Catalogues-2-Cash

[Sue]

I had a flyer through my door recently, headed "Need Extra Cash?" and basically advertising work delivering/collecting "small catalogues".

I googled the company but am none the wiser, though there seem to be several similar companies around. Their website consists solely of the (limited) information on the flyer and a form to submit personal information.

It all seems a bit iffy to me, though if it was that iffy I'd have thought something would have come up on the google search.

I wondered whether anybody had had any experience of them (I could do with extra cash, hence the interest!)

I must admit I did warm a bit to a company whose flyer says "Lose weight naturally by walking" :)

[DulwichFox]

It's a Scam....

?500 P/W ??

Does anyone really believe you will get ?26k a year for delivering cataloues. ??

Their Website is just an HTML Form and gives no Details about the people you are dealing with.

I'm not even going to put the link here.

In Addition once you have replied giving your Name and Postcode.

You could be inundated with letters for Get Rich Quick Scams..

As you would of been identified as someone in need of cash.

Fox.

[Sue]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> It's a Scam....

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I'm sure it is, and that's why I posted here rather than filling in their form, and why I can't understand why I could find nothing about the scam online.

I found a website along the lines of "Ten scam money-making schemes", and the catalogue thing wasn't included, let alone this particular site.

To be fair, Foxy, it says ?50 - ?500 a week - I completely agree with you that ?500 is ridiculous, as you'd have to be working about 24/7 to make that sort of cash.

I liked their age limits of 18 - 80, as well :)

I guess anybody doing a google search will now come up with this thread .....

[DulwichFox]

Like I say..

The scam is to get you to identify yourself with your Name and Post Code.

Then they send out the letters with other selective get rich schemes.

You are on the so called 'Suckers List'

Fox.

[Bic Basher]

You'll probably end up buying the catalogues and then the goods if you're lucky to get any customers and not making a profit.

[Sue]

Bic Basher Wrote:

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> You'll probably end up buying the catalogues and

> then the goods if you're lucky to get any

> customers and not making a profit.

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It was presented as just posting the catalogues through letter boxes, but I completely agree with all Fox says.

[Burbage]

Sue Wrote:

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> It was presented as just posting the catalogues

> through letter boxes, but I completely agree with

> all Fox says.

That may be true, or it may not. Legitimate delivery companies do exist.

However, the Registrant of the domain (registered in March this year) is UK Health & Fitness, a company that doesn't exist, unless it's the same as UK Health and Fitness Solutions Ltd which, according to Companies House, has a different address and will be Dissolved on 14/08/2012.

The address of the domain registrant is, interestingly enough,

58 Stanbury Road, London, SW15 4EH

And that's interesting because the postcode doesn't match.

There's nothing inherently suspicious about what may be a suburban terrace (in Peckham or Richmond, depending which bit you believe) with a dodgy postcode is operating a domain registered in Canada to run a website hosted in Arizona, but it does suggest a lack of transparency, especially given the website, designed by a Paul Vagg (who appears to have designed nothing else and seems oddly coy about attracting new clients), neither carries a privacy policy nor the registration details of the company operating it. Both of which are fairly illegal. Neither is it very worried about securing your personal information - the form is plain http instead of https.

I do know that people do run round putting unsolicited leaflets and catalogues through doors, even though it's never the same person twice, and I presume they do it for money. But I suspect it's only worthwhile if there is literally nothing else to do and HMRC doesn't find out. I also suspect that they're not recruited by dodgy websites, even if they have got a picture of the London Eye.

I'd steer clear, if I were you. And, if you're ever tempted by similar sites, just check them out (using 'whois' and companies house). If things don't match up, it's almost certainly a scam.

[Sue]

Thanks for your very thorough research, Burbage, I'll return to hoping I win the lottery (well I did win a tenner recently) :)