated at $400. At that point, the scammer asked her to cash the check and wire back the balance. Instead of following those instructions, the 17-year-old reported the situation to police.

DATCP spokesperson Jared Albracht said the fake check scams have targeted other people in the past who are looking to work from home or sell items online.

“That happens all of the time, but you stop and think why would they send you more money and want it back?” Albracht said. “You’re responsible for the checks you cash according to the bank, and why would you want to do that to a stranger you don’t know?”

Albracht said the criminals typically blame the overpayment on an accountant or assistant and claim that they are not good with English as a means of avoiding phone or face-to-face conversations.

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Here is an interesting news in the internet regarding work from home.

Yahoo’s stand on ‘work from home’ culture triggers debate

Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer’s recent decision to put an end to the ‘work from home’ culture in her company has sparked a debate, globally, on the pros and cons of this HR strategy, one that is used sparingly in Indian companies.

The all-or-nothing approach by the former Google executive, tasked with the job of cutting losses at the beleaguered Internet firm, has drawn flak from not just employees and HR strategists, but also feminists who term it “wholly regressive”. Her critics argue that her strategy completely overlooks the fact that working women, particularly soon after childbirth, use this option to keep their jobs. And given that globally, technology continues to be male-dominated, a blanket ban on such arrangements could only worsen the already ‘leaky’ pipeline.

Since Mayer’s announcement, several research reports and studies have surfaced that engage with the issue. Many indicate that there’s less stress and hence more productivity among stay-at-home employees. While some agree with the leaked Yahoo memo that “hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting people and meetings” are a valuable part of ideating, others feel that “socialising” over tea and even in formal meetings eat into productivity.

Some flexibility

Indian companies, though hardly as liberal as their overseas counterparts when it comes to ‘flexi’ work options (HR parlance for working from home) have, in recent years, put in place new policies that leave room for some flexibility.

“We never use it for the junior roles, but in many mid-level positions people are allowed flexi hours or to work from home,” says a team lead at a prominent tech MNC. In fact, he says, multinationals are far more open to such arrangements, where Indian companies “are stuck with notions of this leading to indiscipline”.

Read more: Hindu.com