Scams (Old and New) That Target Small Business Owners

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Made Hot by: mikehartman1 on March 19, 2014 4:05 pm

Here are some of the most popular scams - those which seem simple on the surface, yet still dupe thousands of unsuspecting businesses each year.

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Written by ebele
3904 days ago

re: the vanity award scam - doesn't just happen with businesses. I almost got scammed by something similar when I first got into poetry.

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Written by ebele
3904 days ago

Yes, they chose one of my poems and wanted me to pay for the book it was going to be in. What I didn't know was it would only have been bought by those who had their poems in it. I later found out they were less than genuine when I was online one day - and then from there I found out more.

I was lucky. I didn't part with any money, but they almost got me though.

The good thing is by the time I found out the truth, I'd been writing for months, filled with the confidence I gained from their 'encouragement', whatever their real intentions may have been.

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Written by ivanpw
3904 days ago

Ebele,

Wow - that's insane. Was the scammer looking for a fee or something?

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