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Is this likely to be a scam?

by djmurray
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Hello All,

I am uncertain whether or not to accept an ad from a "online order entries work at home job" site onto my ad exchange, having heard that many of these are scams.

However this site quotes "scamfreezone.org" as a tesimony of its honesty, but the problem is that I've never heard of this either.

Can anyone here advise?

Many thanks.
#scam #scam check
  • Profile picture of the author traces2757
    Those things are almost always scams, but if you'd like to PM me the ad, I could probably tell you for sure.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Bogowski
    Its probably safe...
    You should also send me your bank account details so that I can free my rich prince cousin from Nigeria and then reward you with millions.

    I'd steer away from it, if it looks scammy to you it probably looks scammy to others.

    Keep it looking genuine
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  • Profile picture of the author Hesaidblissfully
    Originally Posted by djmurray View Post

    Hello All,

    I am uncertain whether or not to accept an ad from a "online order entries work at home job" site onto my ad exchange, having heard that many of these are scams.

    However this site quotes "scamfreezone.org" as a tesimony of its honesty, but the problem is that I've never heard of this either.

    Can anyone here advise?

    Many thanks.
    Those were really prevalent on Craigslist and a lot of them are some sort of money order scam. I'd stay away from it.
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  • Profile picture of the author robocallaghan
    David,

    It's your site - you set its tone - so go with your gut feeling :-)

    Rob.
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  • Profile picture of the author GuruGazette
    If I'm not mistaken Scam Free Zone is a LONG time established site from Neil Shearing. Think he's been running that one for a good 10 years or more.

    Whether he actually "approved" the product or not is a different story. Tons of scams like to quote how "Oprah" or other big names said such and such great things about them so there's no telling.
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    • Profile picture of the author Denise Hall
      Originally Posted by GuruGazette View Post

      If I'm not mistaken Scam Free Zone is a LONG time established site from Neil Shearing. Think he's been running that one for a good 10 years or more.

      Whether he actually "approved" the product or not is a different story. Tons of scams like to quote how "Oprah" or other big names said such and such great things about them so there's no telling.


      I had the same thoughts, but then I re-read the original post and discovered that he said scamfreezone.org and I thought Neil Shearing's site was .com. So I just visited the .org site and that one is not Neil's site. Neil's is, in fact, .com.

      I don't know who the .org site belongs to, so I'd be wary until you can find out more information.

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      • Profile picture of the author djmurray
        Originally Posted by Denise Hall View Post

        I had the same thoughts, but then I re-read the original post and discovered that he said scamfreezone.org and I thought Neil Shearing's site was .com. So I just visited the .org site and that one is not Neil's site. Neil's is, in fact, .com.

        I don't know who the .org site belongs to, so I'd be wary until you can find out more information.

        Denise
        Thank, Denise. That's extremely helpful. I was wary from the beginning (as my query on this forum indicates) and I did some checking of IP addresses to see whether the site and the alleged validator were from the same place, but that led nowhere - at which pointy I asked here.
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        • Profile picture of the author Denise Hall
          Originally Posted by djmurray View Post

          Thank, Denise. That's extremely helpful. I was wary from the beginning (as my query on this forum indicates) and I did some checking of IP addresses to see whether the site and the alleged validator were from the same place, but that led nowhere - at which pointy I asked here.
          If you'd like to PM me with the ad/site in question, I'd be happy to take a look and see if I can give you any more insight.

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  • Profile picture of the author Kim Standerline
    if it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, it just might possibly be a duck!

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    • Profile picture of the author Jared Alberghini
      Originally Posted by Kim Standerline View Post

      if it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, it just might possibly be a duck!

      Cheers
      kim
      HaHa Kim... I was thinking the same thing, but I wasn't thinking of your nice way of putting it... I would replace the ducks with sh**... looks like, smells like...

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    • Profile picture of the author djmurray
      Thanks.
      Good to get some advice from just up the road.
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  • Profile picture of the author Digitalcashprofits
    Check with these different sites these might help
    you out some.

    www.scam.com

    www.scambusters.org/scamcheck.html

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  • Profile picture of the author bannerdemers
    100% scam. I buy products time to time, but ALWAYS research first.
    google the business name + scam and see what pops up. works with anything but beware affiliates who use that phrase to their "product review" page.
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