| Imagine waking up in the morning, turning on your | | | | send it to them. |
| computer, doing a few minutes work on the internet, | | | | 2) Chain Letters/Emails ("Make Money Fast") - (Illegal |
| seeing how much money you made the day before | | | | & Unethical) |
| from the internet and then planning the day around | | | | If you've been using the net for a while, you've |
| your family and friends without having to go to work. | | | | probably seen these chain emails. They say all you |
| Well, I do and I must tell you its a great life but it hasn't | | | | have to do is send the email along plus some money |
| always been like that, before I started to work from | | | | by mail to the top names on the list, then add your |
| home I was doing 9-5 in a stuffy office, I desperately | | | | name to the bottom... and one day you'll be a very rich. |
| wanted to work from home, I read every work from | | | | This is a classic pyramid scheme, and most times the |
| home article on the net, I tried every work from home | | | | names in the chain emails are manipulated to make |
| opportunity known to man and eventually figured out | | | | sure only the people at the top of the list (the true |
| how to make money using the internet. If you want to | | | | scammers) make any money. |
| make money working from home using the internet | | | | 3) Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) |
| then here are the top 3 work from home scams to | | | | If you've heard of network marketing (like Amway), |
| avoid like the plague. | | | | then you know that there are legitimate MLM |
| 1) Envelope Stuffing (Illegal & Unethical) | | | | businesses based on agents selling products or |
| This classic has been around since the 1920's and has | | | | services. |
| found its way onto the internet. | | | | One huge problem with MLMs, though, is when the |
| You are promised to be paid $1-2 for every envelope | | | | pyramid and the ladder-climbing becomes more |
| you stuff. All you do is send money and you're | | | | important than selling the actual product or service. If |
| guaranteed "up to 1,000 envelopes a week that you | | | | the MLM business plan is all about looking for new |
| can stuff... with postage and address already affixed!" | | | | recruits rather than selling products or services, be |
| When you send you're hard earned cash, you get a | | | | warned: The Federal Trade Commission may consider |
| tiny manual with flyer templates you're supposed to | | | | it to be a pyramid scheme... and not only can you lose |
| put up around you're local area, advertising yet another | | | | all your money, but you could be charged with fraud, |
| crazy work-from-home scheme. | | | | also. |
| And the pre-addressed, pre-paid envelopes? Well, | | | | So, those are the top 3 work at home scams, be |
| when people see those flyers, all they have to do is | | | | careful when choosing which work from home |
| send you $2 in a pre-addressed, pre-paid envelope. | | | | opportunity you go for, good luck. |
| Then you stuff that envelope with another flyer and | | | | |