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My wife and i are behind on our credit cards so we enrolled in accredited financial corporation. We paid in $1026.00 so far and they have not paid any of our creditors and now the credit card companys are calling wanting there money and AFC. will not return our calls or emails or return our money. is there anybody out there that can help me with this. I wrote a letter to the attorney general and the BBB. but have not recieved and response. PLEASE HELP ME. Thank Dan an Pat

would like to know if theres any work at home jobs that are reall????????????????????

This is my own personal stance where Aidpage is concerned, and does not reflect the views of others or the views of Aidpage. I do my best to find local resources for people who need help. I also do my best to write motivational articles to help inspire others, however that does not mean I am simply going to be sending cash to everyone who asks for it. In fact, I will not send any cash. I will point you in the direction for help, but that is all. I do not believe I am the personal bank for everyone who comes to this site.

I have been seeing a few things that disturb me as of late on Aidpage. The first one is the number of people who come here saying "Send me money for this or that", and when resources or agency numbers are provided the person simply complains that they are of no help and please send monies instead. I cannot speak for others but I have my own expenses, and family needs to provide for, and I cannot provide those for the world, even if I wish I could.

The second thing I've seen quite a lot of recently are scams and sketchy non for profit organizations popping up all over Aidpage asking for monies. I have no issues with non for profits, but the ones I've been seeing have no legitimate base, only offer paypal accounts, and come straight out and say "send us your money". I would hope that moderators of this site would investigate, but I would simply advise that people use their better judgement. Do not send monies to sites that are not legitimate organizations. Those you find to be fraudulent please turn over to the Better Business Bureau of the appropriate state.

 Namaste-Anora

I have been doing a lot of research of work at home jobs. I have found nothing so far. I am in need of some advice of where to go next.

Well i was wondering with so many people with information....are there any REAL work from home jobs......I have been looking online and i know if they ask for money most likely its a scam.......

from work at home truth - here are some of the websites he says to avoid...

Of course some of the major top 10 scams involve working from home and government grant-related schemes. Since so many people are looking for a way to be able to legitimately work from home - some may be so desparate as to try anything even though they might not read the small or fine print.

Here is a link to the article:

The Top 10 Scams Of 2009!

Better Business Bureau 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 iconic logo, consumers often assume they are getting a job with Google when in fact they were getting taken in by yet another work-at-home scheme.

“Many families are looking for ways to earn extra money for the holidays and Web sites touting the huge money-making potential of working from home often seem like an answer to prayer,” said Alison Southwick, BBB spokesperson. “Unfortunately, most work-at-home opportunities don’t deliver on what they promise and victims find that instead of making a few extra dollars, they lose hundreds.”

Two Web sites, Google Treasure Chest and Google Money Tree, quickly racked up 523 and 782 BBB complaints respectively before being called out by the Federal Trade Commission and state Attorneys General for misleading consumers. The Web sites have been taken down, however, BBB has received complaints about many other work-at-home schemes using similar tactics, including Google Biz Kit, Google Cash, Google Money Profits, and Google Success Kit.

While the schemes go by many different names and are found on many different Web sites, the complaints to BBB tell a similar story. Complainants state that they signed up online to receive a free trial of a CD or access to information that would show them how to make money from home using Google. Consumers had to provide a credit or debit card number to cover shipping — which is typically only a few dollars.

Complainants to BBB state that they were billed before their trial ended — or never even received the CD — and continued to be billed after they had cancelled their order. Complainants also found mystery charges from several other businesses for services they didn’t realize they were signing up for with their “free” trial. One Georgia complainant’s bank account was debited $433 by various entities including Grant Finder, Web Training, Powersale, Safelock, Google Chest, Search Chest, A1Member and Auction Support.

Before signing up for any work-at-home opportunity, BBB advises job hunters to:
• Review the business’s BBB Reliability Report® at bbb.org to see if BBB reports complaints or other concerns you need to consider.

• 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. Just because Google is in the name, it doesn’t mean the business is affiliated with Google.

• 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.

I have seen a lot of folks on here asking about work from home jobs - I haven't found one yet that is legitimate but I do know of some to avoid.

The ads you see for the Google Ad Kit - It's usually somebody saying how much money they've made and they want to share with you....all you have to do is pay a couple of dollars for shipping. The problem is the fine print, you give them authorization to deduct money from your bank account every month for a 'membership' fee, it's usually 19.95. If you want to try the Google business - go straight to the google site, it will walk you through the process.

