BBB Warns About Job Opportunity Postings Abusing Google’s Name

It’s starting to seem like a broken record, but the BBB has put out ANOTHER warning about job opportunity postings abusing Google’s name:

From the BBB:

“Beware of Unauthorized Job Opportunity Postings Abusing the GOOGLE Name to Seem Legitimate

The Better Business Bureau says it has received more than 1,500 complaints about several dozen Web sites that are trading on the Google name to scam people who want to learn about making money from home. Because the sites often use the Google name and prominently display its logo, people often assume they are getting a job with Google when in fact they were getting taken in by yet another work-at-home scheme.

Before signing up for any work-at-home opportunity, the BBB advises job hunters to:

• Review the business’ BBB Reliability Report at bbb.org.
• Beware of any offer that guarantees a lot of money for little effort and no experience.
• Thoroughly read the Web site’s terms and conditions, keeping in mind that a free trial could cost you in the end.
• Be wary of work-at-home offers that use logos from Google, Twitter or other prominent online businesses. The use of those logos doesn’t mean the businesses are affiliated with the offer.
• Research the Web site with Whois.net or a similar site for determining domain name ownership. If the site is anonymous or individually registered, beware.

For more advice on evaluating work-at-home companies and schemes, visit www.bbb.org

Surefire Success System review

Surefire Success review (important)

As a former moderator of Luke Parker’s Surefire Success System forum I think I can offer some great inside perspective in the Surefire Success system and why you should not even consider joining Surefire Success if and when it opens as Surefire Success System version 3.

One of the key factors I look at when recommending products or systems like the Surefire Success System to my customers is how good the customer support is for the product or system to which I refer them. This is why I have recommended Michael Brown’s Niche Blitzkrieg so highly.

Michael is the former manager of a retail pharmacy and his skill level at providing customer service and training is extraordinary. This is why asked him to write an article about customer service. The article he wrote is called How To Treat Your Customers and How to Be Treated. One point that Michael makes in the article is to “Make sure you take care of customer support issues in a timely fashion.  What is a reasonable time? 24-48 hours tops.”

And that means even if you have personal issues, family crisis, or other extenuating circumstances. Of course if you send a polite, repsectful notice of what’s going on, most people will be willing to cut you some slack.

What you cannot do – and what happened with the Surefire Success System – is completely abandon your customers and customers that OTHER people sent you without providing any explanation at all about what’s going on. I’m going to go out here on a limb and say that Luke Parker’s Surefire Success System has been the strangest home business system that I’ve ever experienced when it comes to customer support.

Initially I was ticked off that the customers I had sent to Surefire Success had been abandoned, but over time I was convinced by members that I was being too harsh and that we should all remain supportive of Luke. It didn’t take much to convince me, so I spent some time poking into the Surefire Success forum now and then trying to keep people’s spirits up by convincing them that everything would return to normal and they would be glad that they had waited things out.

But eventually messages like this started popping up in the Surefire Success System forum:

“Hello,
 I’ve been checking this forum for nearly 2 months to see if Luke’s v.3 is ready. Is there any sort of time frame as to when we can expect it, in a few weeks? or months? I’ve no doubt that Luke is working harder than anyone can even imagine with this project, and I have reframed from asking this question because I know he needs no extra pressure, but, WHERE THE HELL IS IT?!!
                        Love Ya!:P”

Keep in mind that I was moderating the forum for FREE and this message was just the first of many messages like this from people wonderin

Weekly-Consumer-Newsletter and HomeJobPlacement.org

The fake news site Weekly-Consumer-Newsletter makes two bold and conflicting statements. First Weekly-Consumer-Newsletter claims:

Home Job Placement is one of the most successful online job placement firms. They have helped over 16,493 people find legitimate work at home jobs.”

Then later Weekly-Consumer-Newsletter goes on to say:

“If there are any jobs available in your area, get certified as an Auction Listing Specialist (it’s super quick & easy); this qualifies you for instant placement in an actual paying position as well as gives you full access to all the training tools and resources you need.”

Sorry – that simply isn’t how being an Auction Listing Specialist works.  First of all it’s NOT a job even though both HomeJobPlacement.org and Weekly-Consumer-Newsletter seem to want you to believe it is.

I’ve told people recently, even with all of the free tips on this site and the very few legitimate home jobs databases like HomeJobStop.com finding a work at home job or freelance position is quite difficult during this economic downturn. Not impossible, but difficult.

And what of the story about “Sally Vickers” in which Weekly-Consumer-Newsletter.com reports her as saying, “In a recent interview, she stated, “I make $75 an hour just by posting listings for Fortune 500 companies on eBay. Right now, I’m earning around $6500 a month.”?

If you scroll to the VERY bottom of Weekly-Consumer-Newsletter.com you will see the following disclosure:

“THE STORY DEPICTED ON THIS SITE AND THE PERSON DEPICTED IN THE STORY ARE NOT REAL. RATHER, THIS STORY IS BASED ON THE RESULTS THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE USED THESE PRODUCTS HAVE ACHIEVED. THE RESULTS PORTRAYED IN THE STORY AND IN THE COMMENTS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE, AND MAY NOT BE THE RESULTS THAT YOU ACHIEVE WITH THESE PRODUCTS. THIS PAGE RECEIVES COMPENSATION FOR CLICKS ON OR PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS FEATURED ON THIS SITE.”

And above that you will find the following information:

“CUSTOMER COST: The actual customer cost to purchase the offer being promoted herein by Consumer Weekly Newsletter is $197. Please refer to the applicable Terms & Conditions for the offer.”

That’s EIGHT TIMES the cost of a legitimate home jobs database like HomeJobStop where you might at least have SOME chance of finding a real work at home position or freelance job.