How do you Know If The North American Commission House is a Scam?
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You really don't.\n\nhttp://www.gao.gov/new.items/d01933.pdf\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement
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I just got scammed today fro 891.00. After calling several times I realized this was a scam. Every time I called a different person answered the phone. I spoke to a Sara Walters, Elizabeth Jefferys, Adrien (he did't have a last name) and finally A Jim Jones. I asked him how dose he get away with what he is doing and he told me I was the stupid one for sending my money Western Union. So he addmited scamming me. He even went on to disguse his voice to act as if he was White and then Jamacan. He told me he was so good that he could act like he was from any race. Meaning he is one person imatating several. Then I spoke back to Sara (I guess she didn't know about the conversation I had just had) and she told me that my account had a "RED FLAG"  and she couldn't send me money unless I sent her another 585.00.  Can you believe she had the nerve to ask for more money.  I ended up calling the Canada police, they gave me a numver to a dept. called phone busters so I could give a report. I also found out that it is illegal for a Canaden company to ask for any money down before sending the loan. Unfortunally I found this information out too late!!!
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They are definately a scam.I have gotten several.Don't respond.If you receive an offer via email from someone claiming to need your help getting money out of Nigeria — or any other country, for that matter — forward it to the FTC at spam@uce.gov.
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Unfortunately it appears to be a scam or at least according to Habitat for Humanity:  \n\nThis is a quote from a page about Check Scams:\n\nPreventing Fake Check Scams - Fraudulent/Counterfeit\n"How it Works\n\nShortly after submitting your resume to CareerBuilder.com, you will receive a notification via e-mail of a company seeking a "donations processor", "money handler", etc. etc. The notification appears to come from CareerBuilder.com. Once you respond to the notification showing interest in the position, you are then e-mailed a link to a (fake) contract and asked to sign it and return it via fax.\n\nWithin a few days of signing the contract, you will receive a FedEx envelope containing a Cashiers Check in the amount if either $4500 or $7500. The company representative will contact you via e-mail asking the status of the funds. Your bank will release the funds prior to actually verifying the legitimacy of the cashiers check.\n\nOnce you tell the representative that the funds are available, he will send you the names of who to wire the money to. He will give specific instructions on how to send the funds, as a "personal" transaction, not a "professional" one, he will very likely give you 2 different names (both in Ukraine) and tell you to keep 7% for your commission and use the remaining amount for wire fees. You will also be instructed to not send the funds via online.\n\nDays later, you will be notified by your bank that the cashiers check is counterfeit. You could possibly be facing felony fraud charges and your account bank account can/will be closed and all assets frozen.\n\nYou will find that e-mails sent to the representative are getting rejected as not sendable. The website may even disappear off line and be active under a different name."
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welcome to the internet.  we don't have to be next door to repond to an add.  I am writing this from West Africa, have a Va address and a US phone number.  Don't assume it's a scam.  I conduct business from 4000 miles away on a daily basis.
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Congratulation !\nPlz be sure its not a scam.\nIf you are informed by postal mail or email and demand any fee in cash ,to be sent by western union be sure its a scam.If you live outside Canada contact Canadian embassy for detail information.Also you can search lottery scam     \non net .\nIf you need more information send me a note ,\nsome people in my community received same information of lottery.I really want to help you before losing money.
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You better check it out before you get involved...look at the link below:\n\nhttp://www.ripoffreport.com/results.asp?q1=ALL&q4=&q6=&q3=&q2=&q7=&searchtype=0&submit2=Search!&q5=NHCD&Search=Search
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If you're taking about the one out of Winnipeg Canada...\n\nIt's a scam to take your money.  Do not deposit that check.  You will get nothing in return.
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I have the same question.  I received something from them asking to "be of service".  It sounds like a money laundering scheme.  I have not been able to find anything on them.  It sounds too good to be true! The person that send it to me was named Art but in everything else is the same.
