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Work at Home Scams
Posted: admin on Jan 15 | Work At Home
Some scams, like the classic; envelope stuffing have been around for decades, they have just switches their 
advertising from magazines to the net. There are newer, more sophisticated borderline scams designed for the internet, that might have you going for months before you realize the promised riches have not poured in.
Some Basics:
- Most legitimate jobs don’t require you to pay “application
processing fees”,etc. up front. - Protect your personal info SS#, etc. as well as your money until you confirm the employer legitimacy.
- Find work that utilizes your skills, be skeptical of employers that don’t ask for qualifications.
- If you have a passionate interest but no clearly marketable skills, consider capitalizing on your knowledge Blogging about and e-marketing in your hobby/recreation area.
- Pay attention to your common sense. If it sounds too good to be true…
Finally the FTC caught up with the operators of 6 sites, imposing a $4.9 million judgment: they charged consumers from $47 to $129 to access their “members only” Web sites with their “money-making secrets.” Their advertised programs either did not exist as represented or did not offer quick and easy money with little time or effort as promised. here’s the complete FTC story.
One site shat should be helpful workathomenoscams.com exposes some scams. The site may not be totally up to date.
Our friend at Work At Home Careers .com produced this video tutorial on techniques for researching a company.
The Work At Home Careers guy ironically advises Not googling for opportunities, using the search phrase “work at home” it’s too much of a magnet for scammers, your better off searching for more specific work such as Telecommute, Virtual Work, Home Office, Flex Work or Remote Work.
Besides hanging onto your wallet, you also have to protect your ethics, some people are recruited into conspiring in fradulent activities, like the pay to click jobs in which you are assigned to click on advertisement links. Clicking advertisements with no intention of buying is defrauding the pay per click advertising clients, to generating undeserved income for the hosting web site, or to exhust the advertising budget of a competetor with fruitless visits. These activities do pay in some cases, but it may get you blacklisted, hurting future business persuits.
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