Did you get scammed too by this ad? USPS employment...Don't call this number!!!?

Question

I read an ad in the local News Paper in the classifies for employment for the U.S. Postal Services. The ad said I could make $20 an hour part time or full time. I called 1-800-584-1859. And they continued to tell me about the employment opportunity and that I needed to pay over $100 for the study material in order to take the Postal Battery Exam. Come to find out it's a big scam and they got my credit card numbers and already charged me. There was a report with the BBB that told me all about it.
A little fact so it doesn't happen to you. Your local post office gives you this study material free of charge and tells you how to set up for your test date!!!
Lucky for me I used Discover Card. They were great and are going after the company for me and refunding me my money. When I called this company called Exam Services they told me directly they have been doing this for years and no they would not return my money. I feel stupid it was the one time I didn't check first with BBB.

Answer 1

I haven't had that happen to me, but you should have called your local post office to confirm things first. Sucks that they took your money! Hopefully this is a learning experience. I have a motto "Trust No ONE"! ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ADS! GOOD LUCK!!

Answer 2

Just for future reference:
Watch for the "too-good-to-be-true" clues:


"The ad said I could make $20 an hour part time or full time."
How is that realistic? Answer: With a rigorous degree and an extensive interview process. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. (i.e., that means someone's lying to you somewhere.)


"I called 1-800-584-1859. And they continued to tell me about the employment opportunity..."
If they keep talking and talking and talking and talking and... Hold it. The reason they won't shut up is so you won't start thinking. If you start thinking, you realize they're trying to put one over on you, you hang up, they lose.

WHENEVER someone telling you about a great opportunity just won't shut up so you can think, something is wrong. Get away from them. They are a predator and you are the prey. They'll swallow you whole (or piece by piece) if you stick around.

As Monty Python characters say: "Run away!! Run away!!"


"and that I needed to pay over $100 for the study material in order to take the Postal Battery Exam."

...And WHENEVER someone tells you all you have to do is buy (fill in the blank) for only (a bunch of money), you just found out what they're after. Likely as not, it's JUST NOT WORTH IT!


So, to review:
1) You called a 1-800 number. (An easy thing to do, just like a fish swalloing a worm that just happens to be hangin' around a fish's favorite swimming place.)
2) You were responding to a claim that you could make"easy money". (Sounds like a Geiko commercial...)
3) But in order to make "easy money", you had to give up your credit card #, and $100 (which, all things considered, is quite a chunk of change).

They catch your attention with the bait, then they get what they want.

But before you fall for their ruse, what they want is *yours*!

Be alert, friend.

(This country needs more lerts.)


Barjesse37

Answer 3

Yes, you're right, there outa be a law.

Actually, I think having recruiters at all is a scam because they make money off of others work....Of course, you could be out here in Richmond or Glen Allen, Virginia where you have to be a member of someone's family to get an interview or be from out-of-state or from some prestigious college no-one's ever heard of to get a job...