How To Avoid Work-From-Home Scams

Don't Waste Your Time On These Scams

Nov 14, 2008
Paym Bergson

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Learn the warning signs of work-from-home scams. Follow these tips to avoid wasting your time on potential scams. Use your time to find legitimate work.

You already know the old adage – if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Work from home, or working on the internet, offers many advantages – and not always to you, the person who wants to work from home. Often, the advantage is for the supposed employer – who posts the scam in hopes of conning you of your money, or your time.

Major Signs of Scam

Here are some major signs that the posting or website is a scam:

Spelling – if the ad or site is filled with spelling or grammatical errors, there is no way the ad is legitimate.
Contact – if the ad says it is a major company, but the email or contact information is to a free email such as Yahoo or Gmail, then you know the ad is not real. Major companies have their own web addresses, and legitimate offers would want to use company emails.
Requests for personal information – under NO circumstances should any company ask for personal information such as social insurance number or date of birth – unless you are signing the contract for employment.
Requests for Resumes and References – if the ad requests your full resume and references, but does not disclose the name of the company nor its address, then it is a scam. Most companies understand you do not want to send in your references until you know who the company is, or have an interview. Stay clear of these ads.

Most Important Sign of Scheme To Make Money

This actually refers to the sites that state you can't lose, you can make some ludicrous amount of money just as they did – and then ask you to send them money. THAT's how the money is made – by the unsuspecting person who actually sends in money for some list of ways to money. It doesn't matter if they say the money is to cover the costs of the supposed material, or the training, or to make sure you are really determined to go through with this "money-making" scheme because so many others took advantage but did not follow through – it all means the same – you send in your money, and that's how someone else gets rich.

Bottom Line

Working from home means your most valuable asset is your time. Don't waste it, and don't let others waste your time with any work-scams. Finding legitimate work on the internet or working from home is hard, but it can be done.

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