Working From Home (scams & legit)

This is like everyone's dream job and because of that there are gobs of "Work From Home" scams on the Internet. This one work from home website featured a lady with a sob story about how she was a broke single mother, how her child got sick, how she couldn't pay for all of the treatments, was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and how this random good Samaritan one day offered her an job opportunity that turned her dire straits financial situation around. Now she's successful, was able to buy a spacious new home for her and her child, has multiple cars and etc. She did it all by working out of the home, just working from her computer. I was almost taken because it sounded too good to be true. I even registered with my email address, then click the arrow to the next screen and saw the website wanted $299 to get started...willing to take your credit card info. right there! Needless to say I recognized the con at that point, clicked out of that. Then researched on google and read from others that this "company" was a fraud. Thank God I didn't give them my credit card info., but they email spammed me until I finally filtered them out.

I have grown to despise my current job and am looking to do something different. Would love to work out of the home @ least temporary, so that I won't be totally broke while I look for more stable means of employment.

Have you ever worked from home or know anyone who does?

If you PM me your zip code, I can hook you up with 10 free postage stamps per month with a certain entity...

On the radio here they have an advertisement that says 'Anybody can be a medical transcriber from home', and my mother did it for like four years, and she's here to say that's a big fat lie, anybody can NOT do it. Some can but, it's about like any other job that's not like being a dishwasher or fry cook, only a select few can be capable of doing it.

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I think a good rule of thumb is never pay to get a job.

CatEyes10736 wrote:This is like everyone's dream job and because of that there are gobs of "Work From Home" scams on the Internet. l situation around. Now she's successful, was able to buy a spacious new home for her and her child, has multiple cars and etc. She did This one work from home website featured a lady with a sob story about how she was a broke single mother, how her child got sick, how she couldn't pay for all of the treatments, was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and how this random good Samaritan one day offered her an job opportunity that turned her dire straits financiait all by working out of the home, just working from her computer. I was almost taken because it sounded too good to be true. I even registered with my email address, then click the arrow to the next screen and saw the website wanted $299 to get started...willing to take your credit card info. right there! Needless to say I recognized the con at that point, clicked out of that. Then researched on google and read from others that this "company" was a fraud. Thank God I didn't give them my credit card info., but they email spammed me until I finally filtered them out.

I have grown to despise my current job and am looking to do something different. Would love to work out of the home @ least temporary, so that I won't be totally broke while I look for more stable means of employment.

Have you ever worked from home or know anyone who does?

That was definitely a scam. The whole point of work is for the employee to be compensated by the employer. Anytime they want you to pay for the privilege of working with them, it's a racket.

alan smithee wrote:If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I think a good rule of thumb is never pay to get a job.

Very good advice!

I just found this:

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2010/09/29/fbi-and-better-business-bureau-crack-down-on-job-scammers/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-w%7Cdl6%7Csec1_lnk1%7C174816