Interesting Question

This is a very interesting article, I had wondered the exact same thing!

Q: I have been home since the birth of my second child, but would like to get back to work—hopefully with a home-based business. I see a lot of "Work at Home" advertisements online that look like they could be scams. Are any of them legitimate? And what should I look for when approaching such a company?

First of all, if something sounds too good to be true, it likely is. Make $10,000 per month with no training and only 5 hours per week? Hummmm. While there are a lot of legitimate "Work At Home" business concepts around, there are also a lot of scams. The most dangerous involves opportunities where you pay for a distributorship, an affiliation, or just to buy into a pyramid, though since they are illegal, the pyramids are often cleverly disguised."Envelope Stuffing" is a common front for such a scam. In this type of scam, you send them money and instead of getting the 'envelopes' to stuff, you receive instructions for placing an ad similar to the one you answered to recruit others into the program. Again, these types of scams are illegal
and should be reported immediately to either the Better Business Bureau or the Federal Trade Commission. There is also a website called the "National Fraud Information Center" (www.fraud.org) which contains a complaint form and tips for not getting duped by an internet scam.In general, you should never respond to an unsolicited e-mail offering quick or easy money. You should also never pay for anything you have not thoroughly researched. A couple of points to remember when researching an advertised "Work At Home" opportunity:

Get and talk to references of other people that are doing the work. Talk to more than one and make sure you ask questions about working with the company offering the assistance. An online testimonial is not good enough - talk to real people.
Research the company, including checking with the Better Business Bureau and Internet Fraud websites mentioned earlier in this article.
Know what you are paying for and how you get your money back if you don't like what you see. Some companies only claim to train you and help you find customers, but the rest is up to you.
Just like any business, you need to research your market.
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