| Let's face it... finding a work at home job is far from | | | | from you. |
| easy. There are so many opportunities out there that | | | | Let's make this perfectly clear. There are no jobs out |
| just look so appealing. All you have to do is send in a | | | | there forwarding money to your employer. There are |
| payment for $xx and you have a job. What's the | | | | no jobs where your employer needs to know anything |
| harm? | | | | about your credit cards, banking information or any |
| Time to get real. You don't pay to get a job. You don't | | | | other personal financial information. |
| pay to get an outside the home job, so why pay to | | | | Many work at home job seekers are desperate to |
| work at home? It just doesn't add up. | | | | work at home, and as such are perfect targets for |
| There is one exception, however. Some companies | | | | scammers. No matter how badly you need to start |
| now charge you for the background check they do | | | | earning an income, you don't need to lose money to a |
| before hiring you. This happens at outside the home | | | | scam. |
| jobs too, so it's legitimate, if barely, and to my mind a | | | | There are a few basic warning signs. Some scams |
| poor hiring practice. However, as some companies that | | | | are well-crafted and won't have these signs, while a |
| do hire and, more importantly, pay their at home | | | | few legitimate opportunities may show one or two |
| employees regularly do this, it is not strictly a warning | | | | symptoms of being a scam, so still use your head. |
| sign. I would call for caution with any background | | | | * Free email account or website hosting - Most real |
| check, however, and investigate thoroughly first, as | | | | companies will have websites that they are paying for, |
| there is also a scam out there where they have you fill | | | | and email addresses assigned to employees. It doesn't |
| out a form for a background check, then steal your | | | | cost that much for them to do so. |
| identity. | | | | * Lots of misspellings or other errors in email or |
| Charging to apply is far from the only work at home | | | | website - Sloppy work is not promising for a real |
| scam out there. Some can get the police or FBI | | | | opportunity. |
| pounding on your door, and people have done jail time. | | | | * You have to pay to work - As I said above, don't. |
| One form of this scam has you working placing eBay | | | | * Envelope stuffing opportunities - Machines can stuff |
| ads for someone in another country. You place the ad | | | | envelopes for very little cost. No one is going to pay |
| and collect the payment, forwarding it to the other | | | | you to do it, no matter how often you see their sign on |
| country, where the item should be shipped from. It | | | | the side of the road. |
| never is. | | | | * Home assembly - If you're good at crafts, you're |
| A variant is where they persuade you to give them | | | | better off making your own and selling them on eBay, |
| your bank account information, then they steal directly | | | | to local stores or at flea markets. |