Gloucester Residents, Please Watch Out For New Scams

Hey everyone. Just want to send out a reminder that the scams are coming in fast and furious these days as the economy is down so the scams are up. The latest big scam which is rather old but on the grow as it is a good one, Secret Shopping. There are variations on this scam but they always play out the same way. If you are prospected for one of these positions via email, this is the first giveaway you are being scammed. These companies are not looking for people to join them. People are looking to join those companies instead. Strike one.

The folks on the other end have email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, or one of the other free service providers, strike two. You are sent an email to provide your information and it is not a legal application form, strike three. Yet people are still falling for these with these three strikes already in play. Here is the hook, $100.00 to $200.00 per assignment, plus $30.00 to $50.00 to spend as you want at your assignment. You also get to keep what you buy with the 30 to 50 bucks. In one particular case, the victim was promised at least $400.00 per week for super easy and fun work.

The inning is almost over yet the majority of victims are fully hooked in to believing the scams are real offers and that they have just been very fortunate. Well you are not. Here is the rest of the deal. Your first assignment is usually going to your nearest Wal Mart or Old Navy store and buying some items and then either going to Money Gram in Wal Mart and sending the money on to another secret shopper or go to a Western Union to do the same. The sinker for you. Once you cash the check(s) you get, which are usually Money gram checks or Western Union checks, these are fraudulent and even though you already got the money from the bank, the bank will be calling you or sending you a letter in a few days letting you know they either froze your bank account or are demanding payment from you on the bad checks.

If you have the money to cover these checks, consider it gone. It now belongs to the bank. If you didn't have the money to cover the check(s), you will have to come up with it somehow or have charges pressed against you for passing fraudulent products. So instead of you making money, you just lost a fortune if you fell for this. It's really a good scam that hooks a lot of people very quickly. Take these things into consideration. There is a certain degree of legal matters that must be accomplished before you ever even get a job offer, such as filling out a full employment application, supplying your SS number and and drivers license. These must also be presented as copies verifed by someone as part of the hiring process.

There is always a professional web site where you receive training before starting your first assignment. You will also have a manager that you report to that has decent grammar. Scammer's are notorious for bad grammar. Always question why you are sent such large amounts and are paid on the spot before performing any work. Another strike is your Money Orders being sent to you via an overnight service. Why do the scammer's use this method? Many times there is a loop hole where checks can't be detected as frauds for anywhere between 24 through 96 hours. So getting you these checks as fast as possible is very important to the scam.

I have seen some of these checks recently. They are incredibly good. They will easily pass through many banks. The bottom line here really is that you can be legally charged for forgery if you have already cashed any of these checks and you can not cover them. I'm not saying this is fair. It isn't, but the fault is also not the bank's, nor the money order issuing companies.

So please keep your best senses about you whenever looking at any offer out here. Stop and ask yourself if what you are being asked for or to do is normal. Have all the proper steps been taken? These are the warning signs that if they have not been properly adhered to, should cause you to run the other way no matter how attractive the offer. Remember this, attractive offers are the hooks. Hooks can tear you apart.

Gloucester County Auto Parts Discounts

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Go to the above link and see the type of savings you can get on auto parts as opposed to the local dealers. Get the parts you need sent right to your door or shop. Now this isn't always practicle we know. But when you have time on your side, you can get real savings on your side as well.

Print Your Gloucester Pictures On Kodak Paper

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Now that you have had your vacation and taken a bunch of pictures, demand the best and print those pictures on genuine Kodak paper through Kodak's link above. Save a ton of time and money and just sign up, upload and order your prints and they will be sent to you for less than taking them to Wal Mart to be developed.

Movies Delivered To Your Home In Gloucester

Here is another way to save money. Instead of driving to the blockbuster store and renting your movies, get the movies deleivered to your mail box instead. It's cheaper and faster too. Plus look at all the gas you will save not having to drive. When you are done watching the movie, just stick it back in your mailbox and then you will get another sent to you. It's really that easy. Plus you can rent more movies for less money. So why wouldn't you want to take advantage of that?

Gloucester Residents Make Money Now On Your Vacation Home

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Why not make money on your vacation home? Now more than ever, everyone can use extra money. If you own a vacation home, check out the link on this post and rent your vacaction home and make some extra money this year. We here at Gloucester Links & News are dedicated to helping you find ways to make a little extra income and save money as well. It's a tough economy and so we are searching new ways to help you get through it all.

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Angie's List is the site that allows you to check the ratings of local contractors based on your neighbor's experience with a contractor. Never be taken by a contractor that does lousy work, never shows up, never finishes a job or highly over charges for services again. This site also allows you to rate your contractor and let everyone else know whether the person or company you hired did a great job, fair job, bad job or never even did the job after payment. Never hire a contractor without this list.

Access Destinations Hotel Savings At 50 Percent Off

We have a question for everyone. Would you travel more or stay longer at a destination if your hotel room bill was 50 percent cheaper than the normal rates? Let's say you were heading down to Orlando Florida. Would you be more inclined to make the trip if your daily room bill was say, $60.00 instead of $120.00 per night? Would you stay in Orlando longer if you could get these types of rates? The question does not just apply to Orlando either. It applies to anywhere in the nation you want to travel to.

At the bottom of this site is a place where you can email us. This is an important question that we need your help with. We are working on seriously bringing you deals on Hotels that no one else can get or match. If this proves to be successful, we will also work on restaurant deals, ticket deals and dinner theater deals to boot. Thank you in advance to all who answer this question.

Walt Disney and Orlando Florida Tourism Numbers Down

While we were down in Orlando Florida, we noticed that travel and tourism is way down in the magical kingdom area. Although busy, the overall numbers are not where they used to be. We have not studied the Williamsburg market as of late, but we are pretty sure the numbers are not so great there either. While in Florida, we signed a number of new contracts and we are working on a national level now instead of just the Southern and Eastern part of Virginia. We are also working on bringing new deals to everyone to help make life more interesting.

In case anyone was wondering, tickets to the Disney parks went up about a month ago. Average price into any of the parks is now around $80.00 per person per day. Multiple days per person can bring the price down to about $60.00 per person. That's all pretty pricey. Add to that the $4.00 pretzel and the $4.00 soda per person and that's just a cheap snack, Disney is a very expensive venture these days.

In all fairness, there is no other place like it on earth and production is expensive. If you have never been there, we would recommend going and fairly soon before it gets even more expensive. It's worth the price when you see the show they put on and experience the Disney World difference.

Besides Disney, Orlando has so much to offer that one could not begin to do it all in even one intensive month. Seaworld, Universal Studios, all the dinner theaters, the shopping, the markets, Wet & Wild, Gator parks, glide boating, and so much more, the area is loaded with tons of fun and excitement. We will be bringing you more on this soon as we get through all the pictures we took and we will also be getting back to the local news soon too. With the economy in a slump, there are plenty of great deals to be had out there. Cheers for now.