Too good to be true?

[zerozero]

Hello everyone,

well, a few days ago a co-worker came to me with an oportunity to make some money and it is so good I'm getting worried, I have not given any money yet but it is very tempting, this is the site

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you get 100 dollars a week for posting ads on certain sites but the sign up quote is 1500 dollars, alarms started ringing with this.

All points to a pyramid or money laundry, please anyone seen this?

EDIT: Please don't link to dubious crap like this. It could land us in trouble. I understand you had a good reason to do so, but... really, if the whole thing makes you uneasy, you probably shouldn't drop the link willy-nilly on a forum. Thanks for your understanding. Link removed.

 

[mgsaintz]

Because after a bit of research it is more or less a pyramid scheme or some scam, with a bit searching through Google already found out that the company is regarded as the biggest financial frauds in Brazil.

 

[Dartz_IRL]

Your coworker is a fool. You will be too if you agree to it.

It's a pyramid scheme and if it's going long enough to be on Google and to be called a fraud in Brazil then chances are the bottom's already beginning to drop out and you'll never get your 1500 back.

You're better off spending 1500 on decent whiskey. At least it'll taste nice.

 

[zerozero]

thank you all, I already saw the news from Brazil, but I had curiosity if anyone had seen this closer than the news or internet pages,

it is decided, not one cent to this scheme.

good day to all

 

[whitewhiskey]

Just a quick afterword of advice. If something taking place on the internet (And quite often in the material world) seems to present the opportunity for a lot of profit for little to no effort/risk, it's a shady thing you should probably avoid it like it's the angry, drunken bastard child of Ebola and Dysentery.

Little in our lives is so easy, and you have to work for things worthwhile.

 

[ThreadWeaver]

You should never have to pay to do work for anybody. For any reason. If they're asking for money from you, to get a job that makes them more money, you're being suckered.

 

[chronodekar]

You should never have to pay to do work for anybody. For any reason. If they're asking for money from you, to get a job that makes them more money, you're being suckered.

Right now, I'll easily say that only an idiot would fall for such a scheme, but some time back when I needed to find a job, I ended up paying a job site to give me "premium" listing for recruiters. Ended up getting a job through other means, and to this day can't decide if that money actually got me anything.

But fact remains that when I was desperate, I was willing to gamble like crazy.

-chronodekar

 

[ThreadWeaver]

But fact remains that when I was desperate, I was willing to gamble like crazy.

-chronodekar

And that's exactly what they're trying to exploit. Desperate people really needing a job and willing to do anything to get one.

I unfortunately doubt it got you anything at all other than an inadvertent label by recruiters as, "desperate person, right here!" At least that's what it would mean to me if I was a recruiter and came across that sort of thing. They're not stupid enough to not see that a "premier posting" meant that the site was paid for the listing and that it doesn't necessarily make the person a better candidate. This isn't to imply that you weren't a good candidate, but it should be based on your qualifications, not whether you were willing to pay (extra) for a posting.