Paying for Courier Work Upfront

If you have a quick search around various business help forums, I often see the question “should I pay £XX to this company for courier work?”. Recently I’ve even had someone come to me directly through mtvan asking if I thought one of these sites was a good idea. The short and certain answer is no!

You should never ever pay a courier company to get courier work from them. For an example of this type of scam, check out ukdriving.org. If you were to be lured deep enough into their site you’d find that they’re looking for £49 from you before they even consider giving you any work. I’m fairly certain that once you had paid your money you’d find that the whole thing is a con. Oh and they claim you can make £350 per day – sounds an awful lot of money to make without putting anything in other than £49, especially as they say you don’t need to do any of the hard sales legwork. As I mentioned previously in another courier scam post, watch out for offers that make claims that seem too good to be true – they always are.