Does this sound Legit?

[booster11373]

<p><em>Im looking for a PT job found this on craigslist does it sound legit or just some kind of scam?</em></p><p>WE WILL TRAIN! Property Claims Inspector. Must have Internet access, digital camera, and reliable transportation. Flex PT Hrs. according to your schedule. For more info. email employment@compassclaims.com <br /><br />Note: This position only requires you to take photographs of the damaged areas/property, draw interior and/or roof diagram(s) with measurement(s), and complete a form explaining damage. You are not required to make estimations, know policies, or detailed information as we complete that process in house. You are also not required to move to areas of damage as the claims you will be receiving will be in local areas. This is a supplemental income position that offers extra money to all households. <br /></p><p><em>so I responded</em></p><p><em>This what they sent back</em></p><p>Thank you for responding to our ad,<br /><br />Our company is called Compass Claims Service Inc.&nbsp; We are an <br />independent claims adjusting company.&nbsp; Insurance companies hire us to inspect <br />damaged homes in various states for them.&nbsp; As a Field Representative for <br />Compass Claims, you would not be required to adjust or estimate a loss.&nbsp; <br />We do the adjusting and the estimating in-house.&nbsp; You will simply scope <br />the loss for us.&nbsp; This involves taking pictures of the damages, filling <br />out a scope sheet, listing the repair recommendations and measurements, <br />and drawing a diagram of the damaged room(s).&nbsp; This information is then <br />emailed to us so that we may adjust or estimate the loss.&nbsp; We then <br />handle all the follow up calls and negotiations from our main office.&nbsp; Your <br />role would be limited to the inspection and data transfer.<br /><br />To do this job you need a digital camera, Internet access, reliable <br />transportation, and a ladder.&nbsp; You could be inspecting anything from a <br />roof, to a water heater, to a bathroom floor.&nbsp; You do have to be able to <br />get on a roof.&nbsp; However, you will not be expected to get on a roof that <br />is unsafe.&nbsp; <br /><br />Most inspections take 20 minutes on-sight and then any additional time <br />to upload and email the information to our main office.&nbsp; NOTE: if you <br />need to measure an entire house, it may take an hour on-site.&nbsp; <br /><br />As a field representative, you will be considered an &ldquo;independent <br />contractor&rdquo; for Compass Claims (you will be required to complete both a I-9 <br />and W-9 federal form). We pay $35.00 per inspection, plus $0.45 a mile.&nbsp; <br />If you travel over 120 miles round trip, we pay $50.00 for the <br />inspection, plus mileage.&nbsp; We pay our field reps every two weeks.&nbsp; Expected <br />volume of claims will vary depending on various factors such as climate, <br />population, and age of homes.&nbsp; Volume may range from 5 to 10 claims a <br />month or 3 claims a week.&nbsp; <br /></p><p><em>Anyone?</em></p>

[dereckfishboy]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p><br />There's a catch somewhere. They're going to blindfold you and steal your shoes, like that Kids In the Hall skit.<br /></p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>A good idea is to google their company name with +scam or +ripoff.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I'd also look up www.ripoffreport.com and punch in the company name.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[PapaBear]

<p>Sounds like the same type of company that I did secret shopping for. I wouldn't be surprised if they're actually connected. I had no problems at all with the secret shopping job. No rip offs or anything. Do what Tenbats said. As long as you don't see any legitimate complaints, go for it.</p><p>Keep in mind I said legit complaints. You can find people bitching about anything under the sun.</p>

[timhorton]

I work in the insurance restoration feild. Independant insurance adjusters are &quot;hired guns&quot; for insurance co's that are swamped with claims, find a claim is beyond the expertise of their in-house adjusters, the insured may be an ass and the claims people simply don't want to deal with them, or even just when&nbsp;staff are on holidays. This company is using this position to produce a scope of work, some-one in their office will probably develop an&nbsp;estimate using Exactimate or some other estimate software.&nbsp;Once they've developed an amount they can offer a settlement. A friend of mine did this in Florida for a couple years after all the storms.&nbsp;He was paid for each&nbsp;inspection he did. Of course the trick is to be competent to do evaluations quickly and accurately, obviously the more you do in a day&nbsp;the more dough you get........,&nbsp;If you have some&nbsp;construction expertise or IICRC training you'll be in a better position to move quicker ....

[sr71blackbird]

<p>We pay $35.00 per inspection.</p><p>Volume may range from 5 to 10 claims a <br />month or 3 claims a week.&nbsp; <br /></p><p>10 claims a month X $35 an inspection = $350.00 a MONTH ($87 a week...!!)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Is this worth it to you even if it was legit?</p>

[sailor]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>sr71blackbird</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p>We pay $35.00 per inspection.<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Volume may range from 5 to 10 claims a <br />month or 3 claims a week. <br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>10 claims a month X $35 an inspection = $350.00 a MONTH ($87 a week...!!)</p><p> </p><p>Is this worth it to you even if it was legit?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">well, they also pay for your mileage and the estimates take only 20 minutes (on average).&nbsp; 10 claims at 20 minutes each is only about 3 and-a-half hours.&nbsp; obviously, it's just a part-time job, so $350 is not too bad for your spare time.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">as for the scam angle, yes check those other site, but if their not asking you to send them money, there's no real risk, other than your time.</font> <br /></p>

[silas]

<p>Even assuming everything seems ok, maybe also consider;</p><p>-the pay you claimed doesn't include your expenses-a 2 hour drive somewhere and back&nbsp;quickly chews up&nbsp;, you end up with ALL&nbsp;kinds of additional incidental expenses., is their milage reimbursement really covering full gaz, car depreciation, insurance,.....if it takes you 1.5 hours to reach an inspection +1.5 hrs to get back + half hour there...how many are you really going to do? (another caution: these &quot;earn as much as you work&quot; offers sometimes require a very full time effort to approach their top-earner estimates.</p><p>-safety: how do&nbsp;you REALLY know if a damaged roof, flooded basement is safe?--those 2 alone are the cause of&nbsp;many, many injuries&nbsp;etc....and i assume you will only be going on damaged roofs ...what is YOUR insurance?</p><p>- &nbsp;this sounds like it may be a typical service industry outsourced &quot;field&quot; job, more pay than working at the mall, but you will put in time and effort (+no mall babes).....</p><p>i can't tell from your message what your exact reason for seeking this job is, but on&nbsp;the positive side, the insurance industry is a very stable, good middle management, white collar &nbsp;opp's, with opp for advancement in longer term.....so if you are looking for entry level position, THEN&nbsp;maybe worth it.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by silas on 9-4-06 @ 7:15 PM</span>

[furie]

sounds real, in for far as i've heard of this type of job.
Give it a shot. the only thing you have to lose is your freedom as they drag you into their creepy cult.
hope it works out for you

[Mike from Bklyn]

I guess as long as they are not asking for some kind of cash upfront from you. The most you can lose is time.<br />