Beware: 5 Common Work at Home Scams

You know the drill: "Work at home.  Earn $15,000 a week.  Send us a check or money order, and we'll show you how. Start now."

If you're like most, chances are you've already been taken in by one of the many work at home scams on the internet.

You've paid your $49.95 or whatever, only to find that, after you've got your package, it was a whole different ball game.  The program wasn't even close to what the advertisement suggested, there was a whole lot more work than you thought, and a lot less money to be made!  You were cheated, and $50 poorer!

I have took it upon myself to make sure this does NOT happen again! As a "home worker" myself, as well as a former CEO of Wahor, (a very successful work at home review website), I consider myself qualified to tell you what works, what doesn't, why (or why not), and how well it works

In this article, we will be taking a look at some of the most common work at home scams, and later on, I will assist you in finding suitable work at home of your liking.

Work At Home Scam #1 - Data Entry (Home Typing, Writing Job, etc.)

Perhaps the biggest scam of them all.  The victim is lead to believe that they will earn thousands a day simply by typing, or entering data for a company.  The program usually requires an up-front fee of $100 or more.  After payment, the victim discovers, that in reality, they will have to do affiliate marketing to make money.

Yes, amongst other things, you will be "entering data."  But this is only about 1% of your "job duties."  There is still a question of "what to advertise, where to advertise, how to write your ads, etc."  Off course, they do not tell you this up front, nor will they refund your money.  Can we say "false advertisement"?

Now, keep in mind that internet affiliate marketing is a perfectly legitimate work at home business, and it is exactly what I have used in the past to make over $20,000 PER MONTH.  Simply put, it's selling other people's products online for a chunk of the profits.

So yes it is possible, but it will take some time and effort on your part to set everything up, test out your advertising campaigns, until you get the hang of it, but after you've done so, it could be VERY WELL WORTH IT.

If affiliate marketing sounds interesting, you can get started here for free.

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Work At Home Scam #2 - Envelope Stuffing

Promoters usually advertise that, for a "small" fee, they will tell you how to earn money stuffing envelopes at home. Later - when it's too late - you find out that the promoter never had any employment to offer.

Instead, for your fee, you're likely to get a letter telling you to place the same "envelope stuffing" ad in newspapers or magazines, or to send the ad to friends and relatives. The only way you'll earn money is if people respond to your work-at-home ad.

Work At Home Scam #3 - Processing Emails

Envelope stuffing - gone electronic.  Same deal - they only money you will make is if the person responds to the email you send them, and purchases the "processing emails" program.

Work At Home Scam #4 - Assembly (Craft Work)

Assembly or craft work. These programs often require you to invest hundreds of dollars in equipment or supplies. Or they require you to spend many hours producing goods for a company that has promised to buy them.

For example, you might have to buy a sewing or sign-making machine from the company, or materials to make items like aprons, baby shoes or plastic signs.

However, after you've purchased the supplies or equipment and performed the work, fraudulent operators don't pay you. In fact, many consumers have had companies refuse to pay for their work because it didn't meet "quality standards."

Unfortunately, no work is ever "up to standard," leaving workers with relatively expensive equipment and supplies - and no income. To sell their goods, these workers must find their own customers.

Work At Home Scam #5 - Paid Surveys

Paid surveys are perhaps the most tricky on our list.  While the paid-surveys business cannot be classified as a scam in itself, as this could very well be one of the easiest ways to make some extra bucks on the web.  The scam kicks in when the greedy site owners sell access to outdated databases, exaggerate income claims, invade your privacy, disguise paid offers as surveys, etc.

Paid surveys are extra money and should be treated as such.  This means no $150, $250 per online survey, as some of these web-owners will have you believe, but folks have reported making $50-$200 per month for just several minutes of their time daily. So, if earning money while sharing opinions about fun products and services sounds like something you want to do, again, you can get started here for only $12.90 (please disregard the exaggerated income claims)

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HOW TO LEGITIMATELY MAKE MONEY ONLINE

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Now this may come as a shock to some, but there actually ARE quite a few legitimate ways to make money at home, of which my personal favorite would be 'affiliate marketing'.

Affiliate marketing is basically promoting other people's products (physical or digital) on Google ads, Facebook and other platforms for a nice cut of the profits. The best thing is - you don't need a full-blown website or your own product!

I will be straightforward with you - it's not impossible to make $40,000-$50,000 a month doing this. I, myself have made $20,000/mo. back in 2007, and then it eventually dropped to $3000, as Google got over-saturated. But I'm talking about AUTOMATED INCOME here - so automated, that once you set it up, you don't know what to do with the rest of your day!

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To Your Success
Ado Djulbey
WAH Expert

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