So one of the local news stations just did a story about work at home scams. Funny coincidence since I just started this blog. It was really short only like 5-7 minutes but was very informative. So much so that I thought I'd post about it and share some with you guys and gals.
It started by a woman telling the news that she got some letters in the mail claiming that if she just stuffed a bunch of envelopes she could make $800,000 in only 3 months.
WOW that's stinkin awesome right? WRONG?
She wrote her attorney general and they researched it only to find out that it basically looked like a pyramid/multilevel marketing scam. This is straight from the attorney general themself.
So this is not a good route to go when trying to work at home
KGW.COM, the news channel that ran the story, listed some actual legit home business that were mostly home based call center work. Now people will say "don't always believe everything on the news" but they said these places were free to sign up. So it might be worth more investigating.
Convergys
Speak Write
Arise
Alpine Access
Working Solutions
The last part were 4 tips from the BBB when looking for work at home jobs and watching out for work at home scams.
1. Do you homework
2. Company should be listed on the BBB website
3. If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is!
4. Beware of an offer that requires and up-front fee!
I thought this was a perfect time for a news story like this to come out. With the economy the way it is, more and more people are looking to work from home but don't know where to begin. The thought of losing our hard earned money on a home business scam, scares us all.
For the full story and video from the news segment check out
http://www.kgw.com/news/specialreports/stories//kgw_112008_news_work_home.1d04ece47.html
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