Short answer – it’s always a scam.
Quasi,
Okay.
First, any time you are afraid of impending bogus charges to your account or have given an untrustworthy party your info, go to the bank and open a new account with a new account number.
Second, message me and I’ll tell you what my part-time work at home gig is.
I’m putting in less than 10 hours a week and earning anywhere from $800 to $2200 per month.
On edit:
For the record, I’m offering that for free. If the offer is accepted, I will neither ask for nor accept any compensation.
Here is a list of 50 possible home-based businesses. Most of these are dependent on a creative interest, but it might give you some ideas.
The biggest hurdle is that you have to learn to sell yourself, IMO.
Do you have to cancel the additional programs they signed you up for individually?
I was recently hit by one on an age verification site. They signed me up for their premium service and a TV service (separate charges for each)
I canceled the premium one in the trial period but the TV one went to my spam folder so I didn’t know about it. I’m disputing that now
Manny and all: I just got off the phone with Suntrust, and their customer service rep told me they’d handle this as a Visa “courtesy” dispute, and I’d need to sign an affidavit, and an investigator would be assigned to this case.
I have had fraudulent charges on my Visa before and this is what happened then, although at THAT time someone at a motel stole my numbers off my card.
This time, I think the “small print” got by me.
So if this was a bank transaction, Manny, then yes, you need to let your bank know about both charges.
What happened with me was as soon as I saw the charge on the same day I made the transaction, I called them within minutes of talking to y’all on the board, and they sent me that e-mail saying everything would be cancelled. But then when I looked at the site again, I saw that if I had not cancelled with 7 days, (the 21st) I would be liable for any charges, and that is exactly what happened. They put that charge through.
Will someone just put me out to pasture, please? It’s becoming obvious to me that I’m not the brightest brick in the load. (or however that goes)
Thanks, Kids
Bill
I don’t know if it’ll work for Quasi, and I don’t know if additional training is needed, but I’ve heard that you can get “work from home” jobs as a transcriptionist. Basically, transcribing doctor’s oral notes or anything audio that needs transcribing, I guess.
I heard about these types of jobs right here on the Boards - I recall the poster characterizing them as not terribly interesting and I seem to recall piecework rates or accuracy being mentioned as important. (Obviously, I don’t remember the details well.)
So that’s an option. I’m guessing that any legitimate transcription work wouldn’t be advertised in such a “work from home/get rich quick” sort of manner, however. Likely there’s better channels for such work.
Yes, you would need training before you could get hired as a medical transcriptionist. No legitimate company will hire someone for that job with no experience or training - if you find someone who does, run the other way, especially if they want you to buy their software. Same with medical coding.
I find it a fascinating profession, personally, but to each their own. Accuracy is extremely important, and you’re paid on production, generally speaking, at so many cents per line.
Hiring practices in this industry have tightened up quite a bit over the years. Used to be there were more people willing to do on the job training or hire a newbie from one of the schools that advertise on TV. Like anything else - if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
Be very careful about ads for transcriptionists – many of those are selling lists of doctors who *might *hire you if you are qualified and if you contact them. They are not offering employment.