Where To Report Rip-Off Scam Companies

[karie]

Hi!

I HATE to see the posts about people losing money to work at home scams, so I thought I would post where these scammers can be turned in! If you have spent money and time on a work-at-home program and now believe the program may not be legitimate, contact the company and ask for a refund. Let company representatives know that you plan to notify officials about your experience. If you can't resolve the dispute with the company, file a complaint with these organizations:

* The Federal Trade Commission works for the consumer to prevent fraud and deception. Call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357) or log on to www.ftc.gov.
* The Attorney General's office in your state or the state where the company is located. The office will be able to tell you whether you're protected by any state law that may regulate work-at-home programs.
* Your local consumer protection offices.
* Your local Better Business Bureau.
* Your local postmaster. The U.S. Postal Service investigates fraudulent mail practices.
* The advertising manager of the publication that ran the ad. The manager may be interested to learn about the problems you've had with the company.

Other good sites to report scams to are:

www.ripoffreport.com

www.scam.com

www.bustedscammers.com

www.scamradar.com


If people don't put up with these companies and report them, hopefully we can weed some of them out! Remember, don't pay for a work at home "job", but it is ok to pay for start-up costs to start your own home biz with a direct sales company, for example. Always research the company and check with the BBB to see what their reputation is like, and ask questions! BEST of luck to everyone with their home biz or work at home job!

~Karie

[workathomeshop]

If only I had of known about this 7 years ago !
The stress of being scammed is enough let alone having to go through the process of this, but well worth it.

I'm now much wiser, and luckily have only been scammed once, (7 years ago )

Great resource of information

Cheers
Samantha

Work At Home Advice and Support

[karie]

Hi,

Your welcome, Samantha.

Here is one more site to add:

www.badbusinessbureau.com

Good luck to all!

Karie

[Slashmire]

Well that's good to know; alas, I wonder if mentioning them to the aforementioned websites actually help and does anything to stop them :\

[Liza]

I joined Dollarbuddy some time ago and even started promoting it, I got a few signups, until someone made a snide remark about "good luck to you". So I decided to look deeper into it. I tried contacting them for weeks and got no answer, there was no help buttons on the webpage and I didn't even notice that before. Eventually I just wrote my downline and told them what I thought, I don't know if they decided to hang in there, but I left. So that's one thing to look out for. How easy it is to make contact.

[leighdu]

These are WONDERFUL. I am sick to death of getting foreign e-mails that want my bank account information so that they can transfer me millions of dollars. I think I may start sending those emails over to these sites as well.

[Terese]

Wonderful posting!!

Even though we wish we all had this ALONG time ago...we have it NOW!

Another great place to view scams listins is SoHoJobs.org
They have a SCAM & FRAUD Lisitng.
You can also report companies to them and they will research it for you as well!

Thanks for the information. This is great!

Teri K

[Mal]

Hi Karie,

This is a major problem for everyone but if we are forwarned we are forarmed as they say, great post and thanks for sharing,

Mal.