Dec 3, 2007
Watch out for cheats offering home-based work
RECENTLY, the world of home-based jobs was introduced to me so I
thought it would be a good opportunity to start working at home to
get some extra cash. I started searching online for such jobs, but
little did I know, there are cases of fraud activities relating to
these home-based jobs.
The advertisement was fairly simple, looking for anyone who is
willing to do some data-entry work at home. I replied to someone
named Charmaine, and I was told to transfer her $25 for training
materials.
This is an excerpt from our e-mail conversation:
'The one-time fee is not for the start-up cost but for the training
material cost (S$25), and thereafter, whatever money that you earn
is yours and yours only.
'So if you are very keen and interested in making money, do
transfer the material cost (S$25) to account No. XXXXXXXX.'
The training materials I received told me I would have to attract
all the other job seekers by posting job advertisements similar to
the one I replied to. I consider this incident unfortunate and
blame it on my naivety.
Tay Zhu Jun (Miss)
