• Scambusters - Assembly jobs
Posted by Tom Harnish on 31st May 2008
Some nice looking websites warn you of scams, and claim they remove employers who ask for money from the job seeker to register. They even go so far as to claim a human rather than automated check on the company is performed, by actually registering as a prospective employee, to see if they are offering real jobs.
But these sites use jobs feeds from indeed, simplyhired, and jobster and they’re full of junk and scams. As far as we know there’s no way to screen them out of the feed.
Sure, the website can specify just the job streams that mention telecommuting, or assembly, or transcription, but we don’t know of any way to sift through them.
Assembly jobs are one of the most prolific scams out there. The concept of doing arts and crafts work at home, building little toys, electronic components, or jewelry and getting paid fot it is appealing to many people and is something virtually anyone can do. The problem is you pay for the materials and shipping. Do you think Ford charges it’s assembly line workers for the car parts? Another problem is the stuff they send you is junk and difficult to assemble. Finally when you send the results of your labor in they say your work isn’t good enough and refuse to pay. This after they claim you can make $500-$700 a week, and promise that if you’ve earned over $7000 they’ll mail a check immediately instead of at month end. Yeah, right.
If a jobsite does hand pick jobs to remove scams, that’s extraordinary and they deserve credit for it; if they can’t but claim they do, that’s dishonest and they deserve the credit for that too. More and more we’re finding sites that scream “look out for scams” and they’re scammers themselves. Such sites are loaded with assembly scams, and that should be a clue.
If you go looking for a job and are asked to pay for it, DON ‘T.
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