Visit: www.professionalprospecting.com Telemarketing fraud victims are of many different ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds and range from those with little formal education to those with professional degrees. All ages are affected, although seniors receive a large percentage of the calls. The problem with telemarketing fraud is that it is difficult to tell whether a caller is legitimate, and it is sometimes difficult for people to hang up on telemarketers. Certain individuals, and especially seniors, are targeted relentlessly by telemarketers. This is especially true if the person has already given money to a telemarketer or has been victimized in the past. Common Telephone Scams Prize offers: “You are eligible to win the grand prize!” “You have won the lottery!” There is no prize, or the prize is worthless or overpriced. You are usually told that you have to pay something in advance to get your “free” prize. In most cases, you are told to pay “taxes”, or “handling fees” or “delivery charges” or are forced to buy vitamins or some other product in order to receive your prize. Chances are you will never see any prize or winnings. In some situations, the offer of a prize is merely a ruse to obtain your credit card or checking account information. It is against the law for a telemarketer to require you to pay ANY money or buy anything to enter a sweepstakes or contest. In Hawaii, it is against the law to participate in a lottery, whether the lottery is located in Hawaii …
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Winner of a Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Award for October 2012, Sneakerly is a website for new footwear development that will manufacture and sell printed canvas shoes designed and chosen by the website’s community. Designers and illustrators submit designs based on a sneaker template and the business showcases them for the website’s community to decide which designs go to production. Each design has 25 days to receive 250 pre-orders, or ‘endorsements’.If a design successfully reaches this goal the customer’s credit card is billed, the designer is awarded a 00 cash prize, and Sneakerly manufactures the sneakers to fulfil the orders. By using the crowdfunding model, Sneakerly is ensuring that capital is invested into footwear people want to buy.
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