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Step 1
Find a job advertisement online or in a public space such as a grocery store bulletin board or another highly visible area. Flyers may also be located on kiosks in malls.
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Step 2
Read the advertisement meant to attract job seekers. The language in the advertisement may be vague and appeal to a large group of people. You may see a guarantee of thousands of dollars a week in profit, no education required and lots of benefits, including an at-home position. Find that the advertisement provides a phone number and requests that you call for more information.
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Step 3
Write down the contact information for the job. Normally, the only contact information is a long-distance phone number or one that may look toll-free, but isn't. Understand that it's not wise to call such an unknown long-distance or toll-free number.
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Step 4
Notice if you're put on hold immediately. Note that the wait is several minutes long. You may hear periodic prerecorded messages telling you that the line is busy or that operators are helping others callers at the moment. The message will tell you to stay on the line and that someone will be with you shortly. You will wait for at least 10 to 15 minutes.
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Step 5
Ask for information once someone answers your call. However, be prepared to be bounced around from representative to representative as one representative answers and transfers your call to another representative, regardless of how simple your question is.
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Step 6
Hang up after getting nowhere and realize that when you receive your phone bill for the month you'll have been grossly overcharged for your job hotline call.
