Elaine
Woodland Hills,#2Consumer Suggestion
Sat, July 27, 2002
I'm sorry to hear about your situation. Unfortunately the Penny Saver usually doesn't vouch the legitamacy of these "business opportunities". I constantly see in the Penny Saver the ads for "Make Money at Home". A friend of mine actually called these ads just to see what the catch was. It turns out that most of these "business opportunities" require payment up front for booklets/training kits. One place she called, the "kit" was $2000! What's funny is the lady on the phone informed her that after she finished with the training kit, she would get that money back plus more by making $1000 a week! At least you only lost $20, so consider yourself very lucky that you learned about scams at such a cheap cost. Many people have been scammed out of 100's and 1000's of dollars. If you have the address for this place, I suggest you take another $20 and buy lemons and eggs to chuck at this place. (Just kidding...although it would be nice, wouldn't it?) Honestly, what I would do is take that $20 and put an ad in the Penny Saver underneath theirs telling all the Penny Saver readers what a bunch of scam artists these people are! You will do a good thing by letting people know how you got ripped off and saving them from getting scammed too, and giving BK credit a taste of their own medicine!
anti
Irvine,#3Consumer Suggestion
Fri, July 26, 2002
Fill a complaint with USPS Inspectors. https://www.usps.com/postalinspectors /fraud/MailFraudComplaint.htm As a subject of your complaint selet Employment - Work at Home. As you can see their example exactly this "stuffing envelope" - this is the #1 home at work scam. Something else. There is NO LEGITIMATE at home stuffing job. ALL offers for stuffing/stapling are scams. Stay away from them. If you get similar offers, come to RipoffReport, post a message to warn others, and fill a complaint with USPS Inspectors.