Beware of Common Work at Home Job Scams
These Work at Home Job Scams Can Put You in Hot Water
It’s no secret that many people are looking for a work at home job that can bring them a substantial income each and every month. While many of us know that there are work at home job scams designed to con us out of our hard-earned money, some of us do not know that there are work at home job scams that can get you into legal trouble. While these jobs may indeed pay, they’re not worth the risk involved. Here are some work at home job scams you should definitely look out for.
Payment Processing
There are a few companies out there offering work at home job opportunities that involve processing payments for the. This usually involves accepting checks or money orders for them into your own account or an account you have set up for them. You then accept money from their customers into your account and send it to them either electronically or via money order and you get a commission for the money that you process. The problem is, this is almost always a money laundering scam and you can be implicated in a crime if you become involved in it.
Reshipping Products for Overseas Companies
Oftentimes when overseas companies are selling stolen goods, they will look for people in the United States to reship those goods for them. They offer work at home job opportunities for people to ship these stolen goods, implicating the innocent work at home employees in their crimes. If you are asked to reship goods for an overseas company, you’re better off not responding to the offer.
A Word to the Wise
While there are many legitimate work at home job opportunities available, you should stand by the age-old adage that if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Be careful who you accept employment from and always make sure that everything is on the up and up. The last thing you need is to be implicated in a crime that you never committed.
Comments
The information is true and I am sure that many people like myself have been cheated by these so called work at home packages. I signed up for three of these so called schemes, all of which did not produce or do as they say. Then try contacting them to get a re-fund IMPOSSIBLE.
It would be nice if someone could put together information on reliable work at home packages for people that are starting out in the jungle of the internet.
Posted by: George | March 8, 2006 4:58 AM
Having once been an investigator for Consumer Affairs, I did have a slight advantage of what to look for; but you also need to do some "soul searching" regarding your own level of integrity. Specifically, are you looking to JUST make money, do you sincerely wish to offer a product or service of quality, are you willing to work hard in the beginning with no immediate return on your investment, how much time are you willing to invest, etc.?
Posted by: Andy | July 5, 2006 8:04 AM
I did a hard-earned project, which lasted 5 work days, at day-time hours of 7 hours a day.The co. is Absolutedocs.com. The owner lied about me in her review about me, she lied more than once and never paid me for my hard-earned work. It was IMPOSSIBLE to speak to a human about getting my paycheck, she is a very evil women, even threatened me with court ---Dawn Freeman - owner of the Absolutedocs.com
Posted by: leonor | August 7, 2006 11:05 PM