Sounds like a scam...I hope no one is giving personal information...nm
Posted By: mtmeinmt on 2008-12-22
In Reply to: What about an IC? - I don't care to unionize; just curious.
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WHOA! Could this be a scam to steal personal ID???? nm
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No personal info, no money, no scam.
Someone is definitely not pleased with the show of solidarity.
No personal info, no money, no scam. Nothing but MTs helping one another to regain self-respect, and industry respect.
This has been in the works for 2 years, finally come to fruition. Service owners, get used to it.
Sounds like a scam
I would not send them a thing until I verbally confirmed the company you name actually sent the literature.
Sounds like a scam (sm)
Doesn't it sound a bit like they're trying to get a month's worth of work done for free, going through as many MTs as possible and never paying for the work done? Maybe they're doing overflow from Webmedx? Maybe I'm misunderstanding this, but I would run, run, run away from this company and never look back. Scams come in all shapes and sizes and this sure looks like one to me.
This RC place sounds like a scam.
That is why resumes and references should be checked and verified. Hiring inexperienced MTs is not an excuse to pay low. 5 cpl is a rip-off and RC knows it. Good luck to those who want to work for that low rate, but these kinds of MTSOs bring the rate down for everyone. Furthermore, usually an MTSO representative does not go on this message board, posting defending the company, no matter how big or how small. They have better things to do.
Sounds more like a Nigerian scam than
Sounds like they have found a way to scam money.
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Sounds like a new Nigerian scam tactic.
Will these people stop at nothing to scam people. I am so sick of the daily emails about Mr. Buckingham this or not has inherited millions but cannot get the money himself and will pay you millions to collect the money on his behalf. What is wrong with this country. I assume these people are so desperate that they not yet figured out we are not as dumb as they are. We do have televisions here and we're onto them.
I would if somehow this person was going to get a job using your identity because otherwise he could not make money being outside of the US. If he were an US MT, aka YOU..then he could work, and have his employers wire him the money via Paypal or some other means. I would be very leary having had someone scam my identity. I'd watch your credit report too. You don't know what he may have done with this information. Scammer!!!! 
Sounds personal
 You must have some major quality issues
DO NOT POST PERSONAL INFORMATION. (SM)
If you cannot follow the policy of no e-mail addresses, names, or phone numbers, you will be banned.
A Reply By E-Mail service is available when you want to provide an avenue of contact.
Posting personal information
invites identity theft. It also shows the poster to be extremely naive. I would want to hire someone with a bit more business savvy.
You're giving out WRONG information!! sm
There are 2 Synthescribes. The one involving Heather Rigsby is based in Tennessee. This is why you just have to trust your on judgment on this board sometimes!
Names and personal information not allowed (SM)
Everyone appreciates finding information on this board about companies. Whether it's good or bad, it is always appreciated. However, it is policy that people's names and personal contact information is not allowed, and those will be deleted. Feel free to name the company and gripe/praise as you see fit, but please do not post specific names from these companies. Thank you.
Are you serious? Would you like my personal information to check to see if I am lying???
Give me a break...I happen to like working at Keystrokes and if someone asks a question about them I will answer as best as I can...
are you serious? This board is for MTs to get information about companies from personal experience.
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Does anyone have any personal information about Silent Type, Inc out of New Jersey, or
Van Belkum out of Michigan? I posted on w/e, when not many on the board. Will try again. Thank you.
Sure sounds like the old "CYA" syndrome to me. Are they giving you another acct?
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Yo-Busy Buddy-Sounds like a personal problem..*l*
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I don't blame you. We have personal information on those resumes, addresses, phone, etc. (sm)
and any fool can access those.
Hopefully they learned their lesson on this and will not post anymore resumes like that.
I would be worried about identiy theft, getting all your personal information, then that weird stuff
then all that wierd stuff.
Sounds fantastic. I hope you are given permission (sm)
to post the name. I will apply there asap:)
I think that sounds wonderful. I hope they call!
Best of luck and keep us posted. I am all for MTs getting benefits and paid time off and working for the state or the county is always pretty much secure and great benefits.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
Congrats! Sounds Ideal. Hope I find something just like what you did. NM.
scam..scam..thank ya maam..
I wholeheartedly agree - i am totally digusted by the audacity of these people who assume that everyone is dumb as a rock and will send them money..I have heard reports that some people HAVE sent them money, and it just amazes me that some people actually believe them!
Scam
Vince, thank you so much for posting and with specific details. I worked for a similar company and had a great deal of trouble getting paid. I wished then that I had known about a board like this and been warned! Now I research any prospective jobs/companies on these boards before I accept. Again, thank you for the warning!:)
They did, but it was a SCAM!!
Their scam was hiring at $15 an hour and then not having any work, trying to starve you away, and then firing you for no reason because you confronted them on cutting your time-sheet hours in half. Thats right!!! Went in and changed the total amount of hours each day and put in half of it, so that sounds like a SCAM to me!
scam
I got the same exact thing. I just deleted it because I smell a big SCAM too.
scam
If they ask you for money!
Scam
Ditto -- Or if they ask you to work off a setup fee. You'll be setup alright!
They most certainly are a scam, they just try
to hide behind an MT business and software business. With all the complaints with the BBB and even articles in magazines and work at home sites warning about them. They didn't get all that from being an upstanding company.
Scam
I read an article about a mortgage scam operator. He would post job ads for engineers with great benefits, salary, etc. And then call them and get info like SS# and salary etc. Because the people thought they were applying for jobs they told him everything. Then he applied for credit and mortgages in their names and got milliions of $. It was sad because people are so desperate for a good job they just don't think to be cautiuous.
