Comments on: Beware: FreelanceHomeWriters.com

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:14:04 +0000

BTW–like I said mine was in response to a Craiglist listing. The gmail didn’t come up until I received the emails. the reason I knew it was the Craigslist ad is that it had the ad title–Senior Advertising Copywriter (Healthcare) (boise)–in this case in the Subject area.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:05:23 +0000

Deb:

Maybe I will try complaining to the web host. I sent a complaint to Craigslist but do not expect to hear anything. I just blocked my 400th bajillion gmail address associated to this bogus ad and it is making me nuts! I have all the bocked gmail addresses so that’s a start. I just wish I could stop them but other than blocking gmsil (which I can’t do since so many of my contacts use it) I just don’t know what else I can do. Thanks, all! Hope you are having a great 4th.

Cathy

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:20:03 +0000

I agree that gmail is a red flag. Not to say that it is by any means a definite, but if the ad already sounds weird or too good to be true, and there’s a gmail addressed attached, I’d skip it.

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:42:23 +0000

I agree with all of your sentiments. This place has to be stopped. It’s one thing to advertise yourself as a subscription based job finding service. It’s quite another to place a bait and switch. The problem is, how can Craigslist regulate and ban when they don’t know that many of the ads lead to freelancehomewriters?

I think rather than complain to the job boards, disgruntled parties should complain to the web host. Enough complaints about scams and the host may yank their service. It’ll take some digging though because they registered anonymously.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:08:58 +0000

These guys are really aggressive…they’re all over Craigslist and other places on the Internets.

Any outfit that wants money from me up-front for ANYTHING…startup kit, ebook, software, disc, lists, whatever…can just go straight to hell. That’s just got “scam” all over it, and there are enough desperate people out there right now that are going for it, I’m sure that “FreelanceHomeWriters” is cleaning up on it.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:43:54 +0000

Geez – my fingers must really be bloated today with all the typos…should read “this spam list.”

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:40:37 +0000

BTW—here’s another recent problem I had. I answered a Craigslist ad & ever since I have been receiving bogus e-mails almost all with g-mail accounts. As quickly as I block them in my spam, another one comes along with a different username@gmail.com. I hate that I am on lis smapm list. Is there ANYTHING I can do to stop it? I don’t want to block gmail as I have too many legitimate contacts on gmail.

Thanks.

By: Marlene

Marlene — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:01:15 +0000

I have come across them several times as well. We must always be vigilant and sharing these stories helps tremendously! Thanks!

By: Toni Macdonald

Toni Macdonald — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:33:36 +0000

I too answered an ad and received a link to this website. I filled out the application: until I got to the part where I had to pay to have access to their website. I now receive e-mails from them constantly, trying to get me to join.

By: Veronica Shine

Veronica Shine — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:07:30 +0000

Perfect timing. I received an email from Charlie just yesterday. However, the link he provided me does not open up outside of the United States. I went through the back door and it is the one and the same.