Top 10 Work at Home Scams

Many people are being bamboozled in their quest to create some sort of income from home. After observing many folks getting reeled in by this, I decided to list my top ten work from home scam jobs..and why they are scams.

1. Google Money Tree - This program is all over the Internet right now...there are no legitimate Google posting jobs (this is different than the hourly website rater jobs google has listed on their website)...even if they show you a picture of a check that says Google on it..its not real. Also, you don't need to pay anyone to learn how to create income using Adsense. If you go to Google and sign up for the Adsense program, they will guide you step by step on how to use it.

2.Paying for anything related to Mystery Shopping - Now mystery shopping is real (some claim its a hoax altogether, I strongly disagree), but what has given it a bad name is the number of sites requiring people to pay for access to a listing of mystery shopping companies. There is absolutely no reason to ever do that. The only time you should come off money related to mystery shopping is on an actual assignment, where you will get reimbursed provided you complete the assignment correctly and provide a receipt of your purchase..that's it.

3.Paying to Access Work at Home Jobs/Companies - OK, if you are on my site, I assume you know not to do that. Just to further explain, you will pay to get a listing of companies you can find on your own or here..and jobs you can definitely find on your own using these tips. I strive to provide all the information you need to located legitimate work from home job opportunities. If I can provide more specific guidance, I would love to hear from you.

4.Emails Offering You a "Payment Processor" Job from Home - We've all gotten these emails, claiming that you are being offered some job where you will accept payments from a foreign country, processing them through your bank and then forwarding them on to some third party, while you get a heft transaction fee. This is not legitimate (or legal for that matter), so don't fall for it. Many of these spammers have gotten access to major job boards, so you may get the email from your Monster or Careerbuilder account..its still not real and could land you in jail.

5.Type at Home Jobs - This is an oldie, but goodie. It is advertised everywhere, online, in newspapers, billboards,etc. The premise is that you can make good money typing out mass forms from home and for a small "fee", you can get all the tools you need to get started. Well for that "fee" you will learn how to sucker innocent victims such as yourself. This is not real.

6. Medical Billing Jobs From Home - There are real medical billing/coding jobs that can be done from home. I actually know someone doing that full-time from home, BUT she has worked for this particular hospital for 5 years and just recently was allowed to telecommute. This scam really gets people, because for $300,$400 even $500, you will receive some legitimate looking software package and a list of companies that hire homebased medical billers in your area. The problem is one, the list is either completely outdated or worse, innaccurate and two, you are expected to go about selling your services to these companies. If you are interested in this line of work, your best bet is to inquire with a legitimate school to get the proper credentials and their help in getting on with a company actually hiring medical billers.

7.Process Emails From Home - This doesn't even sound legitimate does it? Well its follows the same premise as the type at home scam; pay a fee, get info on how to scam people in the same manner you just were. Again, please don't fall for this.

8.Rebate Processing From Home - Again, same as the typing email processing scams mentioned above.

9. Ebay Powerseller Success - This is a relatively new scam that promises you instant Ebay success mass selling generic products marked-up close to %500. Don't fall for it. The only way to find success on Ebay is identifying a niche and selling to those customers..that's it.

10.Assemble Crafts at Home - Another scam that has existed long before the Internet. For a fee (around $200), you will be sent a package of parts and instructions on how to put everything together. You are supposedly paid for each completed item that passes "inspection" by the distributing company. Here is where they get you, the parts you are being sent are crap and impossible to actually fit together in a quality way. Let's say you do figure out how to put them together, you still won't get paid because somehow each piece will be lacking in some way and never pass inspection. Please don't fall for this pricey scam.


Well that's it for starters, I am sure there are a ton more out there, but the ones listed are really popular. If you want real work at home opportunities, just take a look around at the opportunities listed on this site.



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