Preying on people's worries of unemployment and fear of contamination, the scam now involves selling COVID preventative essential oils from your doorstep. From the one phone call I received on this matter, it sounds like a call center in the Philippines or Thailand, and they are pushing essential oils that will counteract COVID symptoms. Of course, this is just scented water with no proven healing or curative factors and using people's desperation & panic to bilk them out of their money.
There is also the Work from Home Scam, where you are supposedly a shipping clerk for an office supply company. But once you buy and ship the office supplies requested, the "reimbursement check" suddenly bounces and leaves you in the red.
I also encountered many years ago, when I worked in NYC, a scam that involved Security Guard job placement assistance. This one, you would actually interview and meet the scumbags face to face while they chat you up about a starting pay rate of $22/hr. and immediate jobs hiring. Only to demand $199 for training classes, where they show videos or movies, give you a security guard certificate printed on Loose leaf paper and then tell you go out and find your own way. I remember smelling a rat when I asked the guy's name over the phone and he said Mr. White. Did a quick search online and saw hundreds of complaints about the company and the scam itself.
One can only hope society doesn't stoop any lower once businesses open, but these rats always come out when things are at their worst.
The best are the Instagram "money flippers", send them $300 and they'll send you back $3000! And their "proof" is pics of various people holding money and giving a thumbs up. But you only see young, urban folks wearing baggy jeans and durags in the pictures and a number to call Jamal at 555-***-9855.
I saw a news report where they tracked down the figure head of the job scam, an old Jewish fella named Herb Marion from NYC. I wonder if he was working with the Hasidic guy in Brooklyn who bought up all the medical masks and gloves and sold them at a 700% mark up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnNZyajqZPs
Now, I look at her and would like to ask, "Other than putting gas in your car what kind of experience do you have to supervise this kind of work?" Really?
Some pitches entice people down on their luck or not that bright in how things work.
It is why I am for Life Skills classes in high school. Flat out say, "You have to either be the kid of the owner or start at the bottom doing the awful job. Someone that works there already wants the better jobs."
Guess some scammers take their act to Vegas! I remember when Trump Plaza in AC was accused of filling their Bottled Water with tap water and waitresses removing the cap when you ordered it.
I always thought Ice Cream men were a big scam, buying frozen popsicles in bulk at 20-25 cents a bar and selling them from $2-$3 a pop. As a kid, I probably paid them $50 for $5 worth of ice cream over all.
Yes and convenience, plus the thought of whether or not the guy is a pedo or chicken f*****.Quote: VenthusEh, what they're really selling are the tertiary elements, like bringing it to your house and the nostalgia of the parents who remember getting it when they were young (and probably the realization of how annoying they were when they were kids)... it's like the old lesson in marketing: "You're not an insurance salesman. You sell peace of mind."
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Guess some scammers take their act to Vegas! I remember when Trump Plaza in AC was accused of filling their Bottled Water with tap water and waitresses removing the cap when you ordered it.
I always thought Ice Cream men were a big scam, buying frozen popsicles in bulk at 20-25 cents a bar and selling them from $2-$3 a pop. As a kid, I probably paid them $50 for $5 worth of ice cream over all.
I don't consider the ice cream guy a scam. He is selling a product that you can either choose to buy or not. Yes he has a big markup but I don't think that is a scam.
They also held back 10% of sales as a deposit on the truck. Rent was $200 a week rain or shine. It was fun but barely profitable. If I worked five days, I'd clear about $250 a week. I'd work a sixth day every couple of weeks but some guys worked seven days a week for the whole summer. If you finished your contract you'd get your 10% of sales back, which was a great going away bonus.