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Has anyone used Virtual Office Temps? Your comments are appreciated...Thank You

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Hi Nick,

I thought I had heard about them before and realized I even signed up with them before. Check this thread on another site. I agree with the 1st person that post something about them making money when you purchase the services they ask you to get: http://scam.com/showthread.php?t=19010.

I did not work for them because I felt this was their only real purpose; to sell those services.

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I had signed up with them and applied for many, many jobs but did not hear back from anyone. I have not used them for a few months now. They seemed to have some good job leads but I just had no luck.
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Not just you Stephanie...almost everyone has the same experience with them.

I am 99% sure they are a front. If you read that scam site I listed above, as late as 2011 folks are saying the same things..."I applied, but never got a job".
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Hi Nick,

Virtual Office Temps has been discussed here on VAF before. You can read more by using the search feature in the upper right hand corner and typing in the words.

Here's one such thread Has anyone used Virtual Office Temps

And there are more...

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Thank You everyone for the information!!! @Janine, thank you for the link as well. I will look into it. Now the "red flag" is up!!

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Hi Tess,

Thanks for the search heads up.

I want to add that the Red Flags that thread talked about have been 'fixed" (for lack of a better word) by the owner of VOT (i.e they saw the complaints and now have tried to make the site look better); just wondering if someone reading that one might think it's now "legit" because of that?

Thoughts?

Thanks!

UPDATE: Is there a way to "tie" threads together so someone sees them all?
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I want to thank everyone for their trusted reviews. I just researched again under VOT reviews and there are many complaints against this company. Be safe and always research before trusting any company.
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I agree too, that their site is a SCAM. I applied for well over 15 jobs or more, emailed them, sent them a message on FB and never received a response. I deactivated my account with them thankfully.
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I have found two great sites for searching scam sites. If a site has a history, it will most likely show up on http://www.ripoffreport.com/. However, I did get an offer from a company I could not find because it was so new (11 days old) and you can check a site's risk at: http://www.scamadviser.com/. The company's information and information on scamadviser did not line up. The company also did not exist with the BBB.
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