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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the search for an online service that can verify claims made by various money-making or money-saving schemes encountered on social networking sites. Participants explore the reliability of such services and share resources for identifying potential scams.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express skepticism about the legitimacy of online money-making schemes, suggesting that many may be scams.
  • One participant proposes using search engines to investigate claims by looking up phrases like "Company X scams" to find customer reviews and experiences.
  • Another participant shares resources they found, including "Been Verified" for background checks, but notes its limitations regarding users with pseudonyms.
  • Additional resources mentioned include "Scam Watch" and tips for identifying reputable work-at-home sites.

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Participants generally agree on the potential for scams in the realm of online money-making schemes, but there is no consensus on the effectiveness or reliability of the suggested verification services.

Contextual Notes

Limitations include the uncertainty regarding the effectiveness of the proposed verification services and the challenge of verifying individuals who do not use their real names.

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I'm on various social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook,...) and from time to time I come across messages offering different ways to make or save money.

My question: Is there an Online service that can verify their claims - a "Products & Services" overview ?
 
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BenVitale said:
I'm on various social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook,...) and from time to time I come across messages offering different ways to make or save money.

My question: Is there an Online service that can verify their claims - a "Products & Services" overview ?
Assume they are all scams.
 
BenVitale said:
I'm on various social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook,...) and from time to time I come across messages offering different ways to make or save money.

My question: Is there an Online service that can verify their claims - a "Products & Services" overview ?
Evo said:
Assume they are all scams.

Definitely. The "Work from home" jobs are the worst. They will play a nice song and dance about you making money but the first (and only) transaction is always sending money to them. Of course they give reasons for it like, you have to take a training course, etc. But you have to ask yourself if this would be reasonable if you were working in a regular office. The best way to save your money is to not sent it to them in the first place.

As far as checking a site, I would Google the phrase "Company X scams" and see where that leads. I'm sure that most of these sites have a lot of dissatisfied customers. Read their horror stories and you will see how common these scams are.
 
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Thanks to both of you for the feedback.

Since I posted my question, I spend lots of time on the net searching for info, and found...

I googled "been verified" and found Looking for free people search and background checks? http://www.beenverified.com/

But it can't verify people who don't use their real names, but screennames

And, ...

Scam Watch : http://www.imreportcard.com/

Tips For Finding The Best Work At Home Sites : http://www.articlealley.com/article_1644341_15.html

Click "Scams" under Topics (on the left): http://www.articlealley.com/tags-318.html
 
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