 Here is a link to an article that warns of some others: 

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23352051-

If I find any that are legitimate - I will post it on here.

 I wish evverybody on here the best!!

 This was posted by a online friend Jennifer at momscafe, she has some of the best articles and help for anyone wanting to work from home. To read more from Jennifer I would suggest you join momcafe, there are a lot of different topic from work at home, raising kids with disbilities. So here is a message from Jennifer:

Please be very Careful on your search for Work at Home... If you have any questions, ask here, I have years of experience and pretty much have tried everything. I am now very SUCCESSFUL with Ameriplan®, but I lost alot of money during my search before Ameriplan®!!! Here are some Information on a Typical WAH SCAM...

Assembly Work at Home: Typical Ad -- "Assembly work at home! Easy money assembling craft items. No experience necessary." This scheme requires you to invest hundreds of dollars in instructions and materials and many hours of your time to produce items such as baby booties, toy clowns, and plastic signs for a company that has promised to buy them. Once you have purchased the supplies and have done the work, the company often decides not to pay you because your work does not meet certain "standards." You are then left with merchandise that is difficult or impossible to sell.

For all of you seeking to improve your credit...don't be fooled by the website or commercials of freecreditreport.com !  It's not free!  They want you to give up your card numbers in  exchange for a "free" 7 day trial, which sounds good and all, because it seems like one of those companies you can trust, right?   Well guess again, not everything on TV or online is legit, and this website is far from BBB's Company of the Year!  It is said in the terms after you sign up for the free trial, all you have to do is call and cancel before the 7 day trial period ends and your account won't be charged.  Well, the time came for me to cancel with them before my trial was up, so I call, but the other line has a voicemail sounding as if it is a residential number, with a man's voice saying " I don't know who you think you are calling, but you have the wrong number, you might wanna call up the company that gave you this as a contact, because you might be getting scammed.  Please don't call again."  Click!

I was in disbelief at first, but then immediately thought how trusting I was with my card, to this big company that claimed close contact with the creditor companies, and to think of it, the access this company has to my credit history and information, ahhhh!   So right that day I took it upon myself to change my bank card numbers, and since then haven't heard anything.  This is from about six months ago, its not like you can easily find an attorney on such subject matters. How do you get a hold of someone that gives you the wrong number, that too, and be so devious with your credit habits, history, and personal identity information for the last ten years.  You can comment back and tell me what you think about it, but please from one friend to another; Don't learn the heard way and let these scammers behind a company name get you too!  If you want to clear up your credit the right way, work directly with the creditors.  But consumers should really approach these "free trial" things with extreme caution.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is warning Veterans not to give credit card numbers over the phone to callers claiming to update VA prescription information.

"America's Veterans have become targets in an inexcusable scam that dishonors their service and misrepresents the Department built for them," said Dr. Gerald M. Cross, Under Secretary for Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs. "VA simply does not call Veterans and ask them to disclose personal financial information over the phone."

Veteran Service Organizations have brought to VA's attention that callers are misrepresenting the VA to gain personal information over the phone. They say VA recently changed procedures for dispensing prescriptions and ask for the Veteran's credit card number.

"VA has not changed its processes for dispensing prescription medicines," Cross said. "Nor has VA changed its long-standing commitment to protect the personal information of this nation's Veterans."

Veterans with questions about VA services should contact the nearest VA medical center or call, toll-free,
1-877-222-8387. If you feel you've been a victim of this scam, please use Contact VA to report this incident.

   Need to find extra work would like to find a real work from home job to make extra income or replace my exsisting income when possible. The problem is all the online home base jobs I have checked out are scams or it takes so much to start something I dont have the capital and then you really dont know if its for real or not. How can you tell if a work at home job is a scam or not.

I am self employed from my own home.  I work at home, and I love it.  One thing that I see more of these days are the scams that promise you riches for very little effort.  I am begging you not to fall for it.  These scams are appealing to your desperation and greed, but they are not going to deliver on what they promise.   They are there to steal your money, and that is how they 'got rich quick'. 

I work from home, yes.  This means I actually WORK.  I work very hard, and sometimes well over fourty hours a week.  I make decent money no that I have gotten the swing of it, but it took me a while to build the income.  There are VERY legitimate means to generate income at home using the web as a tool, but there are just as many unscrupulous scammers out there with only the goal of lining their own pockets.

