How to Spot Dishonest Work at Home Opportunities

by Erika of ThisChristianWahm.com

In this day and age there are so many work at home opportunities out there for moms. How do you weed out the honest opportunities from the scams?

In my experience, these are the following red flags to look out for when looking for an opportunity:

1. If the ad doesn’t come right out and say the name of their business or what exactly the nature of the business is about, or what you will be doing for them…and you have to sign up with them by giving your information to them before finding out more, I would skip onto the next one.

2. If the business charges you money just for information about the opportunity, move on… Legitimate businesses will never charge you just for information about what they do or what you will be doing for them as a potential employee.

3. If the ad says, “get rich quick” or “make millions overnight with our proven system.” I would not walk, but run from them. If there were a way to get rich overnight, don’t you think everyone would be doing what they do? I’m sure a lot of these fly by night companies are getting rich…they are getting rich on the money they collect from people just for their bogus information!!

4. Home assembly…I would steer clear of most home assembly or stuffing envelope jobs. I’ve yet to come across any of these that are legit. Usually with the home assembly jobs, you have to pay to get a test kit…you send the completed item back to them and they tell you that it’s not done to their specifications. This will happen over and over until you finally give up.

Basically, if it looks too good to be true, chances are it is!

There will be times when a business will ask for start up costs to get going with their business. And in most cases this is fine. They should give you all the information you need to know about what you will be selling, and what comes in a startup kit to begin working. They need to cover the cost of sending you literature, sales tools, and demo products. But, keep in mind you should never have to pay anyone for a work at home job. A work at home job and a work at home business are two different things.

A job is just that. The company hires you to do work for them, and they send you a paycheck. You do not pay them!

A work at home business is run entirely by you. What you make is determined by how much you sell and by how much time and effort you put forth into your own business. And there will be start up costs to running your own business. Whether it be a website, selling products, or services.

There are many companies that are safe and on the up and up. You just need to do your homework before getting involved! Join message boards for work at home mothers and see what they have to say about a certain opportunity you’re thinking about. See what their experiences were; good or bad. And then go from there.

Look up a company with the better business bureau and check them out as well.

Be sure to never, ever, under any circumstances give out your personal information such as; your credit card number, bank account number, or social security number before making double sure a company is for real and honest!

Good luck in your search for a work at home job. There are so many wonderful, honest opportunities out there; you just have to know how to look for them!

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Erika runs a website for work at home moms–
This Christian Wahm.com
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