The word “Prophet” doesn’t conjure sick suspicious thoughts like these!!! {sarcasm}

I give the guy some credit, you must have some kind of faith in your bull shit to post a picture of yourself on page 1!

Now every guy with a gun who is hunting down false prophet in the name of God, has a picture of PopOff, courtesy of this Stuck At Home Mom.

Below you’ll find a link to the entire letter.

Now for the highlights

I’m going to skip over the 4 long pages about the colored clothes and only say I have VERY disappointed he did not send me an Orange one to complete the set!

Let me just jump right to the Money portion of the letter, because, as we all know, this God, isn’t going to work for nothing.

I can hear Sister Tucci’s voice ringing in my head “Beware of False Prophets”

I’ll let you be the judge of this guys inner scary, feel free to download the entire letter:
http://stuckathomemom.com/img/PopOff/1.pdf
http://stuckathomemom.com/img/PopOff/2.pdf
http://stuckathomemom.com/img/PopOff/3.pdf
http://stuckathomemom.com/img/PopOff/4.pdf
http://stuckathomemom.com/img/PopOff/5.pdf
http://stuckathomemom.com/img/PopOff/6.pdf
http://stuckathomemom.com/img/PopOff/7.pdf
http://stuckathomemom.com/img/PopOff/8.pdf
http://stuckathomemom.com/img/PopOff/9.pdf

This is a repost.
Why is this a repost?
Because apparently people are still falling for this – so I feel the need to repeat.

Here is how it works:
The ad reads something like “You can earn between $500.00 and $10,000 working part time from your kitchen table stuffing envelopes for our company. All supplies are mailed to you and you will be paid before you ever send out your first letter. A small deposit is required to register you in our database and as a deposit for your office supplies.”
You send them $40 for supplies – the “deposit”. They send you a packet of information that has been copied 500 times and looks like crap.
The packet of information, usually 10 to 15 pages which tells you how to make the scam work.
1, you make copies of the “packet” of crap information they sent you.
2, Then you turn around and write an advertisement for “a stuffing envelopes job” and post it in newspaper or online.
3, when someone takes the bait and sends you the $40.00, you send them the same “packet” of information. And around and around it goes.
It gets better with today’s technology, scammers can advertise online and send you digital information, they don’t even have to mail you the information any longer, saves on postage.

Here is how it works:
The ad reads something like “You can earn between $500.00 and $10,000 working part time from your kitchen table stuffing envelopes for our company. All supplies are mailed to you and you will be paid before you ever send out your first letter. A small deposit is required to register you in our database and as a deposit for your office supplies.”
You send them $40 for supplies – the “deposit”. They send you a packet of information that has been copied 500 times and looks like crap.
The packet of information, usually 10 to 15 pages which tells you how to make the scam work.
1, you make copies of the “packet of information” they sent you.
2, Then you turn around and write an advertisement for “a stuffing envelopes job” and post it in newspaper or online.
3, when someone takes the bait and sends you the $40.00, you send them the same “packet” of information. And around and around it goes.
It gets better with today’s technology, scammers can advertise online and send you digital
information, they don’t even have to mail you the information any longer, saves on postage.

The Staple Books Scam.

How do I know this is a scam? 15 years ago, this scam was only $20 and I have a rule, if it’s only $20 – get it!

This scam is run 2 ways, they may only send you one of the two way, but I’m going to tell you both.

The letter you received (or one like it)

The first scam: Mailing the “Get Credit Now” booklet.

Here’s what happens.
1) You send MGE $49 of your hard earned bucks.
2) They send you the Manual, you also receive one VERY expensive stapler, and the information you’ll need to send out.
3) You open the manual and start to read.
The manual tells you how to create the scam. The manual tells you how to advertise, where to get mailing lists, whom to target.
You are told to copy the information, run the ads and as people send you checks, cash and money orders you start sending them out the manuals.
4)But they say “We’ll Pay” – get paid before you send anything out?
They don’t lie when they tell you you will be paid before you mail out any of the packets. They also tell you that you will only need to staple as many packets that you need to mail for them and that’s the truth, if you never advertise, you’ll never send anything out.

Keep reading there’s more to these scams.

The second scam: How to RUN this scam.

Here’s what happens.
1) You send MGE $49 of your hard earned bucks.
2) They send you the Manual, which btw, isn’t going to be stapled together – but we’ll get to that in a minute. You also receive a stapler – one VERY expensive stapler I may add. And that’s all you need!
3) You open the manual and start to read.
The manual tells you how to create the same scam you have just fallen for. The manual tells you how to advertise, where to get mailing lists, whom to target. It’s not stapled together so you can make copies and run the same scam.
4)But they say “We’ll Pay” get paid before you send anything out?
They do say that they will pay you and I’m pretty sure if you want to court on that you’d win and get your $49 bucks back. Of course it will cost you about $100 in small claims court fees and they are betting that since its only 49 bucks and you won’t want to admit you were that stupid, you won’t take them to court.
They don’t lie when they tell you you will be paid before you mail out any of the packets. They also tell you that you will only need to staple as many packets that you need to mail for them.

