Even Virtual Real Estate Scams?
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Watshit has recently caused a stir with their Real Estate Virtual Assistant blog post. I rarely make these sorts of posts but I had to…and those of you reading this, blogladies, preacher, eli, Jason, brad, Emma, all you guys with blogs, please spread the word about Watshit to raise online scam awareness! It’s unreal and something has to be done about it.
Even virtual real estate sites? You have got to be kidding me! I’ll be honest, I did not even know Real Estate Virtual Assistants existed till earlier today!? What on earth are they supposed to do? Find virtual farming land and sell you it (not so funny joke I know).
Watshit really opened up my eyes to a lot of its information, and I wanted to make a blog post about the things I do to avoid being scammed like that. (I have never been scammed - that’s if you exclude my teenage nephew…he’s a devil!)
- First thing I check when dealing with any company, and long before I pay for any service, I do the following.
- Check their contact details, and make sure they are legit individuals.
- Check if their company is a registered one or just an online website.
- Call them up several times to make sure they actually pick up.
- Then I take as many email copies for record reasons.
No the most simple thing EVERYONE must do, do a quick Yahoo! Search for the service you want to purchase from said company. Add the words ‘bad’ ’scam’ ‘fraud’ and so on before and after the company name and company website url in your searches. This is a really easy and effective way of finding unsatisfied clients or scam reports like those on Watshit.com.
I know this is not the most detailed blog post about this issue, but I really wish from the bottom of my heart, that something is done about these online scammers. Stricter penalties online, something harsh to scare them a little! I suggest the death penalty but then again a lot of you wont agree with me, oh well.
Just be careful when dealing with people online, EVERYONE is a potential scammer. It’s that simple.
May 15th, 2008 at 4:48 am
I found your blog on MSN Search. Nice writing. I will check back to read more.
Eric Hundin
May 17th, 2008 at 6:09 am
I received an email this morning that I could find negative information on my company and me personally on this blog. This is the first I have heard of this situation.
I have been in business for almost 10 years and I am a highly established and respected real estate virtual assistant. The one thing I pride my business on is honesty, integrity, and pride! I tell every potential client I talk with that if they are not happy with anything I work on for them or create for them they need to tell me immediately.
I am not aware of any client that is unhappy with my services and most of my clients I have had for 5-6 years are longer.
I take extreme pride in the VA industry as a whole and where we have come to date.
By the way, I was among the first real estate virtual assistants in this industry and I am an advocate for all virtual assistants by speaking publicly at several different associations on the benefits of using a real estate virtual assistants.
I value my reputation as such and look forward to clearing this up as soon as possible.I look forward to hearing from you soon.
May 17th, 2008 at 9:58 am
I have no idea what you’re on about lady
This is a general blog based off other blogs that popped around here and there, I think you should contact http://www.watshit.com site scam reports about this though, they were the first to publicly post about this I think!