Scam Times » Rebuilding http://www.scamtimes.com Scams and the People who run them Sat, 07 May 2011 18:27:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Scam Cast is a weekly podcast that uncovers scams and shams on the internet as well as gives business reviews and program reviews. Scam Times clean Scam Times matt@scamtimes.com matt@scamtimes.com (Scam Times) Scam Cast affiliate marketing, scams, shams, marketing Scam Times » Rebuilding http://www.scamtimes.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.scamtimes.com/category/scam-times/rebuilding/ 10 Signs of a Scam http://www.scamtimes.com/scam-times/featured/10-signs-scam/ http://www.scamtimes.com/scam-times/featured/10-signs-scam/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:17:07 +0000 matt http://www.scamtimes.com/?p=108

Always think about the 10 rules before you sign up for anything. These should help you protecting your assets, your identity, you sanity, and your hair. I know that times are tough but these offers will make it harder. The people who are trying to get you into this are only looking out for themselves they could care less about you.

1) Don’t assume that an ad is legit no matter what site it is on. (Even this one)

As web publishers we do not endorse the ads on the site, we do not even review the ads. We use Google Adsense so I do not even see the ads that you see to review them. They are shown from context matching on the text. In this case they are probably scams as well. Always look for print that says “Sponsored” or “Advertisement” or on this site “Ads by Google”. Even if you trust the site don’t trust the ads that appear on it. If I could investigate all the ads on this site I would venture to say that 90% of them are scams. If you know of any that show up as scams let me know I would be interested to investigate them.

2) Don’t buy into the emergency of the situation, that is pressure sales.

There is no such thing as easy and fast money or I would be doing it daily instead of writing this article. Every opportunity I know about especially around home based business requires hard work just to get a measly compensation. If you see any get rick quick text get out while you can. If they could get rick quick they would not have time to sell you the system. Remember the system is the business they are in.

3) Do not trust the use of logos


Most “opportunities” make use of logos from various companies, either news organizations or Google or even Yahoo logos get used trying to convince you that its authentic and that you can trust it. Always read the fine print. You will normally find a disclaimer saying that the logo owners do not endorse it. Also some news organizations allow informercials to be run which means the infomercial may have been run on the news organization channel. Most of these logos are used without permission and should be reported.

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If you have belief that you have been scammed one of the first things I recommend is any data that you have given them to your financial information must be changed. I recommend that you change your credit card numbers right away. Do not allow time to pass because you can be emptied and have sizable fees on your account that you now need to pay for.

This especially goes for Visa Debt cards because they can not stop a future charge so they can continue to charge as long as they want until they give up or you get a new number.


If your checking information was given then you must go to your bank and close that account. You can open a new account but make sure you let the bank know why you are closing the account so they do not link the accounts together. This happened to me at one bank and they kept using ACH withdrawls on the new account because they where linked together.

This is vital and should be your first steps. We will get into futher actions in a later post

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