Never pay to work
No legitimate company charges employees a fee for a job. Whenever you're asked to pay for the chance at a job, or information about work-from-home jobs, you know it's a scam. Unless it is a home based business may require start-up costs to cover investments, materials, franchises, or other items.
Check out the business before you pay anything
Make sure they have a physical address and a phone number. Call to see if it's a real phone number.
Some warning signs of scammer companies:
- They use free Web hosting services (such as Tripod or Geocities).
- They use free Web email services (such as Yahoo! Mail or Hotmail).
- They use Post Office boxes for mailings and don't disclose their real addresses.
- They won't give you a telephone number where you can contact them.
Don't be blinded by greed
Be wary of claims that you can"make up to $1,000 a week" doing just a few hours' worth of unskilled work. Companies that don't state their names, costs, or other important information in their ads usually have a good reason to do so -- they're scammers.
Dont reply to spams
Fraudulent offers for home-based businesses or work-at-home opportunities almost always arrive as spam. The better it sounds, the less likely that it's legitimate.
Scammers aren't planning to deliver anyway, so what does it matter to them what they promise? Delete and move on.
Don't show your desperation
Posting messages on forums saying that you are in financial trouble, or desperate to find work from home is a bad idea. Your desperateness will only entice scammers and you'll be inundated with phony offers.
Avoiding Work-at-Home Job Scams
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