The State of Texas alleged that all three websites violated the Texas consumer fraud statute because the defendants engaged in false, deceptive and misleading acts and practices in the course of trade and commerce. And we recently published a post on another famous work-at-home opportunity: Jeff Paul’s “Shortcuts To Internet Millions” program. As we wrote then, a website dedicated to protecting consumers from sham business opportunities wrote that Jeff Paul’s program is a “scam” and warns consumers not to “believe everything you hear!!” Another consumer website reported that in its opinion Jeff Paul’s program is not “a legitimate program” and cites to consumer complaints posted by people ...

The State of Texas alleged that all three websites violated the Texas consumer fraud statute because the defendants engaged in false, deceptive and misleading acts and practices in the course of trade and commerce. And we recently published a post on another famous work-at-home opportunity: Jeff Paul’s “Shortcuts To Internet Millions” program. As we wrote then, a website dedicated to protecting consumers from sham business opportunities wrote that Jeff Paul’s program is a “scam” and warns consumers not to “believe everything you hear!!” Another consumer website reported that in its opinion Jeff Paul’s program is not “a legitimate program” and cites to consumer complaints posted by people who signed up for the program.

The Better Business Bureau received 3,539 complains last year about work-at-home companies, and Allison Southwick, a spokeswoman for the bureau, says that her agency is “very concerned about seeing a rise in instances of fraud targeting job hunters this year in light of the increase in the unemployment rate.” “Scammers,” she added, “read the headlines and anytime people are vulnerable, they’ll take advantage.”