Maybe anybody who sent in a resume should keep an eye on their credit reports.
scam
Would you believe that I posted the response below about it being a SCAM to not only get the same email message from this company. Something sounds very fishy here! Don't you love the hourly range they give you without even testing you or nothing.
Got one too! Definitely a scam - nm
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scam definitely
Out of curiosity, I too applied. That has scam written all over it, and you will notice that it is gone off the board now. NEVER, NEVER do anything that involves you opening an account for someone else, giving them your personal information, etc. My husband is a VP for a bank and he says every day he gets people who come in with checks that they want to cash from these internet lottery winnings where they just have to cash the check and then send them so much of the check but they can keep $1200 of the money just for their time. Then they will receive their big payment, but the reality is in the meantime, they have cashed a bad check and now they are out the money they sent in a cashier's check to the scam artist and they have to cover the amount of the bad check which is most often $5000 dollars or so. Funny enough when my husband explains this to most people, they get mad at him for not cashing the check, because they soooooo want to believe they really won the lottery not to mention they sooooo want the $1200 they could get right away. Never mind the fact that he just actually saved them $5000 + money in NSF fees. At any rate, be careful out there, the world is FULL of scam artists just waiting to steal your hard earned money!! Stay safe and have a wonderful Christmas All!!
NOT a scam
I did do my research. Ameriplan has a terrific rating with the BBB. Just where did you get your info??
What's the scam? nm
scam
A man contacted me saying he had a job opening. Used my information, falsified my resume (i am a new mt), set up an interview with a company, wanted me to lie about my experience, and wanted ALL contact to go through him. He had set up a fake yahoo account and was communicating with this company as me, I had no knowledge of it. He would only communicate with me through yahoo messenger. Come to find out he is from Nigeria, not sure how he was going to make money off of me, but very fishy. Be very careful, it is amazing that people can do things like this.
Are they a scam?
Part of being a good MT is doing your research. Start here, research past posts, Google them, call the BBB in your areas, call local hospitals and ask if they would hire anyone with their so-called education, which is about as worthless as something that fell out of a Cracker Jack box. RUN!
SCAM
I tried it and it is a scam. After about a week, they sent 2 fake money orders for $950 each for petty cash and then want you to take $1500 to Western Union.
SCAM!!!!
Stay away from J at MedTrans of America! Many posts in the archives about her not paying her MTs or having checks from her bounce.
AIM Scam? sm
In May of this year, I paid for an internship at the AIM Program. The lady seems very nice, but she e-mailed me and said she could not get enough mentors after saying I was # this or #that (always going down but nothing else, just promises).
I paid with a credit card, but there is a clause in her contract that says that no matter if she trains or not the money is nonrefundable. Is there anything I can do?
Anyone know anything about Global Information Systems? Any information would be appreciated. nm
Southscribe Scam
DO NOT WORK FOR SOUTHSCRIBE in Atlanta Georgia!!! My wife started working for Sandy Edelman (apparently the owner of the company) in October. After the 2nd week, he promised she would receive a check for her work thus far. She never received this check but he made excuses and said he would mail it the next day. After working for a month, when the contract she was working on for him was over, he again promised he would send a check for the entire amount that he owed her (over $200). We still received nothing. Finally, I called him personally and he told me that he sent a check out on 11/5/05. We did not receive this check. I have left 4 voice messages on 2 different numbers that he has and emailed him at the address that he used to contact my wife through and have heard nothing from him. You can also find at least 4 other similar complaints on this website by searching for Southscribe. If you want to avoid the grief, stay clear of this company!
Bet it is a scam to "teach" MT sm
For a cost, of course.
AAMT is a scam - everybody knows that.
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One word - scam!
APPLICATION SCAM?
This is the scenario--Company advertises what sounds like a really nice position. Resume is submitted. Information and test is received with message to urgently return it, for the first one who passes the test will be hired. Some time passes, so applicant decides to not continue with test, as someone probably already passed and was hired. Recruiter is notified that applicant will not continue. Then, recruiter contacts applicant to encourage her to complete the test anyway, because no real decisions will be made for a couple of days!!
Question: Does this sound like one of those recruitment situations where the recruiter is using applicants as workers, to get some reports done?
SCAM-o-rama!
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You betcha it's a scam
and many hospital administrators, HR directors, and heads of large nationals and smaller services know it. Their credential has about as much validity than something that you get out of a Cracker Jack box. Maybe if its officers had been thinking more about working class MTs and less about their own executive (I use the word advisedly here) positions, it would be different, but the AAMT veered off course waaaay back when it was still the AAMT and most people now recognize it for what it is.....or isn't.
What do you mean by "is it a scam?"
It is probably just a mistake by whoever designed and maintains their website, but I don't understand what you mean by asking if it is scam.
SCAM in my opinion anyway
READ the contract they send you! The person running the ad called me and *sounded* good on the phone. Then came the contract and I could quickly see they have it worded so that they can withhold pay - but vague as to when they would actually do so. When I asked for clarification, more details about this, communication stopped. When I asked again, I was told can we talk next week? And of course no further contact.
A straight-forward service does not look for creative ways to justify withholding pay... Once you have done the work you are at their mercy to decide if you have defaulted and good luck getting your money then.
Hope the recruiter reads this - not that it would change anything. Just looks like I'm not the only one on to you...
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