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There are legit work at home jobs, but employers who offer them typically don't call them work at home jobs. The option to work at home is a benefit offered by open-minded employers to trusted employees, who work "regular" jobs that are conducive to telecommuting. The need or desire to telecommute alone is not enough to land one of these gigs. You must first qualify for the job itself and land it in the traditional way. Then you'll likely have to negotiate the telecommuting benefit, during an interview or after you've established trust by working in the office for awhile. Many employers who offer telecommuting allow it only part time. So, you'll likely have to live near your employer's office and commute to work one or more days per week.
Some jobs have a "built-in" telecommuting benefit of sorts, where working from a home office is a normal duty. But, while you might not have to negotiate the telecommuting benefit, reputable employers usually don't call these work at home jobs either, and you likely can't work them solely from home. An example is a sales gig, where you'd spend much of your time on the road covering your territory, calling on customers and selling your employer's products or services. Then you'd spend the rest of your workweek in your home office doing paperwork, contacting customers, arranging appointments, and communicating with your employer by phone or computer. But you might also have to make occasional to frequent appearances at your employer's office for face-to-face meetings and such.
Another way to work from home is to become a freelance, independent contractor or consultant. These aren't called work at home jobs either. Rather, you'd be self-employed and as such, may work from wherever you need or want to be. For example, as a freelance you might write articles on your home computer and try to sell them to Websites or magazines. As an independent contractor, you might contract your technical writing skills to high-tech companies for three to six months at a time, and do most of your work on your home computer. As a consultant, you might work as a project manager out of your house, matching clients with vendors to complete printing projects like marketing brochures. In any of these cases, you'll likely have to get out of the house to meet with your editors, clients or vendors. You'll also likely need to network and seek new clients to grow your business. To do so, you'll attend interviews, business luncheons, trade shows or the like.
"Pure" work at home jobs are not easy to come by. As indicated, most jobs that are conducive to it allow it only part time. So, if you're looking to telecommute across the country or work full time from home, you'll be even harder pressed to find such a gig or start one of your own. You must also contend with thousands of scams.
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Don't be Fooled by Work at Home...TestimonialsYou've probably seen these on work at home Websites or by email. Scammers might include such among the "free sales tools" they offer for the fee they charge you. Tools of the trade are precisely what they are, as ropers and shills typically write them, not satisfied consumers.
Documented ProofSome scammers provide bank statements, cleared checks and other documental replications as "proof." But just because the scammers made money at least once, doesn't mean that you will. Besides, with today's computer and printer technology, anybody can counterfeit just about any document and make it look legit.
One Internet business opportunity scammer even goes so far as to hype "Federally documented proof." This official-sounding "proof" is nothing more than a bank statement. To imply that a simple bank statement is an official, government-issued document that supports his claims, is outrageous to say the least. But scammers get even more outrageous than this.
GuaranteesScammers typically word their so-called guarantees to imply that your success is in the bag. For example, something like $10,000 in 90 Days Guaranteed!!! is not uncommon. But it's misrepresentation, plain and simple. Work at home jobs, business opportunities and such can't possibly guarantee you much of anything, except that they'll refund your money if you're not satisfied. Even so, good luck trying to collect a refund from a scam.
Media CredentialsScammers often hype the vague but impressive sales pitch, "As seen on national TV." Just because it was on TV in some way, shape or form—if it was on at all—doesn't make it a legit offer. But scammers know that most consumers trust what appears on TV, even if they didn't actually see it. Scammers are also confident that few know how or will take the time to verify such claims, if they're verifiable at all. Note that scammers rarely offer details, such as the names of the shows on which their offers supposedly appeared, and when and why. Get to the bottom of such vague claims before you let them impress you.
The same goes for claims of appearing in magazines, newspapers and other publications. For example, the touted publications might not even exist, but the scammers might try to dupe you with names that are close to those of reputable publications. Some do exist, but as nothing more than scams themselves, promoting other scams in seemingly legit articles. The articles are advertisements in disguise, similar to the way infomercials are "enlightening" TV shows in disguise. Free business-opportunity magazines are prime examples. That's exactly why they're free.
Stock Market ListingsIf they're really listed at all, just because scammers sold stocks to raise capital doesn't make their businesses legit. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is in the business of regulating securities markets, not work at home scams. As long as scammers don't run securities scams, they're relatively safe from SEC intervention.
