Work From Home Scams

It can be difficult to distinguish the real jobs from the scams. So how can you determine whether or not a work at home offer is legitimate?

Here are a few things to look out for in order to avoid getting Scammed:

• Companies that require you to make a payment before starting work

• Job openings that offer points or coupons to shop rather than paid compensation

• Work at home sites claiming to help you find jobs but only sell information on how you may be able to make money from home.

• No guarantee or refund policies or failure to respond to refund requests.

• A lack of SSL secure web servers that use encryption technology to safeguard your personal information.

• Illegal chain letters that claim you will receive money by sending it to your friends and family.

• Web sites that provide lists of companies that may be hiring are usually outdated listings with non-working phone numbers, links and email addresses

　Here is a list of the top Work From Home Scams:

 Chain Letters/Emails (”Make Money Fast”)

If you’ve been on the Internet for any length of time, you’ve probably received or at least seen these chain emails. They promise that all you have to do is send the email along plus some money by mail to the top names on the list, then add your name to the bottom… and one day you’ll be a millionaire.

Envelope Stuffing

This is by far the oldest scam. Here you are paid $1 -$2 for every envelope you stuff. All you have to do is send money and you’re guaranteed “up to 1,000 envelopes a week that you can stuff… with postage and address already affixed”. When you send your money, you get a short manual with flyer templates you’re supposed to put up around town, advertising yet another harebrained work-from-home scheme. And the pre-addressed, pre-paid envelopes? All people have to do is when they see the flyers is send you $2.00 in a pre-addressed, pre-paid envelope. Then you stuff that envelope with another flyer and send it to them.

Typing At Home

After you pay for “more information,” you receive a disk and printed information that tells you to place home typist ads and sell copies of the disk to the suckers who reply to you.

“Just Call This 1-900 Number For More Information…”

Did you forget that 1-900 numbers cost money to call, and that’s how the scammers make their profit.

Email Processing

Here you pay a one time fee to be an email processor working “from the comfort of your own home. What you get for your money are instructions on spamming the same ad you responded to in newsgroups and Web forums!

Craft Assembly

Here you are supposed to assemble toys, dolls, or other craft projects at home, and get paid. All you have to do is pay a fee up-front for the starter kit… which includes instructions and parts, but once you are finished assembling the product , it never meets their specifications.

Bottom line if it sounds too good to be true, more than likely it is. Make sure to research the work from home site thoroughly. Good Luck!