Today I was reading a report regarding Work at home Scam; I found amazing facts about home based job ads. In this period of global recession every one is seeking job to make both ends meet. When he goes online to seek job many posters and ads attract his/her attention to their glamour and fabulous slogans like work at home and earn thousand of $ per week. Naturally needy persons get entangled in them and pay fee for training package but when they start the work they get nothing. The scammers are grabbing money in many ways.
Half of all USA jobs are home based which are approximately 16 million in numbers. Alcohol industry makes $455 billion, Higher Education make $421 billion while US work at home business make $400 billion every year. Comparing these big businesses we find that work at home is no less than these works. But it is surprising to note that 98% of work at home jobs are just scams, report says. Further the report says, ‘for every 55 work at home jobs leads that you find on the Internet, 54 of them are going to outright scams”. Online frauds are on the rise. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (iC3) received 336,655 online fraud complaints in 2009, which is a 22.5% increase from 2008 and this trend never seems to be eliminated. $559.7 Million were lost to online scams in 2009. So you must be vigilant and wise enough to avoid yourself from these frauds while going online work at home jobs.
Top six jobs are declared strongly to be avoided.
1. Mystery shopping: Market research companies and retailers use mystery shoppers to gauge the quality of retail experiences. Scams occur when you are asked to wire money and share your financial information, which can result in identity theft.
2. Enveloping stuffing: Companies claim that you can earn money stuffing envelopes for a nominal fee. Once you pay up, you find that the only way to make money is to refer others to these companies and you still don’t earn a dime.
3. Processing rebates: After paying a fee to learn how to process rebates, you only have a poorly written training guide and no rebates show up to be expedited.
4. Online searching: These ads promise that you can earn thousands a month by performing Internet searches and filling out forms. These scammers want you to pay a fee for more information and they get your credit card information during the process.
5. Assembling product or crafting: These ads promise that you can assemble products and crafts. Once you have paid the money for the equipment and products, you are then told that the work isn’t up to standard and you cannot make money selling the goods, so you are left with the merchandise and the assembly tools.
6. Completing medical billing: This scam works by getting you to hand over money to launch your own medical billing company, promising you will get software to process the claims, a list of potential clients and technical support. But these companies rarely provide an experienced staff or quality leads in the medical community.
Protect yourself.
• Never pay for work. Avoid offers that charge a fee up front.
• Ask to speak with employees to see what they think of working for the company. Search for company names on the web to learn about their legitimacy.
• Be leery of too good to be true jobs that boast high wages and require little experience.
• Don’t expect to make exorbitant amount of money working from home. So be reasonable.
• Always consult the better Business Bureau or federal trade commission if you have any concern.
For more information visit: http//www.elearners.com
Half of all USA jobs are home based which are approximately 16 million in numbers. Alcohol industry makes $455 billion, Higher Education make $421 billion while US work at home business make $400 billion every year. Comparing these big businesses we find that work at home is no less than these works. But it is surprising to note that 98% of work at home jobs are just scams, report says. Further the report says, ‘for every 55 work at home jobs leads that you find on the Internet, 54 of them are going to outright scams”. Online frauds are on the rise. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (iC3) received 336,655 online fraud complaints in 2009, which is a 22.5% increase from 2008 and this trend never seems to be eliminated. $559.7 Million were lost to online scams in 2009. So you must be vigilant and wise enough to avoid yourself from these frauds while going online work at home jobs.
Top six jobs are declared strongly to be avoided.
1. Mystery shopping: Market research companies and retailers use mystery shoppers to gauge the quality of retail experiences. Scams occur when you are asked to wire money and share your financial information, which can result in identity theft.
2. Enveloping stuffing: Companies claim that you can earn money stuffing envelopes for a nominal fee. Once you pay up, you find that the only way to make money is to refer others to these companies and you still don’t earn a dime.
3. Processing rebates: After paying a fee to learn how to process rebates, you only have a poorly written training guide and no rebates show up to be expedited.
4. Online searching: These ads promise that you can earn thousands a month by performing Internet searches and filling out forms. These scammers want you to pay a fee for more information and they get your credit card information during the process.
5. Assembling product or crafting: These ads promise that you can assemble products and crafts. Once you have paid the money for the equipment and products, you are then told that the work isn’t up to standard and you cannot make money selling the goods, so you are left with the merchandise and the assembly tools.
6. Completing medical billing: This scam works by getting you to hand over money to launch your own medical billing company, promising you will get software to process the claims, a list of potential clients and technical support. But these companies rarely provide an experienced staff or quality leads in the medical community.
Protect yourself.
• Never pay for work. Avoid offers that charge a fee up front.
• Ask to speak with employees to see what they think of working for the company. Search for company names on the web to learn about their legitimacy.
• Be leery of too good to be true jobs that boast high wages and require little experience.
• Don’t expect to make exorbitant amount of money working from home. So be reasonable.
• Always consult the better Business Bureau or federal trade commission if you have any concern.
For more information visit: http//www.elearners.com
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