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Planet Antares Scam Solutions | How to Avoid Mystery Shopper Scams
You’ve seen the ads for “mystery shoppers.” They advertise the opportunity to shop anonymously and rate the shopping experience. The ads promise good pay for the undercover information the mystery shopper provides. It sounds like a quick way to make cash and get some excellent products at the same time.
Mystery shoppers shop on the company’s dime and write up a research report that detail’s his or her experience with the company being studied. Consumer businesses don’t usually run their own mystery shopper programs. Instead, they work with a mystery shopper company that provides shoppers and helps collect and report data. Read the rest of this entry »
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Avoiding Utility Scams
Consumers are likely to look for savings wherever they can find them, and the prospect of lowering utility bills can be attractive. Unfortunately, planet antares scam solutions has become aware of some scam artists preying on consumers using tactics that are reminiscent of phone company “slamming” schemes that were popular in the 1990′s.As part of deregulation, utility customers can now purchase gas and electric services from a company other than the one that maintains the delivery system, but the billing for all services still comes from the primary utility service. This uncoupling of product and service has opened the door to unscrupulous energy providers that illegally switch customers away from their utility provider and charge them significantly more for utility services than their previous provider. Read the rest of this entry »
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Planet Antares Scam Solutions | How To Avoid Sweepstakes Complaints
The Ohio State Attorney General’s office says that state is on track to double the number of phony sweepstakes complaints it receives this year compared to 2009. The office has received more than 900 complaints this year regarding these scams, compared to 622 for all of 2009.Sweepstakes scams promise contestants the opportunity to win prizes or other valuables. In reality, the scams are designed to steal entrants’ money or personal information, making them subject to identity theft. Commonly, sweepstakes scams inform a potential victim that he or she has won the grand prize. In order to claim the prize, however, the winner must pay fees, taxes or other charges. Alternately, victims are told that they must supply their Social Security number or banking information to pay taxes on the winnings. Read the rest of this entry »
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Planet Antares Scam Solutions | How to Avoid Phony Insurance Scams
More Americans are becoming victims of insurance fraud. As workers lose health care coverage they had through a former employer, or uninsured workers look to provide health care services for themselves and their families, more are finding that they are becoming targets of elaborate, expensive scams. Read the rest of this entry »
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Planet Antares Scam Solutions | Investment Scams
The news about the economy is mixed, leaving investors both large and small wondering whether the US economy is headed for a double-dip recession. Economic uncertainty drives investors to look for alternatives that may prevent their long-term savings from being drained by the misfortunes of a souring economy but that approach can sometimes leave investors vulnerable to investment scams. Read the rest of this entry »
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Planet Antares Scam Solutions | Tips To Avoid Forex Trading Scams
Foreign exchange currencies represent a type of highly risky investment that often leaves investors in a worse position than they were when they started. The premise of foreign exchange trading (Forex) is that the exchange values of currencies change at different rates. For example, you may exchange a certain amount of your local currency for a foreign currency. If the value of the foreign currency goes up while you’re holding it, you can re-convert it back to your original currency at a profit.Forex trading enables the investor to put down a relatively small amount of money and gain control of a much larger amount of currency, compliments of the investment house. If the value of the currency being traded rises, the investor gets a small portion of the profit he earned using the investment firm’s money. On the other hand, if the value of the currency drops, the investor may lose his entire investment (and more) because s/he will be required to repay the loss on the currency borrowed from the investment firm. Read the rest of this entry »