Reputable Site LogosThe Websites that issue these logos promise to verify the integrity of work at home job and business opportunity offers at other sites. But some are operated by scammers in cahoots with other scammers. Regardless, scammers can simply steal even legit logos, such as those trademarked by the Better Business Bureau, with a simple right-click of the computer mouse.
ExpertsSome so-called work at home experts blatantly tout even the oldest and most obvious of scams. A closer look reveals that their motivations are equally as obvious: They have work at home books, articles, speaking engagements and such to sell. You might have seen their "articles" on Websites that cater to women. Stay-at-home moms are among their prime prey.
The Better Business Bureau and FTC offer more information about work at home, business-opportunity, and other scams, plus ways to verify offers and file complaints.
Your state attorney general's office might have specific or general information about work at home rip-offs taking place in your area and offer an avenue to file complaints.
If a Web-based work at home scam has already taken advantage of you, you may file a complaint with the Internet Fraud Complaint Center, a partnership between the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center.
Are There Legit Work at Home Jobs?There are legit work at home jobs, but employers who offer them typically don't call them work at home jobs. The option to work at home is a benefit offered by open-minded employers to trusted employees, who work "regular" jobs that are conducive to telecommuting. The need or desire to telecommute alone is not enough to land one of these gigs. You must first qualify for the job itself and land it in the traditional way. Then you'll likely have to negotiate the telecommuting benefit, during an interview or after you've established trust by working in the office for awhile. Many employers who offer telecommuting allow it only part time. So, you'll likely have to live near your employer's office and commute to work one or more days per week.
Some jobs have a "built-in" telecommuting benefit of sorts, where working from a home office is a normal duty. But, while you might not have to negotiate the telecommuting benefit, reputable employers usually don't call these work at home jobs either, and you likely can't work them solely from home. An example is a sales gig, where you'd spend much of your time on the road covering your territory, calling on customers and selling your employer's products or services. Then you'd spend the rest of your workweek in your home office doing paperwork, contacting customers, arranging appointments, and communicating with your employer by phone or computer. But you might also have to make occasional to frequent appearances at your employer's office for face-to-face meetings and such.
Another way to work from home is to become a freelance, independent contractor or consultant. These aren't called work at home jobs either. Rather, you'd be self-employed and as such, may work from wherever you need or want to be. For example, as a freelance you might write articles on your home computer and try to sell them to Websites or magazines. As an independent contractor, you might contract your technical writing skills to high-tech companies for three to six months at a time, and do most of your work on your home computer. As a consultant, you might work as a project manager out of your house, matching clients with vendors to complete printing projects like marketing brochures. In any of these cases, you'll likely have to get out of the house to meet with your editors, clients or vendors. You'll also likely need to network and seek new clients to grow your business. To do so, you'll attend interviews, business luncheons, trade shows or the like.
"Pure" work at home jobs are not easy to come by. As indicated, most jobs that are conducive to it allow it only part time. So, if you're looking to telecommute across the country or work full time from home, you'll be even harder pressed to find such a gig or start one of your own. You must also contend with thousands of scams.
You're not likely to find legitimate work at home jobs advertised as such in the classified sections of tabloids or Web banner ads. For that matter, you'll have a hard time finding them advertised anywhere. They are few and far between. For one reason, reputable employers typically don't call them work at home jobs, as previously mentioned. For another, most employers are not so desperate for people to work from home that they must advertise for them. So, if you go hunting for jobs advertised as "work at home" instead of "regular" jobs for which the employers might allow telecommuting, the only ads you're likely to find are those placed by scammers.
$10,000 PER MONTH
WORKING FROM HOME!!!
No special skills required.
Call for FREE details... The only types of jobs advertised like this are snow jobs, not real jobs. Most are outright scams, and the few that aren't usually turn out to be schemes or unglamorous jobs (such as telemarketing) that don't offer benefits or produce enough income to earn a living. Ads like these are typically nothing more than phase one of baiting campaigns. The advertisers intentionally design them to get you to respond, so they can bombard you with junk mail or telemarketing calls to sell you on their scams. These bombardments are the "free details." But in reality, they're not details at all. They're simply phase two of the baiting campaigns. Naturally, the so-called details are free, as are all advertisements. You'll likely pay for the real details, and even then you'll typically get fraudulent and misleading information.
