Accepted or Rejected?
Would you accept or reject this ad?
Hello Interested in book Ad with your newspapers and we will be much happy if you can place this Ad I will like you to give the quote of 4 weeks run of the advert below,so that we can move forward. Address : 155 W. Indian School Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85017 PH:6026356096 ADVERT TEXT… PART TIME JOB OFFER AS SALES REPS!!! Work at home,mailing Envelops or typing is the potential to earn $700-$3,000 Usd per-week running your own home business,Suitable for anyone willing to commit 1 Hour 30 Minutes a day.Email desohio24@yahoo.com for more pack information about the terms and the cost involve. Hope to read from you soonest,So that i can proceed with the payment details by forwarding the credit card details to you. Best Regards. Jamila Waga Message-ID:
It’s pretty easy to reject this ad when it came via email. It’s just so poorly written, it has to be a total scam.
We get a lot of these ads - some make in to print. They come on very official looking insertion orders, and per our requirements, payment in advance.
Our advice is to always be very skeptical of work-at-home ads. But we aren’t going to look over your shoulder and tell you if the ad is bogus.
If an ad comes in, the check is good, and it’s not libelous, it might make it into print.
Be careful out there.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:46 am
You actually got payment for that ad in advance? This week I’ve gotten a few such emails, completely nonsensical, given our audience (trade magazine for chemical industry), and I’m convinced they’re some kind of scam. I have no idea how it works, but I can’t think of any other reason why I would receive, for example, this:
“I will like to place an ADVERT on your newspaper. So here is the information i will like to run below. And i want you to quote me for 4 weeks.
Brand new 3 BR 2 Bath town home. This is 2 story row house with single attached garage, 5 appliance included. Rent includes condo fee which covers snow removal and external maintenance. Tenant is to pay utilities. Available immediately.
Rent: $1350.00 (Monthly)
Deposit: $1350.00
3 bedroom 2 bathroom
Date Available: Available Now
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Contact: Andrew Samantha
Contact Email: andrew.samantha998@gmail.com =============
Hope to read from you again.
Andrew Samantha”
It doesn’t even mention the city! (Definitely not NYC at that price.)
I ended up on this page by searching the “I will like” portion of the message. There’s another one posted in the comments of a US News blog:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2008/3/3/colorado-newspaper-suspends-opinion-section.html
Bizarre.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Wow–google “I will like to place”, and check out the number of impossible requests.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=%22I+will+like+to+place%22
May 14th, 2008 at 9:04 am
@Clay: no, we did not accept the ad. We too, are getting bombarded with all kinds of “for sale” scam ads. ADVERT is the tip off to me. In the U.S. they are ads, in U.K. etc, they are ADVERTs.
September 15th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Received an email from same person, poorly written, to do payroll at home, requires you to purchase specific equipment, even offered to purchase for you.
Was trying to research to see if it was a scam. The townhouse ad came up and another one the HOYT, Washington DC, no contact number, requested more info, reponse was R U ready to work with me? Any suggestions as to how to get a telephone number and physical location of this Andrew Samantha?