Avoid Work At Home Scams
You will not be a victim of work at home scams if you know who you’re dealing with. The company may not be offering to employ you directly, but only offering to sell you training and materials and to find customers for your work. Don’t believe work at home scams that you can make big profits easily. Operating a legitimate home-business is just like any other business, it requires hard work, skill and good products or services to make a profit. It also takes time to make money, it is not quick. Work at home scams usually starts with a fraudulent, unsolicited email. You should be very cautious about emails offering work-at-home opportunities. A legitimate company will be happy to give you information about exactly what you will be doing and for whom. you will be doing it. Work at home scams do not provide enough details before payment is required. This is a red flag for work at home scams. Work at home scams really can be avoided if you do your own research. There is a “Work-At-Home Sourcebook” and other resources that may be available in your local library that provide sound advice. They also offer lists of legitimate companies that hire people to work for them at home. You should find out if there is really a market for your work. Sometimes claims that there are customers for work such as medical billing and craft making may not be true and may just be another one of the work at home scams. If the company says it has customers waiting, ask who they are and then contact them to confirm this information. You can also ask likely customers in your area, such as doctors for medical billing services, if they actually employ people to do that work from home. Work at home scams will probably not agree to give you references for other people who are doing work for them. If the company does give references, ask the workers if the company kept its promises. There are legal requirements to be aware of when working at home. there are some types of work, such as medical billing, that requires a license or certification. Work at home scams will not tell you this information. You need to check with your state attorney general’s office and ask your local zoning board if there are any restrictions on operating a business from your home. Some types of work cannot be done at home under federal law. To find out what types of work are prohibited by federal law, look for the nearest U.S. Department of Labor in the government listings of your phone book. Work at home scams sometimes lure people into illegal work. If there is a refund policy for the company you choose, you should know what it is. This is especially important if you have to buy equipment or supplies. Work at home scams make it very difficult, if not impossible, to get a refund. One of the oldest work at home scams is the “envelope stuffing” scheme. This is a classic scam that people fall for all the time. Instead of getting materials to send out on behalf of a company, you get instructions to place an ad like the one you saw, asking people to send you money for information about working at home. The “envelope stuffing” scheme is an illegal pyramid scheme because there are no real products or services being offered. Work at home scams like that won’t get you rich and you could be prosecuted for fraud. |
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