This job offer came to me through Monster.com. The offer was for a "Customer Service" opening. When I applied for the opening , I immediately (within seconds) received the following:
The customer service openings are filled.
We have one other available. Please let us know if interested.
My company is S. R. Holdings, Inc. We are a travel brokerage firm that sells discounted vacation packages via the internet.
We started selling on on Ebay 7 years ago and this has proved to be quite successful.
THE OFFER
We are offering to pay you 10% of all cash collected from auctions placed on your ebay account and paid thru your Paypal account. The best part is, you get paid first. Customers will pay you thru paypal and you will send 90% of that amount to us so that we may send out the product. We pay the 2 day priority charge. YOU PAY NOTHING. WE PAY THE EBAY FEES AND THE ID VERIFY FEE.
We will place auctions on your ebay account 2-3 times a week, and we will email you when the auctions are over. The following day you will withdraw the money to your bank account and then send us a money order for 90% of that amount.
Your only responsibility after creating the Ebay and Paypal accounts is sending us a money order after the auctions have ended for 90% of the amount collected on the auctions. You will forward the notifications from paypal via email to us so we can ship out to the customers as you send the money order 2 day priority.
All we need is for you to spend about 15-25 minutes establishing your ebay and Paypal accounts and we will do the rest. Every other week we will pay 100% of all ebay fees to ebay. You pay nothing out of pocket.
Here is all we ask of you.
1. Establish an Ebay account, ( 10 minutes)
2. ID Verify that account, ( 5 minutes)
3. Establish a Paypal account, (10 minutes)
We will provide detailed help in the ebay account portion. To establish a Paypal account, simply goto www.paypal.com and follow the directions for an individual premiere account.
We do EVERYTHING ELSE!!!! THERE IS NO FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REQUIRED!!!! All you spend is the 25 minutes above.
Why are we doing this? Ebay will only allow 10 auctions of any one particular product at a time, and we have several vacation packages that we feature, thus the need for more than one account to market the packages. You can see our products at Fly4Nothing.com - free airfare, discount hotel deals, great vacation packages
Each time we list auctions, your account will receive $1,200-$2,500 in cash collected so your part would be $120-$250 per week. Most of our partners earn an average of $700 - $1,050 a month for partnering with us.
If this sounds interesting, please email me at
[email protected] and I will send you complete steps to getting all set up.
Steve Rainey, CEO
S.R Holdings, Inc.
THIS COMPANY IS IN SAD NEED OF SERIOUS INVESTIGATION. After setting up an Ebay acct. and then a PayPal account (which required me to give SS#, Bank Account #, Credit Card #) Steve Rainey, the "CEO" of this travel company contacted me by email and asked for my ID's and Passwords the accounts.
At this point, I got cold feet and cancelled the whole thing: ebay, Paypal, et al.
Horribly (AND PERHAPS CONINCIDENTALLY) about 15 minutes after going through this debacle, I checked my bank account on line and noticed that a $499.00 fraudulent charge had suddenly appeared as a "credit card purchase" on my account. When I tried to trace where it had come from, I was told it was purchased by someone with an "aol address" (which Mr.Rainey has). I spent hours trying to get back the $499.00--have not got it back yet. I am on a fixed income and that $499.00 was my food money for the month. PERHAPS THIS WAS A COINCIDENCE, the police are looking into it.
The only thing I can say with any certainty about this company is that it is at best misleading, which is dishonest--or it is, at worst, a huge and costly rip-off.
If I am proved wrong after the investigation of this situation, I will be happy to post that positive information on this website.
Martina
Los Angeles, California
U.S.A.
EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back! HERE IS WHAT RIP-OFF REPORT SUGGESTS YOU DO: Go to your bank within 60 days of the charge, or as soon as you know about the charge, don't delay, and tell them that there has been fraudulent activity within your account. Explain that you wish to file a dispute, and demand that they assist you in accordance with Federal Regulation E.
According to the majority of victims interviewed by Rip-off Report, those who immediately called their banks to dispute the charges did not get very far. Many victims got the following responses from their banks: we could not do anything for you or you waited too long; it has been more than 60 days.
If the bank is says that you have waited too long, explain to them how you called their 800 number as soon as the charges were found, and were told by the bank that nothing could be done. Remind the bank that they failed to assist you properly at the 800 #, and instead, provided you with an inadequate explanation of your right to dispute. Tell the bank that it's their fault time has expired, and since they gave you the wrong info to begin with, they will just have to deal with it, take the loss and reverse the charges.
Tell them the truth; this was unauthorized and your account was NOT to be charged! Keep emphasizing how you never authorized anything! Direct them to the hundreds of victims reports that were filed on Rip-off Report.com. And if you're at the bank, walk them over to their computer and make them go to this site! If you are on the phone with them, tell them you will wait while they access this site! Either way, be persistent!
DO NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER! Let them know nicely, that you were advised to Report them (the Bank) and this situation to the Banking Commission in your state. Since each state has a different name for the agency/controller over banks, find that name before you call or get to the bank so you can throw it in their face. The more knowledgeable you appear to be, the further you will get.
And just continue to demand the Federal Regulation E form! The bank CAN, MUST and WILL reverse the charge! But, you must be persistent; ask to speak to the supervisor or the area manager for all the branches in the state.
Let the bank personnel know you are meeting with the media later in the day, that you would much rather they do the right thing (as most other banks have) by looking at the complaints and immediately reversing the charge(s) to your account; no matter how long ago it was. Be sure to call the Media if necessary so you are telling the truth.
If you have to, be loud (but nice) in front of other customers. If you are just calling by phone, the above tactics should still work. The bank can easily fax or mail to you the Federal Regulation E dispute form.
CHARGES TO YOUR CREDIT CARD If the charge was to your credit card (not debit card, check card, or checking account), contact the credit card company as soon as possible to request a dispute form. Consumers usually have a little longer to dispute fraudulent credit card charges (up to 6 months), but it is better to act right away. In this type of situation, credit card disputes are usually successful since fraudulent companies often won't contest the disputed charge. In rare cases, credit card companies will review disputes, but refuse to reverse the charges. If this occurs, complain to a manager and let them know you will be filing a report here.
Remember Don't let them get away with it! Make sure they make the Rip-off Report ..
The more Reports filed on a Company or individual, the more likely it is that the authorities, media and attorneys will want to take action. And good luck Let us know how you do!
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