Yes, the summer before I started law school I had moved out of the house I was renting with some friends and spent a few months at my dad's house. I needed something temporary, and I found an ad on Craigslist offering training and $18/hr salary. I knew it was fishy, but knowing it wouldn't be more than a 2 month thing, I decided to check them out and accepted a position that I knew would immediately be offered. After a couple of days, I realized it was little more than a lead generation scheme run by the same guy who ran Cutco's marketing. They were basically marketing for a shady law firm that specialized in scamming people by trying to get ridiculous, inflated homeowner's insurance claims. The $18/hr was only for each appointment you set up (which of course you had to provide your own transportation) and they operated like an MLM, wanting you to go to friends and family first. I just stopped showing up after a day or two, and when they called I just said "you are running a scam, leave me alone".
A blogger in suburban Philly personally exposed them. I only found his blog after I quit. I made some posts there to make sure his blog would be the first thing that popped up when you Googled the "company's" name.
http://bobbarkersnews.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-to-spot-scam-job-i-have-recently.htmlEDIT: And if you click on the link you'll notice the company rep spamming the comment section to defend this racket. Funny thing is, I know EXACTLY who this person is. He was like the 2nd person down on the pyramid, and he was so skeevy that he makes Naso look like a charmer.
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