OFT goes after work from home scams

Lyndon · #1 (**permalink**) 07-03-06, 20:18

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The OFT is scanning thousands of websites in a search for online fraudsters – in particular work-from-home scams.

It joins 53 consumer protection agencies from 21 countries looking into the scams.

According to OFT research, five million people in the UK fall victim to scammers each year.

Full article is here

zandyne · #2 (**permalink**) 08-03-06, 02:41

Many of these such programs are scams. They all require you to give an initial investment, like for an "information packet" that is pretty useless.