There are perfectly legitimate work-at-home opportunities available on the internet and there are some down right dirty scams that prey on innocent people trying to make money to survive.
Most Common Work at Home Scams
Assembly Work: It will cost money to purchase instructions and materials to assemble products for a company. After putting together the products, the company probably won't buy them because it doesn’t meet their standards or reasons.
Multi-Level Marketing (MLM): Require you to recruit new people to sell a company’s products or services. The pitch is, every time someone under you makes a sale, you get paid, so the more people you recruit, the more money you can potentially make......or not.
Stuffing Envelopes: This scam offers the opportunity to make big money stuffing envelopes. They even offer free supplies. If you apply, you may only wind up receiving offers for you to buy instructions on how to get rich quick posting ads similar to the one you answered.
Online Businesses: Scammers claim to show you how to start your own online business and start quickly making money. If you apply you’ll be asked to buy a useless guide to work-at-home jobs.
Processing Claims: The pitch is, you can make hundreds of dollars a week by processing claims for insurance companies.
Pay attention to red flags that should alert you to potential scam
The email address used looks like a private email rather than a business email using free email services like Hotmail, Yahoo, or Gmail.
Any request for a copy of your Social Security number, birth certificate, driver’s license or other identifying documents.
A request for you to send money.
You can get more information on avoiding online job scams from the Federal Trade Commission: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0243-job-scams
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