Is Hamden Holdings in China a complete rip-off? I signed contract, do you think it is a complete scam?
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i dont know, never heard of them\nbut thank goodness in a communist country, the company would be shut down by the government
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This company does not exist.It is a scam. Do not respond to them. Do not send them any personal details or cash. Enter the "Sarl Atoll" into your search engine. I was lucky and checked first - others did not.\n\n18/05/06: I have been checking this company all week. It is strange that now suddenly there is a website for this company - claiming that they promote technology for websites for companies. I would still remain very cautious. The address on this site is identical to the scam email I received.
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I was unable to locate any reference to such company on BBB, US and UK government records, or major search engines.\n\nIf this is a scam, which is possible, it is not widespread to trigger any news, or records yet.
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If this is really your plight in life, and you are this desperate, then my heart goes out to you! (Truthfully!)\n\nIf this is part of that old famous "Spanish prisoner" scam, then be forewarned, North Americans are not that gullible! They are not about to fall prey to that old story!\n\nFor others: Check out the link below that details scams like these. Here's what to watch out for and what to be aware of.
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It's a typical scam.. Good thing you checked it out first before you went nuts and lost your money.  Face it, NO ONE is going to just up and send you a check in the mail for no reason.  This is scam city big time.
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If it was even partially true it would be oversubscribed to the point of stupidity ... the institutional investors would be kicking their doors in - just have a look at what the interest rate would be.\n\nAs has been said, if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.  If you still are interested read their terms and conditions VERY VERY VERY carefully.  Look for any "buts", "ifs", "at our discretion" and "subject to" type statements ... I'm betting that you wont see your cash again or the $6000.\n\nSorry but I can't see how these schemes can exist in a real economic system.  High rewards are only gained through high risk.
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Most likely it's a scam.  You will want to do much research before getting involved in any such companies.
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it's a scam.  don't do it.\n\nrespectable companies wouldn't require you to pay a dollar amount.
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If the short period of time is less than a year then it's a scam.\n\nI know a company that can pay you 9.60% PER YEAR and it's legit.\n\nTop 3 Answerer in Business & Finance. (Vote for me)
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My impression is that they are all scams.  It is just not possible to offer interest rates like that.  I certainly wouldn't invest in one outside the U.S., because it would be hard to get your money back when they steal it.  But I wouldn't invest in one inside the U.S. either.  Here is a government website about these scams:
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Its a Scam, later on they will ask you to open a bank account in some country and for that they will ask you for some opening balance and stuff. All loss and no gain. My article below for full details.
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Was the company perhaps called "Success Zing"? If so, that is a business front also called "60 Minute Money" which in turn is an entry site for Herbalife.\n\nStay away from Herbalife in any of its disguises if you can uncover them first. Herbalife seems to be a legitimate company but there are enough disgruntled distributors and enough complaints lodged at various places on the Internet to make you wonder. Not to mention the question as to why Herbalife needs to have so many different business looks and why you have to get the intro package before you ever find out it is Herbalife.\n\nIf you decide to go ahead and request more info you will be soaked for an initial fee (about $39.95 in North America) for the intro package. Then you will be told that the into package is the equivalent of about $299.\n\nMy suggestion is that you revisit monster.co.uk and check out the opportunities you were looking at. Then do a search for the website system being used by that affiliate which if not obvious may be mentioned at the bottom of the page in small lettering along with the distributor's name ("This website belongs to xxxxx").\n\nYou can visit specific websites that mention dangerous or scam companies or you can do a Google search using the company name, website name, along with the words scam or ripoff. Then you may find reports and other information to read about. That information may not be definitive but it will help inform your decision whether to proceed or not.\n\nFor example, I went to monster.co.uk and looked for opportunities like the one you mentioned. Success Zing looked like the closest match. So I followed the link and got to success-zing.info which is a "60 minute Money" site. If you do a WHOIS look up for that site you find out it is owned by Russell Gain even though the distributor name at the bottom is likely someone else. Do a search for "Russell Gain" and you will discover that he is a Herbalife personality.\n\nGood luck!
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TOTAL SCAM!!!!!!!\n\nI work at a bank and see this all the time.  Check out the websites the other person listed.  The Dept of Labor does not give out money, and even if they did, they would not ask for any money from you up front!
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If you're talking about http://www.swisscash.com/ then yes, it very much looks like a scam.\n\na 20% ROI per month is unreal.  60% of mutual fund managers underperform the S&P 500 each year.  If you could make 20% per month or 300% year as it claims, there would be no need for mutual funds at all.\n\nThe site looks like a complete scam
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It is a scam! STAY AWAY!!!
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Hate to say this - but you're screwed bro. There is not a damn thing you can do about it - you gave them the money, plain and simple. especially since it is across international borders...\n\nListen up people - if the "deal" sounds too good to be true,thats because IT IS! No one from Africa wants to split $10M with you if you send your bank acct info. No one wants you to cash their checks and keep 10%. Get real - dont be a fool. The reason that these con games work is because people are generally GREEDY - if you werent in such a hurry to make the free cash, you would have thought about it for a minute. You got what you deserved. You got fooled by a con man becuse you were gullible to believe that he really wanted you to cash checks. \n\nChalk it up to experience and DONT DO IT AGAIN.
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You've tapped a very complicated subject my friend - I think all of macro economics is vague and all of the smartest economists don't agree on what is going on... So I don't think it is intentionally vague - any more than the rest of the economic field....  Also China owning US debt began when they became part of the WTO (I believe this may have happened on Bush's watch, but was started by Clinton - i.e. not a republican/democrat thing.) I don't know how easy it will be to find - but seems like to answer your specific question you would want to understand the ownership of US treasury securities.  If you are just curious and want to know about this stuff - China does hold a large portion of our debt and that is because we spend more money than we have and they save more money than they make.  We have trade deficit with China because we want to buy their goods, because they are cheap.  In the past they have been more than happy to lend us the money to do so.  But if we don't watch it, our creditors are going to start saying no.  The opinion of congress right now is that this is China's fault and that they are a currency manipulator who should let their currency appreciate.