I am on every target list that scammers use. I’m on every mailing list, every new scammer is going to get my name/address and send me their form letter. I on all those mailing and email lists because I constantly look for online jobs so I can report on them and keep people from falling for these type of scams.

I know you’re saying but, but, but. Why don’t people just get their money back? Do you really think they are going to send you your money back? You send them a check, they now have your checking account number. There’s a good chance that your checking account is now empty. Or you sent them cash, so what you have proof of delivery, who are you going to whine too? Or you sent them a money order, how do you plan to stop payment on that?

Ask yourself a few questions:
How did they randomly get your name for this?
How do they know you’re responsible enough to actually send out those booklets?
If you owned this company would you pay a perfect stranger $20 to staple one 17 page booklet? And if you did, would you pay them BEFORE they shipped the booklets? I don’t know about you, but I’d staple booklets for $5 a booklet if I could do 50 to 100 booklets a week. Wouldn’t you? Doesn’t $20 seem a little extreme?

Reread the twp page letter again, everything I say makes sense, doesn’t it.

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Legitimate Work at Home!
I have several posts with REAL work at home jobs: http://stuckathomemom.com/featured/jobs-at-home
Data Entry: http://stuckathomemom.com/featured/data-entry-jobs
Administrative: http://stuckathomemom.com/featured/administration-data-entry-jobs

This one isn’t a job, but its a list of Legitimate Paid Surveys. The first one ACO sends me a check Every Month! I need to start copying the checks and posting them as proof, they are one great company: http://stuckathomemom.com/featured/real-paid-survey

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Have a scam you want explained? Or have a question about this scam? Ask me! Please leave a comment.

Here is how it works:
The ad reads something like “You can earn between $500.00 and $10,000 working part time from your kitchen table stuffing envelopes for our company. All supplies are mailed to you and you will be paid before you ever send out your first letter. A small deposit is required to register you in our database and as a deposit for your office supplies.”
You send them $40 for supplies – the “deposit”. They send you a packet of information that has been copied 500 times and looks like crap.
The packet of information, usually 10 to 15 pages which tells you how to make the scam work.
1, you make copies of the “packet of information” they sent you.
2, Then you turn around and write an advertisement for “a stuffing envelopes job” and post it in newspaper or online.
3, when someone takes the bait and sends you the $40.00, you send them the same “packet” of information. And around and around it goes.
It gets better with today’s technology, scammers can advertise online and send you digital
information, they don’t even have to mail you the information any longer, saves on postage.

To setup a PayPal sellers account and eBay sellers account you must have a credit or debit card (trust me on this one I’ve had 5 or 6 accounts in my time)

This means if a customer uses a stolen credit card or claims they did not receive their package, regardless if you have delivery confirmation, paypal will remove the funds from your account, leaving you without the item and payment.

If you do not have enough funds in your paypal account, paypal will deduct the payment from your checking account at will.

You MUST protect yourself from PayPal and eBay at all costs, here’s how:

1) Get a GreenDot credit card. The smallest amount is $30 with I think a $5 activation fee. YOU CAN USE THE $30 LATER – DON’T WORRY.

2) Once you have the GreenDot credit card use that card to setup your PayPal and eBay sellers account and let them verify the account using that card. Once they have verified the account use the remaining balance.

3) Get the PayPal debit card. Once your customer has paid you remove the funds at any ATM, leaving only enough to pay your eBay fees.

4) Setup more than one PayPal account this way using different GreenDot credit cards. This way once a customers pulls a scam, you can remove that PayPal account from your eBay account and you will have another ready and waiting.

5) Never give your Checking or Savings account number to PayPal or eBay.

6) Use one eBay/PayPal account for purchasing and 2 or more for selling.

7) Whenever possible, invoice your customers using PayPal, do not use eBay’s PayPal check out. If receive just 1 negative feedback, PayPal may with hold payment for up to 21 days. You are expected to send the item, however you may not receive the funds for almost a month.

eBay and PayPal are looking out for their best interest, shouldn’t YOU?

Scam – Rebates

Rebates at home isn’t a scam as much as it isn’t worth it. Basically, lets say you are affiliate with Company X. Company X sells a product that costs $100.00. If you bring them the customer they pay you 50%. That is $50.00 – just keeping everyone on the same page! You advertise the same product for $75.00 after rebate! They purchase the product from Company X using your affiliate link, Company X turns around and pays you $50.00. After 90 days, if the person hasn’t returned the item, you send them a $25.00 rebate – usually by PayPal. It’s 90 days because after 90 the CC company will give them a hard time if they claim fraud. So you tell your customer to send in the rebate information, which you provide, 90 days after purchase. You make the rebate between 90 and 120 days. Most people will forget about the rebate after 90 days or have deleted the email or whatever.
And that is how rebates are processed at home.