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You may want to first read the Better Business Bureau report on AWSM Technologies:\n\nhttp://www.data.bbb.org/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=phoenix/phoenix/showrpt.html?zid=9001917\n\nPer the above report: \n\n"Based on BBB files, this company has an unsatisfactory record with the Bureau due to unanswered complaints, a pattern of complaints concerning selling practices and customer service issues, and failure to substantiate its advertised claims. Specifically, complainants allege that after agreeing to purchase an initial "ad package", the company engages in high-pressure sales tactics with the promise of higher earnings. Complainants also state that once they have agreed to pay the substantially higher fees, the company does not respond to inquiries. The Bureau has also received complaints stating that the company refuses to refund monies, stating that there is no money back guarantee or refund policy."\n\nBBB has also asked them to substantiate the claims they make on their website such as "How much can you make from these AWSM AD's? There are thousands of people that make more than $100,000 per year marketing other company's products in similar programs."  The company to date has not given BBB a satisfactory proof of the claims they make.\n\nThese negative writeups tell me to BEWARE of this company. They're not necessarily a scam, but they may be making extravagant claims with regards to earning potentials.
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it's a scam ... be careful
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never heard of it. contact the direct selling assoication. try searching rip off report on the web or ann sieg scam - I wish you the best
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As others have stated, we all get scammed at some point in our lives.  Hopefully, we all learn a lesson from it.\n\nI've been scammed many times, the most recent being last year.  A woman at work stated that she had cancer and did not have a place to stay.  I gave up my main living unit upstairs to her, and I lived downstairs in the guest area.  To make a long story short, it turns out she didn't have cancer and just wanted a free place to stay.  It took me 3 weeks to find this out.\n\nRemember some simple rules:\n\nIf it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.\n\nProtect your personal information and NEVER give out your SS#.  No reputable individual would ever ask for that information through email or by phone.  If it is by phone, ask them to mail you something so that you can confirm.\n\nUnsolicited emails can often be a scam.\n\nThese half hour commercials sell products that will cost you a fraction of the cost when it hits the stores.  If it doesn't hit the stores, it probably was a bad product.\n\nDon't be fooled by "lifetime guarantees".  These companies that you have never heard about often go out of business.\n\nIf it is illegal or "under the table", you have no recourse.\n\nIn short, be circumspect with whom you deal.
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A scam as in, not worth the money, or that they take money for products they never deliver?  There's really no way to know other than to inquire whether they have a business license, are incorporated, or whatever.  Are they registered with the better business bureau.  Has the FTC received complaints about them?\n\nIf you're really concerned about them being scammers, then it would be good to contact them, and see if they respond.  Otherwise, it seems they sell coupon and discount books and memberships. There is nothing new or illegal about this business.
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Here is the link to the Federal Trade Commission's website. This is the page for info on how to report them and what you can do legally. Good luck.\nhttp://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/credit/index.html
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Listen, I received a check a couple of days ago too. I took it to a check cashing place and asked them if it was a real check and they said yes and cashed it for me. However I didn't understand the letter very well. I called the number several times with no answer. Finally the next day I called again and a man answered with an accent and told me to go cash the check and call him back and he would tell me the next step to take.  I was scared so I notified a friend of mine in Canada and he told me that it is a scam. Now I'm not sure what to do...
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I looked it over.  It sounds might suspicious to me.  It seems to be offering free services to people who win the Green Card Lottery run by the State Department.  Therefore, the thing to do would be to contact the State Department and ask them whether this site is legal, and is known to be honest.\n\nEspecially on the Internet, whenever a thing sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't.  Or rather, it has some hidden aspects.  For example, these people may indeed offer some assistance to incoming immigrants; but what do they want in exchange?  What is their reason for offering?  Whose interests do they serve?  You need to answer these questions before you trust your private information to them, let alone get on an airplane they have sponsored.  Could you even trust it was going to the destination they told you?\n\nGood luck!