Mamaw asked:
I have run across several ads, some sound too good to be true, some sound as if they could be legit. I hesitate to send fees because how can it be a JOB if they require a fee. I really need to work at home, I live in a very small town and employment is practically non existent. I have a disabled husband at home so I don’t want to travel to another town to work. Does anyone out there have and suggestions for a legit work at home job?
Tags: Work at HomeI have run across several ads, some sound too good to be true, some sound as if they could be legit. I hesitate to send fees because how can it be a JOB if they require a fee. I really need to work at home, I live in a very small town and employment is practically non existent. I have a disabled husband at home so I don’t want to travel to another town to work. Does anyone out there have and suggestions for a legit work at home job?
The ones that aren’t scams actually require work on your part - and if you’re in need of money soon then you’re likely to be sorely disappointed in any of those as well. Most of the legitimate opportunities out there take time to build - so if someone makes an outrageous claim of income it probably isn’t true ( and those that are true sure didn’t make that kind of money when they first began ).
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The envelope job is a one way street ,they get your money and run down the street.You have to pay everything up front.
And you are very right,you don’t pay an employer to be hired in any circumstance.
none of them are, unless uyou already work at a company that also gives tyou option of doing some of the work at home cause your such a skilled person there all waste money. Only thing you can do at home is start a business, that again is a business.
1. What is a data entry job scam? What can you LOSE?
Answers: Data entry job, data entry job scam? What do these mean? Let’s explain:
a) a data entry job is a temporary, part-time, individual and non-supervised job, which is purportedly offered by websites directly, or on behalf of the websites’ “clients” [note that we are NOT referring to full-time, office based, fixed schedule data entry jobs where the employee goes to work every working day, thus leaving the home and travelling to work]
b) a data entry job scam is basically a job scam; in other words, a data entry job scam is a form of FRAUD where certain persons (scammers), acting from behind one, two or several websites, attempt to fool good-faith people (people that are looking for work from home opportunities), by falsely promising them data entry jobs, jobs through which they (the victims) can earn money working from home and without any need for travelling to an office location. What’s the CATCH? Here it is: generally, in order to get these “amazing” data entry opportunities, the jobseekers (the future victims) need to register online on the scammers’ websites and pay one or more registration fee(s) ranging from US$ 9 up to US$ 450, and only after they register they’ll get the data entry “projects” started; the only problem is that, once they pay the money, the victims will never get the money back even if the website has BIG banners saying “30 days money return guaranteed!”; the even bigger problem is that since they paid online (on the website) for the registration, the scammers also got the credit card details - which they can use in other illegal activities.
OR, scammers might very well ask you to pay for so called “training materials” - needless to say that once you pay them you’ll get nothing but a useless sheet of paper.
Note: If you are asked to pay any money upfront = step back, it’s a scam. Don’t pay anything to anyone. Don’t be a victim!
A data entry job scam can also take the form of various job ads displayed on one, two or more online job boards, job ads that invite (”welcome” in the scammers’ own words) job applications; generally, these job ads contain extremely limited information, an email address, a cell phone number, and in most cases they also contain a notice regarding the salary which can be “excellent”, “sky-rocketing”, “amazing”, and can range from US$ 100 a week up to US$ 2,000 a week. Beware! Don’t swallow the bait! Well, what’s the CATCH? Here it is: once you reply with your job application or a phone call, the scammers will try to get your personal data (which is basically no less than identity theft - and this can cause you a lot of problems), or your financial information (saying they need it for job processing and so forth), or money (via check, wire or cash); the scammers can also invote you to register on one of their “amazing” websites, which obviously is full of “opportunities”.
Note: always be on alert if you see job ads that provide very little information and do not reply to all the job ads you see or get; we know some of you might we too desperate getting a job, but we strongly advise you to be cautious and alert. Generally speaking, try NOT to provide your name, full address, SSN, credit card info, or other financial info via telephone conversations or via internet.
What can you LOSE? Many things: first (and most important), as soon as you reply to a bogus job ads (data entry related or not), ads posted on dubious job boards, you will lose your identity (that is, the scammers will get your personal data and use it for fraudulent purposes - forged passports, forged driving licences, credit card applications, and so on); second, as soon as you register on data entry websites, you lose the money you paid for registration; third, as soon as the scammers have your credit card details, not only you might lose a lot of money, but you can also get into more complex financial problems.
