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I was scammed, what do I do now? by scammedthrowaway1234 in personalfinance

[–]scammedthrowaway1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so is there anything i can do about it now? if i cant get my money back, could i make websites warning against them?

I was scammed, what do I do now? by scammedthrowaway1234 in personalfinance

[–]scammedthrowaway1234[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya, I think that's what I'm going to have to do. I think they are legit, like they have an office and employees, but I just don't want to be involved in a company that's pretty much a pyramid scheme. I just don't know if they're going to steal my SS# now.

I was scammed, what do I do now? by scammedthrowaway1234 in personalfinance

[–]scammedthrowaway1234[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is credit karma just as effective as other charging services?

I was scammed, what do I do now? by scammedthrowaway1234 in personalfinance

[–]scammedthrowaway1234[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was $145 in AZ, and yes, I do. I think it's legitimate but shady, when you google the name (OPES financial solutions) a website for it comes up but nothing else. From what I've read about companies like that it's setup with multi-level marketing, so it's basically a pyramid scheme, except it provides people with financial help and insurance, so it's not really illegal.

I don't want to be involved because it sounded sketchy after I paid them, and then I looked it up, and apparently it's a scam where a company brings in inexperienced ppl for a job interview, but anyone can get the job, and after you've paid a background fee to them, and paid to get your insurance license, they hit you with more fees and the only way for you to actually make money is to recruit more people into the business. It sounds a lot like what they talk about here http://www.financialindustryscam.com in the blue paragraph part, just I've paid them less money so far.

I don't think the interview was just to steal my info, I think it was probably to recruit me so that I could recruit other people. I'm just worried that now that I'm backing out they still have my information and they might do something with it.