Many websites claim to offer legitimate home business opportunities. While some people do make money at home through online jobs, but many of these so-called opportunities are scams. How do you know the difference? Here are some tips for avoiding home business scams.
You need to use some common sense first. If you are looking around because you're short on funds, it can be easy to talk yourself into believing the promises you will read online. Try to look at the offers objectively. Many scams try to convince you that you will become wealthy with little effort, and you might even see on the website that this is some "secret" for making money that is just now being revealed. Much later they reveal the cost of learning the secret. Before buying this kind of information, take a moment to wonder why it's being sold. If it's really that effective, the person selling it should be wealthy and not need to sell anything.
Secondly, don't get involved in a pyramid scheme. These are programs that pay you to recruit but don't really have a product to sell. You make money by getting other people to join the system. This only works for those who start the pyramid scheme, and is illegal in several states. Note that this is not the same as home party or similar plans where you get a percentage from what you sell in addition to a percentage from those you recruit.
Third, don't pay to stuff envelopes or make products. In fact, don't pay to work for anybody.
Forth, getting paid to do Survey. While some companies may pay you, I have found that the majority do not. They offer an entry into a sweepstake where "you could win" but in my experience, the sweepstakes even has a catch as well where if you do win they want you to pay a registration fee of let's say $700.00 then you will get the "All-inclusive trip for 2 to the Bahama's". Don't buy into it. There are way better things to waste your time on.
And lastly, anything with the word "Blaster" in it is a SCAM, unless you want your email filling up with spam don't do it. I had a campaign with Ad Blaster and I'm still unsubscribing to spammers.
Avoiding home business scams means avoiding anything that offers easy wealth. It also means avoiding paying to work for somebody. Don't expect anything online that makes no sense in the real world. Don't get scammed.
Comments
This is a valuable article Anthuwin. Especially in these uncertain times we're living in. People are desperate and don't know how they're going to make it, which may cause them to act in haste. Buying into the next and next Get Rich Quick Scheme. This article is a word of caution to take the time to research before you spend your money.
Hi Ant, Great to see you here. I know that you'll addd considerable quality to the site. This article, and your others already submitted, prove the point!
This is a great subject to write about Anthuwin. Folks looking to make money from home or online should always do their homework and check out every business opportunity. The one recommendation I always tell people is to read the policies and procedures or TOA (terms of agreements) because it's your contract with them. If you can't find or get access to them, then you should forget about joining. Thank you for sharing this timely and beneficial information.