{"id":4015,"date":"2012-11-30T08:03:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T16:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/?p=4015"},"modified":"2013-11-18T13:12:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T21:12:56","slug":"work-at-home-scam-phone-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/work-at-home-scam-phone-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Work at Home Scam Phone Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got a call last night that really cracked me up. Now I&#8217;m not saying this was definitely for a scam, but contacting me in a manner that is against the law isn&#8217;t what I call a great introduction to your business opportunity. You see, this &#8220;work at home opportunity&#8221; called my house, using a recorded message. Very simply, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/0259-robocalls\">robocalls are illegal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4016\" title=\"Work at home robocall\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/robocall.png\" width=\"158\" height=\"283\" \/>This call\u00a0 gave me a website to go to to learn to make money from home. Given what I do, I found the whole thing hilarious. I&#8217;m reeeeally not their target audience &#8211; I know too much to trust that easily. I did a simple site: search on the domain in Google to get past the initial sales page to see what was really going on.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, they&#8217;re selling information on doing internet marketing and the ability to earn money by selling the same information to others. It&#8217;s expensive &#8211; anywhere from $667 to over $20,000. I&#8217;m not judging the quality of the information, but that&#8217;s quite a risk to take at even the lowest level. I personally think there are better ways to get an online business going than by spending that kind of money right off the bat. Doubly so when they&#8217;re ignoring the law in the initial contact. Just an awful sign for the quality of the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I hope the company running the opportunity as a whole kicks out the person running the robocall campaign. If you have a company, you can&#8217;t afford people promoting it illegally. Talk about a way to get law enforcement to look at your business!<\/p>\n<p>And yes, I did report the call to the FTC through the <a href=\"https:\/\/donotcall.gov\/\">Do Not Call website,<\/a> which also takes complaints about recorded calls. If you get a call like this, you may be glad to hear that it&#8217;s really easy to report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got a call last night that really cracked me up. Now I&#8217;m not saying this was definitely for a scam, but contacting me in a manner that is against the law isn&#8217;t what I call a great introduction to your business opportunity. 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