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Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
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11-27-2005, 11:16 AM
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Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
Perform Blue Roof tarping for FEMA contracted company. Guaranteed government money!
Work entails covering hurricane damaged roofs with FEMA provided tarping to protect roofs from future rain damage in the south Florida area (Palm Beach County / West Palm Beach areas). NEED CREWS IMMEDIATELY. START WORK WITHIN 24 HOURS OF YOUR ARRIVAL! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! WE WILL TRAIN YOU. 4 PEOPLE PER CREW Earn $7500+ per crew per week. Enough work to last between 8 to 12 weeks. Each crew must have the following minimum required equiopment: Dependable truck to transport your crew to each job. 1 nail gun with the proper equipment to utilize the nail gun 3 hard hats 4 safety glasses a ladder basic carpentry tools (hammers, razor knife, etc) Be prepared to work 12 hour days. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT TO PERFORM THIS WORK, PLEASE DO NOT CALL! IF YOU DO HAVE A 4 PERSON CREW WITH THE REQUIRED EQUIPMENT AND ARE READY TO MAKE SOME SERIOUS MONEY AND START WORKING NOW, THEN CALL: STEVE AT 407-383-8698. |
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11-27-2005, 11:59 AM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done! |
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11-27-2005, 02:13 PM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
Sounds like a info-mercial to me. Hopefully no one really is going to fall for this , already seen a couple of good people get burned and put themselves and their finances in a bad spot for this Blue Roof money making machine.
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11-27-2005, 02:59 PM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
Steve cut me a check for 7500.00 and I'll bring 3 fellas and myself, come down and blue tarp as many roofs as humanly possible in 5 12 hour days. Cut me another and I'll stay 5 more. Sorry, but promises ain't going to cut it, to many hands in the cookie jar down there and sooner or later someones going to close the lid.
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11-27-2005, 03:14 PM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
3 hard hats and 4 safety glasses. Do the math something just don't add up
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11-27-2005, 03:45 PM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
I'm not questioning or arguing with anyone, although I am interested in your reasons for thinking this is a scam.
I'm very interested in the offer and know that FEMA is throwing money around down there. $2000 a week is good pay but not unbelievable for government work, espically for someone to drop there lives and go to Florida for it. I do question why you wouldnt hire locals for $10 an hour to do the work, nonetheless I'm interested. What makes you skeptical of this? Why is it to good to be true? I'm being serious and not sarcastic, so if any of you have some knowledge about this please let me know. |
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11-27-2005, 04:02 PM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
I am only gonig on the reasearch that I have done I have talked with guys in the flood areas and local contracters in those areas and I know some guys from my old crew that went down. I personally looked into going for about two weeks ,I did nothing but made phone calls and did online inquries, where I live everything is at a stop and I am currently unemployed and thought I would load up and head south but thanks to my wifes pressure I took the time and looked into all the factors and now I am thankful I did.
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06-28-2006, 04:58 AM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
I know a guy who mortgaged his house.. bought a big dump truck and went to work for fema cleaninup.. Went down there and worked and never got payed now he's screwed... No thanks
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06-28-2006, 06:56 AM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
Right after the last FL hurricane, before the Katrina hit, I posted a toll free number directly to the Army Corpse of Engineers for their blue tarp hiring program.
I heard from someone who did the Blue Tarps after Andrew that he was making $500 per house and each house took about 2 hours plus travel. He was working direct for the Army however, and not a subcontractor. |
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06-28-2006, 07:08 AM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
Up here FEMA promised the world to flooded areas, weeks ago and still have not shelled out a cent. I do not think any money is going to be coming this way now after I see DC is under water.
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06-28-2006, 12:46 PM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
Trust me guys, I live in West Palm Beach, and there are no more roofs to tarp! Smells like a bunch of BS to me...
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06-28-2006, 03:35 PM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
I read this today and thought I would tack it on here in response to the MILLIONS$$$$
Dave  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hurricane Katrina fraudsters who billed the US government for fictitious services and filed claims for phantom hotel guests and even Dom Perignon champagne have reportedly cost taxpayers up to two billion dollars. The New York Times said the cost of the fraud in the wake of the deadly storm which hit New Orleans and the surrounding Gulf Coast last August had ballooned to new heights, citing government audits, criminal prosecutions and congressional probes. A House of Representatives committee heard testimony earlier this month that fraud in the wake of Katrina had cost taxpayers at least one billion dollars. In one particularly brazen case, prisoners who were jailed when Katrina and a second storm, Hurricane Rita, hit the US southern coast billed the government for rental assistance. The Times said Katrina had "produced one of the most extraordinary displays of scams (AKA Blue Tarping), schemes and stupefying bureaucratic bungles in modern history, costing taxpayers up to two billion dollars". It also cited a hotel owner in Sugar Land, Texas charged with submitting 232,000 dollars in bills for phantom victims, and a woman who tried to collect benefits by claiming she watched her two daughters drown in New Orleans. Prosecutors say the children never existed.
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06-28-2006, 03:44 PM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
Oh Yeah this too...
 Each crew must have the following minimum required equiopment  Spell check on isle 12) Dependable truck to transport your crew to each job. (Jed tell Jethro to fire up the truck) 1 nail gun with the proper equipment to utilize the nail gun 3 hard hats (The 4th guy has to take his chances) 4 safety glasses (He may get his head cracked open but we want him to see it coming) a ladder ( 3' residential models will work) basic carpentry tools (hammers, razor knife, shovel for all this BS, etc) 5 A good lawyer to help collect your pay when you're done Sorry...the smart A$$ in me couldn't resist 
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06-28-2006, 04:04 PM
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06-29-2006, 06:31 AM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
I can think of a few people that are perfect for this job.
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07-01-2006, 01:49 PM
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07-02-2006, 11:52 AM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!Quote:
 COLE can be our superintendant  now we are in the money pay 'every friday at noon right    
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07-02-2006, 11:54 AM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
You Also Need 100 Rolls Duct Tape
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07-02-2006, 11:55 AM
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CRAZY4X4DAD
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
NO SCAM IS A GOOD SCAM WITHOUT DUCT TAPE
P.S. WERE IS ISLE 12 I COULD USE SPELL CHECK,MAYBEE HE CAN SELL IT TO ME AT A DEAL.
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07-02-2006, 12:48 PM
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Re: Millions Of Dollars $$$$$$$ Of Government Disaster Relief Work Waiting To Be Done!
You're gonna need a boat to check isle 12, Mr. English Professor...
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