My coworker recently told me he moonlights doing an online job while working our normal job. I asked him what he does and he said that it’s hard to explain but there’s a powerpoint that explains when i get hired. He said it’s all legal and we get paid $10 an hour and pay goes out every week. He showed me he’s made an extra $250 this week on an excel spreadsheet. I think it sounds like a great opportunity/s
Anyway what flavor of scam do you think this guy is part of? I’m thinking mlm because he’s trying to bring others into the fold, but I heard him tell someone else theres a fee to join, and that screams pyramid scheme.
If he has to explain that it’s legal, and refuses to tell you what it is until you get hired, it’s a scam. Probably an MLM he got sucked into.
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I like how you can tell who didn’t read your whole post by them giving you real advice about not taking this job
Or they missed the /s after the bit about it being a great opportunity.
Even if you miss the /s, the second paragraph makes it pretty clear that was sarcasm. Unless you know people who think getting scammed is a great opportunity.
it’s all legal
Ultra gigantic red flag.
I once had a customer tell “I know it sounds like a pyramid scheme, but it’s not” which all but confirms something is a pyramid scheme. I’m gonna assume “it’s definitely legal” is actually code for it’s completely illegal.
It’s a reverse funnel system.
The fee to join makes this absolutely a scam, but everything else reminds me of trying to explain my work for Appen. They do extremely strict NDAs and pay similarly, it’s legit but it also kinda sucks, or at least all the projects I was on sucked.
If someone has to say it’s all legal, do you honestly think that isn’t a red flag?
How much is the “sign up fee”? Because, ngl, I’m really curries about that PowerPoint now.
100% a scam and your coworker is either naive and needs someone to tell him that too or is an asshole who’s trying to get out of the hole he’s put himself in by recruiting other people
Even after what everyone else here has said, I won’t get out of bed for 10$ an hour.
I make $20 at my regular job. His big pitch was that he does both at once
It’s a scam.
Sounds like a scam, but hey hear him out it may be legit. Don’t draft that resignation letter just yet. I can tell you, with almost complete certainty, that it’s an MLM scheme and you should just walk away.
Def a scam. If it’s offering hourly income (rather than strictly commissions) I’m guessing it’s crypto, but I think Primemerica (sp?) started offering an hourly pay option so I may be wrong
It’s definitely sex work. Don’t do it.
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Yeah, hard to say the exact nature of the scam. It could be some kind of ponzi, paying out the teeny “wage” from the fees coming in from new recruits.
