Job Scams - Be careful


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HARJIT6244   
Member since: Feb 04
Posts: 11
Location: BRAMPTON

Post ID: #PID Posted on: 16-02-04 16:12:08

Hello Friends, I have been cheated of my money right here in Canada, Toronto. I paid this guy $240 and sign up http://www.surejobs canada.com and I was made to sign papers that say there is no refund. They promise job search, three year plan, but I have got nothing so far.
Can anyone tell me what to do. Is my money gone for good or can I approach anyone here for help.

I was also approached by Bernard Haldane to sign up with them for $5400 but I refuse.

I have been jobless for more than 6 months and I'm doing labour jobs. This is my second visit here and both have been failures. I am thinking of going back to Singapore for good.

My e-mail is



kapilmalik   
Member since: Oct 03
Posts: 51
Location: canada

Post ID: #PID Posted on: 24-03-04 18:28:12

:( hi Friends !

I saw an advertisemnt in employment news for modelling , i went there and they told me that u have a potential for being a model and for that we will pay for your porfolio you pay for your headshots and that will cost 900 dollars, she put me so high i ended up giving her 200 dollars advance and she gave me the date of photo shoot and told me to bring that remaining amount then. so, three days before that i called her and said i dont wanna do it , i wanna cancell it she said ok but your 200 dollars is not refundable, i said i will take this matter forward she said you are more welcome to do that. I am scammed :( :( . Please tell me friends what to do i'm jobless and over that this 200.


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ravimysore   
Member since: Mar 04
Posts: 7
Location: toronto

Post ID: #PID Posted on: 25-03-04 01:05:08

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Orginally posted by kapilmalik

:( hi Friends !

I saw an advertisemnt in employment news for modelling , i went there and they told me that u have a potential for being a model and for that we will pay for your porfolio you pay for your headshots and that will cost 900 dollars, she put me so high i ended up giving her 200 dollars advance and she gave me the date of photo shoot and told me to bring that remaining amount then. so, three days before that i called her and said i dont wanna do it , i wanna cancell it she said ok but your 200 dollars is not refundable, i said i will take this matter forward she said you are more welcome to do that. I am scammed :( :( . Please tell me friends what to do i'm jobless and over that this 200.















Hi friends
I want to call your attention on an ad.Recently I seen an ad in star stating co-op for civil and mechanical engineers.The adress is in younge street. I called the agency and asked about the coop.They gave an appointment and asked me to come for the interview.I went for the interview and was asked many questions.Finally the result was like this. I was told to improve my skills and I was advised to join a programme run by them which costs 2700 cdn.I told them i would call them intimate.Next day again I recieved a call and told to register so that I can reserve a place for the programme for 200 cdn. Friends be careful about the agencies like this.Even today I seen the same ad.
:smash:



xyza   
Member since: Apr 04
Posts: 58
Location: Brampton

Post ID: #PID Posted on: 05-04-04 08:44:26

Pyramid Schemes - Something I fell prey to when I first moved to Canada. I lost $1500+ before I realized that I was never going to make the millions this way!

All it takes is a little common sense to see the illogical nature of this scheme, but the 'get rich quick' dreams never fail to entice us- I sure was duped.

On TV the other day, I saw that this scheme is still alive and kicking- so beware! :)


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STHIRU18   
Member since: Apr 04
Posts: 103
Location: MISSISSAUGA

Post ID: #PID Posted on: 13-09-04 19:17:03

I can say this about these "get rich quick" schemes. First of all they are too good to be true, and as the old cliche goes, "if it's too good to be true, it probably isn't". If life was so kind upon us and we could make millions in such short a time, there would be no place for charities like United way, Salvation Army. Of course there wouldn't be any pan handlers too.

Now the way these pyramid schemes work is that Once a desi gets drawn into the quicksand like "Quik@@@@" or "A@@@y, they have to find "sacrificial goats" to A) Recover their moneyand B) "to make millions" like their team leaders told them. I don't have statistics to back my opinion, but I guess it's people from Asia (aka Indian, Pakistanis and to some extent bangladeshis and Srilankans) who you will find most in these "make a million tonight" schemes.

There was a story in a daily that these guys are hanging around places like Walmart (frequented by South Asians) to find "victims". So the next time someone is more polite than humans usually are, he might be going for the jagular.......... Beware!



CAPRICO   
Member since: Sep 04
Posts: 105
Location: TORONTO,CANADA, AT PRESEN

Post ID: #PID Posted on: 29-09-04 15:09:18

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wisernow   
Member since: Apr 04
Posts: 313
Location: 43° 54' N, 78° 6' W

Post ID: #PID Posted on: 29-09-04 16:24:58

Placement services by any firm is a bunch of crap!


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