Most everybody would want to earn a nice living from the comfort of their own homes. Down with uptight bosses and co-workers straight from the staff of OMG, down with corporate slavery in general. There are scores of Americans, or people from other parts of the globe who try their luck at working from home and getting away from their dead-end jobs, and while some people succeed at it, many others do not.
Once success opens its window to the general public, such general public also includes unscrupulous individuals out to commit fraud. There are millions of offers to work from home, and a good percentage of them are not legitimate - these are offers that involve unrealistic promises of huge income with little to no work involved. Unfortunately, most of these offers are fraudulent, and the only thing that most people will get out of them is a lighter wallet. You may think it sounds legitimate, especially if you have to stuff envelopes or complete a medical claim on a physicians' behalf, but by stuffing envelopes you are stuffing the fraudsters' wallet with cash and by completing medical claims you are completing the fraudsters' objective to rip off the public.
These are but two of the common work at home scams that can be commonly found in e-mail solicitations or in the classified advertising sections of business-related magazines. Anybody who has serious plans of working from home must keep the following pointers in mind:
If it sounds too good to be true, then it must be too good to be true. If you run into an offer promising you ridiculous amounts of cash for a paper-thin weekly workload, then chances are it's not for real.
Do not even think of replying to e-mail solicitations. These are messages sent out in huge bulk (try millions of messages) by people hoping there would be a small percentage gullible enough to send over the cash. You have been warned.
What's in it for you - this is a question you should always ask. Then do your own share of data gathering. Does the job you will be doing have any kind of market? Look into it.
Gather data about the company. Thanks to the Internet, it's as easy as looking them up in a search engine. See what others have to say about the company.
Do you have to fork over some cash? What is the value? Do you get something in return? Do they have some form of refund policy? Research.
Work at home scams are all over the Internet, though in fairness there are a handful of legitimate chances for you to work from home. All it takes is a little bit of that good "R" word to avoid that other "R" word-and-a-half - research to avoid getting ripped off.
Once success opens its window to the general public, such general public also includes unscrupulous individuals out to commit fraud. There are millions of offers to work from home, and a good percentage of them are not legitimate - these are offers that involve unrealistic promises of huge income with little to no work involved. Unfortunately, most of these offers are fraudulent, and the only thing that most people will get out of them is a lighter wallet. You may think it sounds legitimate, especially if you have to stuff envelopes or complete a medical claim on a physicians' behalf, but by stuffing envelopes you are stuffing the fraudsters' wallet with cash and by completing medical claims you are completing the fraudsters' objective to rip off the public.
These are but two of the common work at home scams that can be commonly found in e-mail solicitations or in the classified advertising sections of business-related magazines. Anybody who has serious plans of working from home must keep the following pointers in mind:
If it sounds too good to be true, then it must be too good to be true. If you run into an offer promising you ridiculous amounts of cash for a paper-thin weekly workload, then chances are it's not for real.
Do not even think of replying to e-mail solicitations. These are messages sent out in huge bulk (try millions of messages) by people hoping there would be a small percentage gullible enough to send over the cash. You have been warned.
What's in it for you - this is a question you should always ask. Then do your own share of data gathering. Does the job you will be doing have any kind of market? Look into it.
Gather data about the company. Thanks to the Internet, it's as easy as looking them up in a search engine. See what others have to say about the company.
Do you have to fork over some cash? What is the value? Do you get something in return? Do they have some form of refund policy? Research.
Work at home scams are all over the Internet, though in fairness there are a handful of legitimate chances for you to work from home. All it takes is a little bit of that good "R" word to avoid that other "R" word-and-a-half - research to avoid getting ripped off.
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