Educate yourselves.  If you are wanting to work from home that is your best plan.  Educate yourself so that you can spot the scams.  My rule of thumb is that if it sounds too good to be true it almost always is.  "I got rich working one hour a day!"  MMmhmmm...that is why your site says 'results not typical, and not an indication of realistic revenues'  

I have a very, very dear friend who fell for one of these scams.  She spent nearly her last $100 dollars, and all she got for it was far more stress than she had.  She is now facing eviction because she put all her effort into working the 'plan' that they gave her.  She believed in them, and she is paying for it.  I have done my best to help her.  I have paid to keep her utilities on, and I have subcontracted work out to her.  I can't bail her all the way out, though.  God knows I wish I could.  I do not want anyone on this site to end up in her shoes.  PLEASE.  Educate yourselves before you buy in to anything that promises you things that seem too good to be true.  Don't let the next scammed party be you.

Heck, I thought about begging here for donations to help her come up with the rest of the money she needs for rent.  Its not much.  I've helped her raise all but $500 of it.  I just don't have the means to support my children and bail her out.  I feel horrible for this.  I am even angrier at those who scammed her, but there is no legal recourse.  It was right there in the fine print that 'these results are atypical and not a realistic presentation of what you can expect to make'.  Of course, the site was written to make those results seem quite typical, but alas - always read the fine print.

how do i know which gov. grant to chose and which ones not a scam?

This is the first time I have seen these pranksters take on Fedex like this.....

Dear Customer!

We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Confirmed Package
that is registered with us for shipping to your residential
location.We had thought that your sender gave you our contact
details.It may interest you to know that a letter is also added to
your package.However, we cannot quote its content to you via email for
privacy reasons.

We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft
worth of $800,000.00 USD, FedEx do not ship money in CASH or in
CHEQUES but Bank Drafts are shippable.The package is registered with
us for mailing by your colleague, and your colleague explained that he
is from the United States but he is here in Nigeria for a three
(3)months Surveying Project as he works with a consultant firm in
Nigeria West Africa We are sending you this email because your package
is been registered on a Special Order.

What you have to do now, is to contact our Delivery Department for
immediate dispatch of your package to your residencial address.Note
that as soon as our Delivery Team confirm your information, it will
take only one  working day (24 hours) for your package to arrive it's
designated destination.For your information, the VAT & Shipping
charges as well as Insurance  fees have been paid for by your
colleague before your package was registered.Note that the payment
that is made on the Insurance, Premium & Clearance Certificates, are
to certify that the Bank Draft is not a Drug Affiliated Fund (DAF)
neither is it funds to sponsor Terrorism in your country. This will
help you avoid any form of query from the Monetary Authority of your
country.

However, you will have to pay the sum of £105GBP to the FedEx Delivery
Department being full payment for the Security Keeping Fee of the
FedEx company as stated in our privacy terms & condition page. Also be
informed that your colleague wished to pay for the Security Keeping
fee, but we do not accept such payment considering the facts that all
items & package that are registered with us have a time limitation and
we cannot accept payment not knowing when you will be contacting us
for your package or even responding to us.So we cannot take the risk
to have accepted such payment incase of any possible demurrage.

Kindly note that your colleague did not leave us with any further
information.We hope that you respond to us as soon as possible because
if you fail to respond until the expiry date of your package, we may
refer the package to the British Commission for Welfare as the package
do not have a return address.

Kindly contact the delivery department (FedEx Delivery Post) with the
details given below:

FedEx Online Delivery Post
Contact Person: Daniel J. Blunt
Email:fedex-courier-nigeria@hotmail.com
Tel: +234 807 447 8251

Kindly complete the below form and send it to the email address given
above.This is mandatory to reconfirm your Postal address and telephone
numbers.

FULL NAMES:
TELEPHONE:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:

Kindly complete the above form and summit it to the delivery manager
on: fedex-courier-nigeria@hotmail.com

As soon as your details are received, our delivery team will give you
the neccessary payment procedure so that you can effect the payment
for the Security Keeping Fee. As soon as they confirm your payment
receipt of £105GBP which is equivalent to $210USD , they will not
hesitate to dispatch your package as well as the attahced letter to
your residence. It usually takes 24 hours being an overnight delivery
service.

Note that we were not instructed to email you, but due to the high
priority of your package we had to inform you as your sender did not
leave us with his phone number because he stated that he just arrived
Nigeria and he  hasn't fix his phone yet. We indeed personally sealed
your Bank Draft and we found your email contact in the receivers
column as the recipient of the foremost package.

Ensure to contact the delivery department with the email address given
above and ensure to fill the above form as well to enable a successful
reconfirmation.

Do not reply this email because this email account is not
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