Rebate Processor "jobs".. another scam

Today among my daily avalanche of emails I got an ad from Lifescript that said:

Rebate Processor Position - Easy Work - Great Pay
Your Help Is Needed
 
$143.50 and up... per day

okay..well, I could use 143.50 per day, and I like easy work.. how hard could rebate processing be.. so I clicked to check it out.  Of course, I knew it was some kind of crap and there would be a catch, but I was still curious to see just what they were offering.   What I found was a  loooong page, explaining how I could make tons and tons of money right here in my jammies on my computer, just by filling out simple forms and processing rebates.  They update your site 24/7 with rebates for you to process, you just fill out the forms.  Of course, there were tons of glowing testimonials about how much money these people are making and how happy they were for the "opportunitY".. and I could get this once in a lifetime opportunity to be "certified" as a rebate processor and start earning too, for the paltry sum of just 197.00!!  UMMMM.. hmmmmmm... this needed a little more looking into.  So, I fired up Google and went searching for info, and what I found out is that this wonderful "job" they wanted me to pay 197.00 for the privilege of joining is yet another big ol' steaming pile of poo.

Basically, you have to join affiliate programs through Clickbank, set up your own PPC campaigns or whatever type of ads you choose to use, and you have to place ads with your special ID attached offering rebates to people who buy a product and then when they buy something from the ads you have to place, you process the rebate to your customers through Paypal and get paid for the sale.  Now, I suppose it's not a bad deal.. if you make the sales.  If you're a sales person or place great ads and can build up a way to actually sell the products, then it could be a pretty good way to make some cash. The problem is, they make it sound in the ads like you'll be working for companies helping them process rebates, and mentions nothing about having to place ads or sell anything.  The thing is, you can do this on your own, I would imagine, without paying these people your hard-earned cash for the privilege of their "service".   I'm not sure..maybe you can't.  I'm not sure what the deal is with the rebates, who issues them to the customers, where the offers for the rebates come from, etc.. I'll have to look into that, but bottom line is, don't get sucked in to this scam and waste your money.  

I did find another site in my search that offers to set you up with their program for just 39.00.. quite a difference in price, but they don't mention anything about certifying you do to anything, but the description of their "job' is  the same as the other one, and  I'm sure it's the exact same thing.. along with this one, you get access to all the other "opportunities" on their network ..this is the list  I copied and pasted from their ad..

Dozens of the top business opportunities, freelance and telecommute training programs all in one place:

• Freelance America
• Rebate processing from home (our program!)
• Secret Shoppers MSAA Certification
• Medical & Data Transcription Training/Resources
• eBay Wholesale and Surplus Sales Program
• Market Research and Focus Groups For Extra Cash
• Local 'Hand out FREE samples' jobs - work weekends / flex hours
• Get paid up to $2000 a month to Place Advertising on your late model car
• Prescreened Virtual Assistants program - over 100 companies need help now
• Paid to Read emails and view web based commercials over 200 companies listed
• Consumer Surveys and opinion polls that pay cash. Research/training/links to over 300 companies

Added together these programs are valued at over $800!

so, maybe for your 39.00 you might get some useful information and maybe make some cash.. that one was at  rebateprocessingjobs.com, or something like that.