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Category Archives: Fraud
A scam or a rip-off attempt
Last week someone or some company tried to relieve me of a fair amount of money. They said that we needed to issue a new certificate for the installed loft insulation in our house. Therefore I assumed they represented the original people who did the work. Continue reading
More dishonesty
If he was taking cash in hand to allow me to avoid paying his VAT, he was certainly dodging tax on any cash he took. Continue reading
Scamming small businesses and individuals
On two successive working days, I have experienced attempts to obtain bank details via cold calls. The first call purported to relate to a renewal of insurance for an appliance. We did have such insurance but I thought it was … Continue reading
Verbal understandings are not contracts
In my business I think it is important to have agreements in writing with my clients so that they know exactly what I will be doing for them in conducting their affairs (and what I will not be doing). … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, Fraud
Tagged contract, engagement letter, trust, Verbal contract
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Special offers to be taken with a pinch of salt
Image via Wikipedia Do you receive at least daily loads of emails offering you the secret of how to make vast amounts of money a day for working only four hours a week? Do you get telephone calls from overseas … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, Fraud, productivity, Sales, Social media, Start-up
Tagged Day trader, Penny stock, scam
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Budding entrepreneurs should take care of their redundancy payments
It is then that there is a danger of being lured into something which may eat some or all of that redundancy payment without any lasting benefit.
There may be an attractive offer for a franchise with “guaranteed income”. Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, Fraud, marketing, Start-up
Tagged compensation, franchise, Layoff, redundancy, redundant, unemployed
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Some things start-up businesses need to know about
What no one tells us if we don’t ask is about all the mistakes we might make which can cost us money. It is always useful to be armed with a few tips, so here are some things I have learned. Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, Fraud, marketing, networking, Start-up, Uncategorized
Tagged advertising, Directories, network, networking, scam, small business, Start-up
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Enterprise and risk
I have been talking about risk recently in another context. I was a little dumbfounded yesterday when my Mum said she was told by a family member that she should not sign up to Facebook because there was a risk … Continue reading
Posted in Customer relations, Fraud, Referral networking, Start-up
Tagged adviser, business, corporate, enterprise, Facebook, Fraud, identity, marketing, network, networking, recession, referral, responsibility, risk, security, sell
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Scammers and traps for start ups
Starting your own business is a big step and one that often isn’t thought through. “Business plan? Goodness me, no I haven’t got one.” However, other difficulties that arise in the first couple of years arise from being too trusting … Continue reading
Posted in Fraud, Start-up
Tagged advertising, adviser, advisor, business, buy, charity, Data Protection, Fraud, phishing, scam, Start-up
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