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Avoid Work-at-Home Scams

Published on March 25, 2005 By joeKnowledge In Living in Cyberspace

Working at home can be a wonderful treat for those who want to avoid travel or avoid going anywhere at all during the day. Also working at home could mean starting when you want to start and finishing (somewhat) when you want to finish. All of that looks very good to some people especially if you have children.

I personally found a job on Craigslist and applied for it since it seemed worthy. It didn't seem like the typical work at home and earn billions of dollars ad. What they wanted basically was someone to have computer access and a telephone to be a telemarketer.

Now who wants to be a telemarketer?

Apparently no one, because the start rate usually is somewhere between 10 and 14 dollars and so was this offer. I applied but didn't follow through (of which is a NO-NO in the trying to find work arena) mostly because I just didn't want to be a telemarketer and public assistance would not have excepted this job as a job.

Trying to wade through the 'wanna make it rich' schemes' while unemployed (or even while you ARE employed) and a real job can be a little difficult especially if you’re looking in the service industry job. You'll wonder why such places like Yahoo Hot Jobs or Career Builder has these job wanted ads when some of them are so obviously fake (while others are sneaky) but then again, you can find this stuff in newspapers too.

Just look out for these types of scams. On top of that, make sure you watch who your giving information to. That can become a problem.

The linked article will show what to look for in the more obvious ones and help for those in the more sneaky ones.

SOURCE: AOL Career Builder

Avoid Work-at-Home Scams

According to experts, over 16 million people in the United States work from home and the popularity is increasing. Why this growing interest in telecommuting? Today's workers want more from their lives than a long commute to and from their office. They want to spend more time participating in activities they enjoy and less time behind the wheel of their car or on a commuter train. They want flexibility!

So it's not surprising that scams offering big financial rewards for people who want to work at home has grown in popularity. According to the Better Business Bureau, cyberspace is the newest arena that scam artists use to hunt for people to dupe. And even the most savvy Internet users can get themselves caught up in a fraudulent work-at-home opportunity.

So what can you do to protect yourself while still seeking out work-at-home opportunities? The Better Business Bureau cautions to be on the look out for warning signs in any work-at-home job offer...

For more, click on the link provided...

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