A guaranteed employment or income scam claims to guarantee you either a job or a certain level of income. The scammers usually contact you by spam emails and the offers often involve the payment of an up-front fee  for a ‘business plan’, certain start up materials or software. The scammers might ask you to make goods which will never be sold or sell you software that doesn’t do what they claimed it would.

Some scammers also offer ‘career’ services that ask you to subscribe to a job directory or list and ‘guarantee’ a job.

Warning signs

• You receive a spam email offering you either a guaranteed income or guaranteed job.
• The advertisement requires you to send a fee to receive your start up materials.
• The advertisement only specifies a post office box address and not a street address.
• The email or letter may not be addressed specifically to you.

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Patrick