WARNING: VERY, VERY FEW DATA ENTRY JOB OPPORTUNITIES ARE REAL! UNLESS YOU ARE 101% SURE, YOU SHOULD TREAT MOST DATA ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES AS SCAMS!
The envelope stuff gig is a scam. Stay away.
I know a lot about this topic so please forgive the length of this reply. I have a lot of good info for you. I am a mother of two little girls who are actually tugging on my arm as I write this so I will try to be brief. Many people are looking for work from home companies. All the scams definitely create a big problem but also, there is a problem of people misunderstanding the difference between work from home “jobs” and work from home opportunities. There really are not work from home “jobsâ€. To get that you have to start working for a company in their offices first, then they MAY allow you to take the job home.
Most of the work from home opportunities that are legitimate offers are not an hourly pay type job. They are business opportunities that help you in starting your own business from your home.
What you should do first is to decide if you are simply looking for an hourly rate type job or if you are looking for more of an opportunity for additional income such as what you would make in your own business being your own boss from home. Many say a JOB stands for Just Over Broker and I have found that to be true as well. I never got anywhere working for others.
Small home businesses have some small costs involved, less then $500 to start is reasonable and I would stay away from those wanting $1000-$5000. It doesn’t cost that much to start and run a home business so you shouldn’t pay it. The real ones will have a small monthly overhead as well. Should be around $50 a month but no more then $75. And everything should be included from your web sites to training and team support to back office accounting and booking. It’s ok to pay this overhead because it’s a business, they cost money. It’s not reasonable to assume you can run a business from home with a website, accounting, bookkeeping, payroll, processing and more for free so do keep that in mind as you search.
If you are coming across places that say free then I would RUN don’t walk the other way! They never are. I tried them many a times and 3 weeks later I had to buy this and 6 weeks later that. After 6 months these “free businesses†had cost me over $800 on average.
I’m a stay at home mom of two little girls as I mentioned, ages 1 and 3. I work about 15-18 hours per week for a National Medical Benefits Company. This is a home business, a nationally known and reputable home business which is what you need to make sure you are looking for. I have been with the company almost a year now and I make over $3500 a month! In your first month, depending on how many hours you can work, I have seen people make anywhere from $500 to over $3000. And your income will increase each month because we get paid residual income as well. If I continue on as I am going at the end of the year I will be making $6000 a month. My friend Becky from South Carolina started 2 years before me and she is now making $102,000 a year with this company.
The best part is they have 401(k), direct deposit, life insurance and a benefits package most of which you get from day one. In addition, there are no products, no hard selling or pushing, no cold calling, no home parties and no telemarketing! That was VERY important to me.
I absolutely love working with them and I can’t believe I am making what I am making and in so few hours per week. The neat thing is there are other people on your team that you work with so you are never alone. You have great team support and you get to know the other people on your team pretty well. The support is great but I have made wonderful friends as well. I think that’s important too, especially being at home!
I was a bit apprehensive at first because I know a lot of companies are not legit but this company is the number one National Medical Benefits Company in the US. They are a member of the US Chamber of Commerce, and the National Association of Dental Plans and the owner of the company actually sits on the board of The Consumer Health Alliance to which we are also members. Also they were featured in “The New York Timesâ€, “Wall Street Journal†“Time Magazine†and the “American Medical Reviewâ€. Even “60 Minutes†with Morley Safer did a big special on this home based business.
Even more then all this is they are accepted at over 100,000 retailers nation wide. These are fortune 500 companies like Sears, Target, Walgreens, CVS, Wal-mart, Publix and more. These companies would never work with a company that was any thing less then reputable. That made me feel very good about working with them knowing they were accepted at these stores that I frequent. Also now of course being with them I get the dental and vision benefits for free and I saved over $150 on my last visit to the dentist! That’s just a beautiful perk! : - )
When I first started I just felt very safe with them, that and my friend was already making so much money with Ameriplan. But at this point I feel a sense of security financially that our family has never had before. That plus LOVING what you do? What could be better?
Check them out! Just type in in your web browser.
-Amy
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They are scams. Let me repeat, envelope stuffing jobs are scams. There are some work at home places that only hire disabled people, can you husband do some sort of job on the computer?