Today, I received an email from a company called Transam Associates. They say they are a medical transcription company. Their email reads as follows:
Job Alert
Hello, Armand
Thank you for your sharing your Job Network resume for this work at home Job Alert! We are a medical transcription company.
After reviewing your resume we are interested.
Transam Associates provides precise medical transcription of voice files that doctors dictate for hospitals, clinics and doctor offices.
Transam Associates also conducts its own training program that prepares individuals for the medical transcription profession. This training is done online in the comfort of your own home. A personal trainer is provided to guide individuals in the training program through a Live Chat environment.
As a recruiter for this national transcription service, I am seeking full-and part-time, home-based medical transcriptionists. We are committed to providing a work environment where medical transcriptionists can grow and be respected for the professionals they are.
This is an entry level opportunity and if you are not yet qualified, we'll provide tuition FREE training and a personal trainer that you'll need to become qualified. Once you meet our criteria, which will be defined for you before you begin, you will be certified by us as an accomplished medical transcriptionist and can begin to work for Transam Associates, Inc.
The pay is good. After completing the training program, people seem to do quite well and as you get more experience, people seem to earn $1,000 to $2,000 a month working about 20-30 hours a week. Some make $3,000-$4,000 a month, full-time 40-48 hours a week (This does not happen overnight). If you want to work more, you'll earn more. If you want to work less, you'll earn less. The choice is yours.
We will provide to you a great working environment where you can make a difference. Our medical transcriptionists start as contractors and are eligible for raises. Whether or not you have experience, you can find rewarding work as a medical transcriptionist.
If you are interested in a job interview please email: XXXXXXX@transamassociates.com
We are looking forward to working with you.
Thank you!
Kimberly Carson
Regional Recruiter
Sounds good, doesn't it? Their email was titled, "Medical Transcription - Will Train - No Experience!"
What they don't tell you that if you "pass" a little transcription test, you will then be able to join their training program.
But there's a catch:
You will need to purchase their MT software at a price of $462.00 and their foot pedal and adapter for $135.00. I checked around and people who have caught on to this scam, after paying, requested their money back but Transam refuses to refund it.
Also, there are complaints that people are forever stuck into the "training program."
If a company is willing to hire you for a job, even as an independent contractor, they shouldn't be asking you to pay for their program. All you have to do is Google "Transam Associates" and the word "scam", you will find plenty of complaints.
Another thing that caught my eye, I never heard of a job website called "Job Network." There may be one, but I have never signed up with it.
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