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Spot and Avoid Home Business Scams

by white rose beautician

Spot and Avoid Home Business Scams


It is so easy to get caught up in the many work at home and home business scams that are floating around. If you spot any of the following within a home based business ad, it more than likely is a scam:


  • "No experience needed!"

  • You can work just a few hours a week and still make hundreds of dollars.

  • You can make hundreds of dollars a week working from home.

  • You are forced to make a speedy decision. They may get nasty.

  • The ad is vague: it does not describe the nature of the business, but they claim you will make a ton of money.

  • You're asked to call 900# for more information.

  • A friend, relative, acquaintance tells you to come to a meeting at their house. They can’t tell you what it's about until you get there.

  • The ad contains a lot of capilalized letters’S and !!!!!!.


    Here is a sample of a scam ad I recently came across. Note the vagueness of the ad: 
    "Earn $30,000 per month. Retire in 5 years. Now Accepting applications. Serious Inquiries only. Does not cost you a penny!! www.somewebaddresshere.com 604-720-xxxx"

    How to check to see if a home based business is a scam:

    • Call the Better Business Bureau (in the state the company resides in) to see if there have been any Home Based Business Scams complaints against the company.

    • Ask the company if you can talk to any of their happy customers. Please be aware that companies can and will give you false customers to talk to. If these people sound way too happy, they too can be part of Home Based Business Scams of this bogus company .


    What to do if you are a victim of a home based business scam:

    • First, contact the company who was involved in home based business scam and tell them you want your money back. If they refuse, then tell them you will notify law enforcement officials.

    • Contact your local Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the BBB in the state the scam originates.

    • Contact the Attorney General's Office in your state.

    • Contact the editor of the publication that posted the advertisement of the scam.

    • Contact the National Fraud Information Centre at 1-800-876-7060 . Their web site is updated frequently for alerts or new Scams.

    • Contact the US Postal Inspection Agency if you received home based business scam information via the mail.

    The Federal Trade Commission (202-382-4357) and Direct Marketing Association can provide more information on work-at home and home-business schemes.

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Comments

Philippe Moisan Magnate II   Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
Wow, Zoya, awesome article, you should post a link to it in the Avoid Being Scammed group here at APSense
May 24th 2011 12:25   
Philippe Moisan Magnate II   Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
A nice tweet of this article for a very nice looking lady :)
May 24th 2011 12:26   
Andrey V. Advanced   moneymaker.)
Good article Zoya! I liked!The main thing is to have useful links with the handle.
May 24th 2011 12:34   
Cheryl Baumgartner Professional Premium   Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
@Zoya a couple of things you point out as proof of a scam are not proof of a scam. Instead it is the way most traditional network marketing companies teach to expose the opportunity and these companies are reputable established companies.

1. "A friend, relative, acquaintance tells you to come to a meeting at their house. They can’t tell you what it's about until you get there."
This is called a PBR or Private business Reception and it is not an indication that something is a scam.

2. "No experience needed!"
Most people who get into network marketing do not have any experience so this is not an indication of a scam either.

3. "The ad is vague: it does not describe the nature of the business"
Online I would tend to be inclined to agree with you but a true Home based business opportunity-No. For the plain simple reason people run around calling many legitimate businesses scams and the entire point to Business briefings, PBRs and other forms of exposure are to have people look at the opportunity with an open mind, not preconceived notions coming from people who don't know a thing about the opportunity calling it a scam.


Be careful that you are not calling accepted methods of exposure proof of things being scams. It can come back to bite you later.
May 24th 2011 12:45   
Brian Mattson Advanced   Rastelli Direct Leader
Zoya great article I enjoyed the information provided and believe that this is very important for people to check out before they make the choice to join a networking company.
May 24th 2011 14:35   
Zhang JunJie Junior  DOCTOR
Just at home business would be really amaaing for what we can do for your promoting for the kind of the resason that we need
May 24th 2011 22:04   
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