If you respond to the ads, you're considered "hot" by the scam artists. Even if you don't buy into their scams and schemes, they make money on you anyway. Once they have your contact information, they sell it to list brokers, who resell it to other scammers. Then the other scammers bombard you too, while you're hot. Hot is just another word for potential sucker to the scammers, and they've been playing this game for years via the classified sections of tabloids and such. Unfortunately, they've discovered the Web and email too.
The Five Clues of Work at Home Job ScamsMost of us would love to work at home. The scammers know that and take full advantage of it. Because legitimate work at home jobs are hard to come by, the scammers lead us to believe that we can buy the privilege. These predators count on a new sucker being born every minute, and thrive on the naive, wishful and desperate. Stay-at-home moms, the elderly, and physically-challenged people who need money most are among their prime prey. Scammers have no ethics.
Clue 1Your first clue that it's a work at home scam is the fact it's advertised at all, as previously indicated. Whether it's in the back of a tabloid, on a Web site, by email, or even in TV Guide, you can safely assume that all such "opportunities" are scams or at best, schemes.
MAKE THOU$AND$
WORKING AT HOME IN YOUR SPARE TIME!
Legitimate homed-based opportunity!
We've helped thousands of people just like you get started.
Send for FREE details NOW... Clue 2Your second clue is the tacky overuse of punctuation!!!, $ymbols and UPPERCASE characters, all designed to catch your ad-scanning eye. The ads incorporate eye-catching key words and phrases too, such as free, no work, no special skills required, and get out of bed when you want to. But what type of business truly gives away anything for free or hires lazy, no-account, unskilled employees? Legitimate job ads don't include such. For example, when was the last time you saw a job ad like this?
TECH WRITERS!!!
Make THOU$AND$ at IBM!
Work when and where you want!
FREE job application... Clue 3Your third clue is exaggeration. It doesn't bother scammers at all to bait their potential victims with the absurd, such as checks rolling in effortlessly to the tune of $10,000 per month. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.
Clue 4Your fourth clue is ambiguity. If it's a real job, then why don't they just tell you what it is, like legit employers do? Again, it's all part of the baiting campaign. Mystery feeds curiosity. The type of "job" and what's involved is not fully apparent until after you pay the fee. It's only then you'll discover you've been duped.
Clue 5The fee is your fifth and most important clue, as parting you from your money is exactly what scams are about. Legitimate employers don't charge you to work for them, period. Would IBM charge you a fee to telecommute for them?
Look for the clues in bulletin-board (forum) message threads, too. Some will resemble the tacky ads above, so it's a no-brainer that they are scams, now that you know. But others are more cleverly disguised as "normal" conversations. It may appear that a few people just got together to casually discuss the "wonderful opportunity" they've found, when in fact, they're scammers and shills working together to bait you. It might also appear that someone simply inquired about work at home or telecommuting jobs, and others came to his or her "rescue." But sometimes, the people posting the inquiries are nothing more than ropers, in cahoots with rescuing scammers. People often do legitimately ask about such, but forum-lurking scammers are poised to pounce as rescuers in that case, too. Originally legitimate or not, message threads that probably include scams have titles similar to those below.
Is this a scam?
This changed my life!
Perfect Job for Moms!
Finally!!! A REAL Job!!!
I was so darned sick of scams!
Need to work from my home PC.
Is there a real telecommuting job? Classic Work at Home Job ScamsWork at home jobs are among the oldest of scams and come in many flavors. Among the most common are:
Envelope Stuffing and Assembly or Craft Work
Chain Letters
Multilevel Marketing (MLM) and Pyramid Schemes
Medical Billing
Similar scams are more cleverly disguised as franchises and business opportunities. Among the latest are Internet business opportunities that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cleverly calls Dot Cons. Scams are far more ranging than these in name, but many are just new twists on the same ol' rip-offs. When it comes to your wallet, they're all exactly the same ol' rip-offs.
If the work at home business is so darned successful, then why is the advertiser trying to sell you the idea instead of just doing the business for his or herself? If you had a genuine, hot, money-making business, would you want anyone else to know your secret? Of course not. In many cases, reselling the idea or "secret" is the business, and you have to stick it to others as you were stuck. Only the originators of these scams make any real money.
To avoid falling victim, never pay fees or do business with "companies" that operate exclusively by phone, mail or email.
