AboutLeslie Truex Expertise I can answer questions on how to find a work-at-home job online or off including the best sites for finding jobs, how approach an employer about working at home, and other methods for creating a work-at-home job. I can also answer questions about current trends in telecommuting, how to establish a telecommuting program in a company, and how to maximize productivity while working at home.
Experience I have telecommuted as a social worker, writer, web designer and online researcher. I have provided work-at-home job announcements and tips online since 1998 at my site WorkAtHomeSuccess.com. I am the author of Jobs At Home: A Complete Guide to Finding or Creating a Work-At-Home and of the soon to be published The Pajama Mama Guide to Online Employment.
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Question Would you be able to tell me what you think of the following offer?
Job Description: Part Time Representative
Company name: Sher Williams, Inc.
Your job is to receive and process (cash) the money orders or cashier checks that our US customers have to pay to our company for advertising packages. In this way the payment will be received faster (money orders are cleared in Germany in 30 days from the day are received).
You have 10% commission from every payment that you will receive so you will be paid for your services same day you process the payment because you will deduct your share directly.
The job is 100% legal in USA and all our sales activities are recorded at US Work Bureau.
In order to start this part time job today we have some requirements:
1. Be at least 19 years old and have a bank account (in order to cash checks/money orders without fees - IMPORTANT: WE WILL NEVER ASK FOR YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS OR OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION FROM YOU)
2. Have an address where you will receive money orders and cashier checks from our customers, your home address will be fine, or a PO Box, if you have one.
3. Possibility to check your email and respond to our messages (if any) same day.
Our support team will assist you 100% in order to have all payments processed in time.
All you need is an established bank account, where you will cash the checks. It really depends where you cash the checks. We do not welcome new bank accounts for our business for a few reasons. First, you won't be able to cash checks fast, because the banks put at least a few weeks' hold to deposits into a new account.
We do make background research on all the international customers before we sell our advertising packages.
We also verify the checks for funds availability before it arrives to you. In an outstanding case of any problem, we offer a full guarantee to cover the fees. That way you can feel absolutely protected and safe.
You will receive various payments from our US or Canada buyers for our advertising packages.
In GERMANY they usually deliver the funds within 10 days if we have one bank account open to one US bank (we have the bank account open to one GERMANY bank -- this will delay payments with another 3-4 days) and this delay is not profitable for our company.
With US representative's help we can process these payments faster and the customers will be served faster. We are selling in US 95% from time advertising packages like ads in Europe Newspapers, eMail marketing packages, Search engine services.
If there will be something that you don't know, simply ask our support team and you will have all the answers within few hours or minutes.
My name is Michelle Conerly and I will keep you informed regarding payments and procedures.
Here is step by step explanation of entire process:
1. You agree with our contract and are ready to process payments.
2. We advertise our products and in 4-5 days after you agreed with terms you start to receive payments from our customers (money orders, checks) made payable to your name and address for instant processing
3. You cash one payment (check or money order) - at the bank or check cashing store
4. You deduct your 10% from total amount of the check or money order that you receive and cash.
5. You transfer us 90% minus transfer costs (the transfer costs are paid from our 90%) with bank to bank transfer
6. You receive another payment and you process it.
This job implies only checks/money orders cashing, nothing else is required to work for us. We will never ask you any fees to work for us.
To begin this job we need your FULL NAME AND ADDRESS (your postal address -- home address) FOR PAYMENTS that will be mailed(shipped) to your address:
Full name:
Address:
City, State, Zip code:
2 Email Addresses:
Phone number:
The money orders and cashier checks that will be processed by you can be cleared same day you receive the USPS delivery.
If you agree and want to start the job, Your response with your name and address is expected today.
From the moment we have your approval and your name and address we will start the advertising program and ask customers to send checks and money orders to your address.
How you will be paid: You will have 10% from each payment that you receive and process AND also will receive every two weeks $1,000 paycheck from our company starting the day you process your first payment.
After 30 days of testing period we`ll sign by mail contract for long-term. Within these 30 days, testing period, your approval to work for our company is a legally binding contract, you cannot agree now, make us spend money advertising and then leave this job.
We provide 1099 form at the end of each year. Please be responsible. Job is very simple and all terms are clear.
Thank you for your time
Answer Hi John,
Run as fast as you can from offers such as this. People are losing thousands of dollars to these money processing scams. Here are some things to consider:
1) If this company can't take payments from US customers, how are they going to accept them from you?
2) A legitimate company would NEVER need you to use your personal bank account to do business. Sure some companies direct deposit income into your account, but they don't ask you to then write a check to them.
Here's how the scam works. You receive a deposit usually a big one like $3000. Your bank may even say its legit. You turn around and withdrawal $2700 to send to the company ($3000 - 10). Then a week or so later, your bank contacts you to let you know that initial $3000 deposit is bogus...and you are accountable for the $2700 you just sent to the scammers.
Don't do it. Legitimate work-at-home jobs are like any other job. They require skills and experience, and have an application process that shows you can do the job. You won't just sign up for a work-at-home job.
