Starting an online business promoted by Diana Deangelo may be hazardous to your wallet!
I received the following email today -
Subject: $975+ daily. Processing rebates at home for 60 minutes
http://partialmight.com/wks6haumdgt0ij6t
Check for positions in your area
http://partialmight.com/nr6q0xcsy64xv8ln
Immediate Placement.
I decided to look into this for the sake of our visitors and subscribers because this definitely had the “smell” of an online scam.
I clicked onto the link and was taken to a “squeeze page” that included a very nice, harmless-looking woman who described the opportunity and guaranteed that it was a real, legitimate job. So I entered a random first name and email address and was immediately forwarded to the “sales letter” from a Diana DeAngelo. Note to self and others: Legitimate jobs typically don’t have a “sales letter.”
Once I started reading about this “wonderful opportunity,” the “$975+ daily” became $195 daily, $975 weekly. There were inconsistencies throughout which sent up red flags and the classic “scarcity” tactic which is used in just about every sales letter – “sign up now or you’re going to miss out on this wonderful opportunity.”
What’s the saying? “If it looks like a pig and smells like a pig, it’s probably a pig.”
Or in this case, “if it looks like a scam and smells like a scam, it’s probably a scam.”
Well this one’s a scam, especially after I did a little more detective work on Google. I entered the keywords “Diana Deangelo Scam” and boy did it return a lot of interesting reading…most of it by victims of this Affiliate Rebate Processing scam.
So, just wanted to alert anyone who might be considering Affiliate Rebate Processing as a way to make some money- it’s actually a variation of the Rebate Processing Scam I blogged about just recently.
Avoid this scam at all costs, otherwise, it’s going to cost you $157.
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An open letter to the people who bring us our news -
That’s it! I finally did it. I turned off the television. Stopped watching the news. And you want to know why? Because just like the rest of my neighbors, family and friends, I’m tired of hearing the same regurgitated “gloom and doom” story that’s played, over and over, again and again. Yep, tired of it.
There’s the saying that “misery loves company.” Well if that’s true then the “purveyors of news” should be a pretty happy group because the whole lot of them is intent on spreading “it’s the end of the world as we know it” message. But you know what the real kicker is? Most of these people who are intent on spreading this tale of despair have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about.
And it’s the partisan ideological crap that most people, quite frankly, are tired of. Take for instance, Joe Scarborough, of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” former Republican Congressman of Florida who strongly supports conservative values. He has blatantly ridiculed Nobel Prize-winning economists as being “out-of-touch and impractical,” yet admits that in only the past year did he finally contribute to his own 401(k). Now do you honestly think I’m going to listen to his financial solutions for our economy? I don’t think so.
And the same is true for most other news commentators, too…very quick to criticize but no real understanding of the issues. It’s the height of hypocrisy when a commentator criticizes members of Congress for their lack of understanding of the economy. True, I wish members of Congress were more knowledgeable but just as damaging as clueless legislators are news commentators with very little understanding of financial matters spewing rants and rhetoric 24/7.
So what should responsible news commentators be doing?
I’m no financial expert by any stretch of the imagination, but back in college I remember learning about the fundamentals of the financial markets. I’m not sure whether it was Finance 101, macro- or microeconomics, but the basic idea was this – expectations drive the financial markets, which means if we believe things will get better, the markets go up. If we believe things will get worse, guess what, the markets go down. And you know what happens if we believe that we are living in the worst possible time since The Great Depression? You guessed it, the markets plunge!
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I was just reading a short post from the folks at BusinessBlogConsulting.com called More Benefits of WordPress for Sites other than Blog. They talk about whether it’s prudent or not to create business blogs using the WordPress platform.
As this post points out -
- Because WordPress is such a popular blogging platform,it’s easy to find developers to work on it. If you need something customized for your particular website, you’ll have a broad choice of developers to pick from on eLance.com or Rent-a-coder.com, all for a very competitive fee.
- You can easily make your WordPress website interesting and interactive through the use of plugins of widgets. Thousands of these snippets of code exist already, and it’s very easy to learn how to install them, even if you know nothing about programming.
But I think the most valuable benefit of the WordPress platform is that an individual without any programming skills or vast Internet knowledge, is able to add to and maintain their own website with very little help. Unlike the websites of old, no special software is needed to access the website. It’s as simple as using your browser, clicking on the Login link, entering your userid and password, and voila, you’re in!
Within minutes, after accessing the multitude of WordPress tutorial materials, you’ll be composing your first article or post. And, if you ever get hung up and can’t figure show to do something, just go to Youtube and search through all of the helpful WordPress video tutorials people have created to help you solve a particular problem. Read the rest of this entry »
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Just watched a clip from CNN.com on part-time jobs and telecommuting opportunities. I included it below for your information. This clip includes Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of FlexJobs.com, and Sara talks about the increase opportunities in part-time, telecommuting work available in this economy.
Make sure you catch our interview with Sara (yes, we scooped CNN!) – Flexible Jobs Increase Despite Dismal Economy. Hear more of what she says about the current economy and the increase she is seeing in telecommuting opportunities on her job board, FlexJobs.com.
I just hopped over to the site and here’s what’s currently available- Read the rest of this entry »
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Scam Alert! Rebate processing work from home scams
Unfortunately, with the worsening of the economy and job market, there has been an enormous increase in the work at home scams appearing on the Internet. What’s most frustrating is that the ads for these “dream” home based business opportunities are finding themselves on even the most reputable job boards, not to mention bombarding your daily email inbox.
The latest in these home business scams is the “Rebate Processing” Scam which promises payment for each rebate application a person processes. These scam artists even guarantee what you can expect to make on a daily basis. All this for a one-time payment ranging between $37 and $197.
Buyer beware! This is simply a modification to the infamous “Data Entry” home business scam.
According to a Consumer Affairs article on Cleveland.com, the Cleveland Better Business Bureau is warning job hunters about rebate processor scams.
“An unemployed Lakewood woman who was looking for jobs online got an e-mailed offer from a California company named Penbrook Productions. The company claimed she would get $15 for each rebate she processed and was guaranteed to make at least $225 a day.
To get the job, she was told, she needed to buy a $197 program, which came with a money-back guarantee. All she received was an instruction packet telling her how to start her own rebate processing company.
When she complained, the company promised to refund her money, but she never got a cent. The company’s Web site, the BBB said, is no longer accessible, and phone calls are answered with a recording saying customer care operators can’t take the call.”
The local Phoenix, Arizona, ABC affiliate also reported the same scam to its local audience. I’ve included the short news clip that appeared on its local news program. Read the rest of this entry »
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