Popular Work at Home Scam
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If you use the internet, which you do if you are reading this, chances are you have done one of the following things:
1. search for an at home job
2. join a forum that promises at home job opportunities
3. read a blog that promises at home job opportunities
4. clicked on an ad promising home based opportunities.
So you have clicked on an ad promising stay at home jobs only to find a website with way too many words, someone on a video telling you tot submit your e-mail address and you will be on your way to instant wealth. You do that and you find yourself staring at a page offering you membership into some ‘elite’ club offering tons of ways to work from home. They usually offer a few different packages and then you realize that these people are charging you to earn money! It is ridiculous and ludicrous, but so many people fall for it.
This is what we call a SCAM—plain and simple. Think about it, when you apply for a regular job, you fill out an application, submit resumes, go in for an interview and hope you impress the boss. There is no monetary transaction taking place. In fact, you probably save money because you are so nervous, you decide not to eat the day of your interview! It is only logical that you would not pay normally, so why pay now? Taking it even further, when you apply for a job ONLINE, through monster, careerbuilder, hotjobs or so forth, there is also no money involved. Do not fall for it. I have read so many horror stories where people fall for this type of scam over and over again. It is both sad and depressing that there are people out there preying on gullible individuals and making millions as a result.
I have come across many of these websites offering you unlimited data entry positions, form filling positions, and all manner of simple tasks that will earn you upwards of $5000 per week! At first glance it seems pretty awesome. Stay at home, earn money, take vacations, buy fancy cars and yacht and so forth. These websites go as far as having testimonials of “real” people professing that they have earned such ridiculous amounts of money from simply processing rebates or doing data entry! It is quite believable and after you watch the videos, read the testimonials you see the ‘click to join’ button. You click on it and various packages jump at you from your computer screen.
They are pretty clever in promoting their packages. They present them to you as if you are getting a great deal. Often times they are packaged at 50% off. So instead of $199.99, you are paying $99.99 for access to this exclusive listing of work at home jobs. I have never gotten pass this stage, as I do not believe you should pay for finding a job. But I know many people have fallen for this scam over and over again. Imagine these websites getting tons of hits and maybe, just worse case scenario, they get 100 people to sign up per day. That puts $10,000 in someone’s pockets just like that!
From the horror stories documented about these scams, it is surprising that so many people are still falling for it. They sign up and their credit cards are charged only to be ignored by the website they signed up with. E-mails are not replied to, phone numbers do not work, and eventually the websites gets taken down. That is the definition of a first rate scam, and one that so many people become victims of.
It is important, when looking for home-based opportunities, to remember that it is not logical to pay for something that is supposed to earn you money, unless it is a college degree! It defeats the purpose and it just does not make sense. Research well, but avoid the pitfalls of internet scammers. Any website or blog promising work at home opportunities by having you first pay is not legit. Remember, if it is too good to be true, it most likely is. So if you run across any of these websites, it is wise to click on the little X in the top corner and exit immediately.
