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Can scamming be a legitamate business, legal and everything?
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3/29/2013 11:44 AM (PST)

Can people actually get away with placing an ad in a magazine where people send them money orders and they do not have to give them any product they claimed they would give them in exchange for their money order? Is this a legitimate business?

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4/1/2013 10:11 AM (PST)

The "scamming" is neither legal, nor legitimate, but that doesn't mean the company can't get away with it for a while. Money orders, cash and checks for items bought long distance are a bad idea. Any time a remote company holds your money without reasonable financial recourse (vs. credit card charges that can be reversed, or local businesses that can be shut down by court order/sheriff, etc.) they're in charge. If there isn't a lot of money involved it is often too time consuming and expensive to sue them in court - even small claims court - because the venue will likely be far from you. If there are many consumers bilked then a class action suit may be pursued - but these are even more expensive and lengthy and most of the money tends to go to the law firms. A number of mail order businesses are set up to take advantage of this reality, and some of them are quite successful at it. (Girls Gone Wild was a notable example that was shut down after many $millions of claims; a number of "work at home" and "make millions on the internet" schemes still survive). The prudent courses are to transact with local and/or highly reputable companies; to use credit cards for remote transactions; and to seek out the reviews of other consumers before dealing with someone new.

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1/1/2014 10:12 PM (PST)

Good post....scamming is illegal...and one can easily find out whether a business is legal or not using a basic search in http://www.trustlink.org

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