Scams & Shady Business tatics...

[4dmin]

so i don't think we have a thread dedicated to this but it would be helpful to start one... basically anything to do w/ scammers and shady business tatics... i got owned yesterday on something i thought was legit that most people probably would fall for...


so i have my resume out on a couple sites and it has been passed around... well i got an email a couple weeks ago from a company PRIEMERICA and the person was like "hey can you give me a call at your earliest i have some questions about your resume and would like to go over some possible opportunities with our company."

i was like cool i'll check it out never know what type of employment opportunity is just around the corner. so i call, start talking to the guy and we make some small talk about my current job, work history, etc... so he sets me up a time for me to come in and meet. he sends me an email with directions and it says "I look forward to meeting you in person. I have you setup for our 2:00pm orientation." Well immediately I was like WTF "orientation" kinda a wierd word to use. I get there and they have like 10 other people there as well... basically they use that tatic to get people in so they can get them to buy into this pyramid scheme to sell mortgages/life insurance/etc... there was no real position but just an opportunity for them to pull in people looking for jobs. i was pretty pissed off and gave this guy and ear full for wasting my time.

a friend of mine told me he had another type of job scheme happen to him recently...


my friend just moved to Tampa with his wife. Someone called him saying they had got his resume and wanted to start his hiring process but needed his SSN. (obviously he didn't give that) He said he actually got 2 different phone calls with this same scenerio.


those are two... i'm sure you guys have more you can add.

[Nemesis]

Ah man, before I got hired at Red Hat, and my resume was on CareerBuilder, I had shady ass people all day long offering me things that I knew were too good to be true. I need to find some of those emails.

[©hris]

lol primerica... yeah i went to one of those seminars a long time ago. It's real easy to pick out a pyramid scam from a legit company. Pyramids use their "employees" as rats.

[4dmin]

Ah man, before I got hired at Red Hat, and my resume was on CareerBuilder, I had shady ass people all day long offering me things that I knew were too good to be true. I need to find some of those emails.

ya man i was pretty pissed b/c i actually took 1/2 a day off of work and it ended up being a scam. i plan on turning them into the BBB for bad practices. it would of been pretty easy to spot it as a scam over the phone if they didn't use my resume to pull me in.

[©hris]

ya man i was pretty pissed b/c i actually took 1/2 a day off of work and it ended up being a scam. i plan on turning them into the BBB for bad practices. it would of been pretty easy to spot it as a scam over the phone if they didn't use my resume to pull me in.

dont... that will actually be wasting your time. Primerica is one of the biggest Pyramid companies on the planet. you can definatly make money doing it but it takes a lot of time and effort.... and you wouldnt start seeing good money for months

[Echonova]

LOL, we have one of those deals couple doors down from me. They're a "marketing" company and get people to come in and try and hock their sh*t to folks on the street. Never see the same people two weeks in a row. But I must say, it is a parade of hot b*tches coming in and out of that joint.

[Ed]

i went to one of those too once... i think it was primeramerica too... i cant remember its been a while...

i laughed and left.

[thinkfast®]

lol what a moron paul

Primerica has about 3000 job postings in every field on CB and monster.. plus they got them chain gang emails talkin about call me for a great sales opportunity/work from home/100k salary working part time etc..

cmon Paul I thought you were smart, please tell Kate to call me.. we need to talk

not about you I just wanna hear her voice lol

[4dmin]

lol what a moron paul

Primerica has about 3000 job postings in every field on CB and monster.. plus they got them chain gang emails talkin about call me for a great sales opportunity/work from home/100k salary working part time etc..

cmon Paul I thought you were smart, please tell Kate to call me.. we need to talk

not about you I just wanna hear her voice lol

LOL :2up: ... i don't know anything about Primerica, i'm an IT geek not an accountant! And if you would pay your child support I wouldn't have to get another job!!! I'll tell her to give you a call. :lmfao:

[AB3dj]

Anyone remember that Inventor commercial? "Send us your idea and we'll help you with a patent"..... "Unless we like your idea enough to steal it."

[AB3dj]

Oh yeah, and that Monavie Acai berry juice pyramid.

[thinkfast®]

paul you think I AM an accountant?? lol I know they dont sell common sense but see if you can get an IP address for some or subnet mask yourself and grab that s.hit straight ninja style

[4dmin]

Oh yeah, and that Monavie Acai berry juice pyramid.

LOL i had a friend a few months back try to get me involved w/ that.. you only have to invest 500$

[AB3dj]

LOL i had a friend a few months back try to get me involved w/ that.. you only have to invest 500$

Exactly. And unlike Cutco knives (remember those) then you're actually dealing with perishable items. I had a friend that actually made a good bit of money selling Cutco. I'm not exactly sure how he did it but I'm guessing he was just fortunate enough to know a lot of wealthy housewives.

[Killer]

LOL i had a friend a few months back try to get me involved w/ that.. you only have to invest 500$


i've heard of that stuff... but never heard of the scam behind it...


nor can i think of where i've heard the name... dang.

[4dmin]

paul you think I AM an accountant?? lol I know they dont sell common sense but see if you can get an IP address for some or subnet mask that **** and grab that s.hit straight ninja style

i know your not b/c you actually have to go to school for that - :lmao:

i'm sure if you got the same call to get a green card you would of taken the bait :lmfao:

[thinkfast®]

paul I want to kick you in the throat right about now

[4dmin]

paul I want to kick you in the throat right about now

:tongue1: by the way how is the lowrider?

[thinkfast®]

ridin smooth homey
bout to upgrade the rear cylinders and new hoses this weekend
started fukin w/ Individuals CC out here in Atlanta recently, big things happening real soon :D

[4dmin]

ridin smooth homey
bout to upgrade the rear cylinders and new hoses this weekend
started fukin w/ Individuals CC out here in Atlanta recently, big things happening real soon :D

thats cool man, gonna send you a PM check it.

[RandomGuy]

i made a thread EXACTLY like this a while ago

these damn scammers really piss me off... not that they get me or nothing, just waste my time with bullshet

let me find the thread

[RandomGuy]

http://www.importatlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119696 (recent)

http://www.importatlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16330 (from 2005)

[4dmin]

^^^ maybe i should read my own site from time to time... thanx randomguy

[RandomGuy]

no problemo gringo

lol

Can you shed some light on the "sweeping changes"

pm me if you'd like :)

[Julio]

lol @ primerica.. shouldve ask me about it dude.. I knwo all about it...

hahaha believe it or not.. is not a scheme.. .. somehow someway.. it works.

****, primerican has a office of breakenbridge and they have there meetings and **** off satellite and sugarloaf...

hahahah

[Sol-Badguy]

I got the call from them too.

I turned them down.

I thought it was odd that I said I was a mechanic and wrecker driver at the time, but they wanted me to train customer service people? :lmfao: