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Clare Peacock
"Working from home is a fabulous way for moms to earn some additional money and still watch the children. Every woman who wants to become a Wahm has traveled down the same path. Unfortunately, that path is littered with scams and traps to take money and time from honest women looking to make money from home. With a little common sense and additional research, you can find legitimate work at home opportunities." The first step is to search for jobs in the right places. Don't simply click on ads to find work. Attempt to find helpful groups of Wahms who have successful work at home jobs to guide your search. You can try searching on message boards or finding e-mail groups for ideas of where to kick off your work at home job search. Numerous of these women can give you insight into which work at home opportunities are actually worth your time.There are also a few red flags to watch for when you are searching for Internet jobs. You should never have to pay for work or job lists. There are plenty of free listings available that can supply tons of work at home opportunities. Companies that want to charge you for lists of jobs are just trying to get your money. The lists are often packed with dead job leads, or lists of companies that want to charge you money. Many work at home scams will also require you to pay a start-up fee or cover the cost of "necessary" training. Again, legitimate jobs will never require you to pay them any money for you to work.Another warning sign is if the ad or website tells you to "act now." You should always do research before joining a company and never feel pressured to make a decision right away. Numerous websites are set up with text that says that the offer will expire on today's date. But if you revisit that website the next day, the ad says that the offer expires on that day.If you are unsure about a company, do some research on the Better Business Bureau website. The BBB has files on all businesses that have had complaints filed against them. You can see what other people have to say about a specific company and be steered away from scams. There are some scams that have been around for years that should be avoided at all costs. These business scams have unfortunately been successful for the scammers, so they continue to take the money and time of hardworking Wahms. If you notice an offer for any of the following types of jobs, run the other way.Envelope stuffing is a common scam, although it is being seen less and less these days. These jobs are usually listed as mail service jobs, and then you are asked to pay for a start up kit. After you receive a start up kit, you are given instructions to place your own work at home ads. You basically just sell the start up kit to other people and become a scammer.Craft assembly scams can take numerous forms. Typically, you receive a set of crafts to complete with instructions. You generally pay for the set and then are told you will be reimbursed for the kits and also paid for their assembly. After working hard at assembling the kits and returning them, you will be told that your work is not up to their quality standards. You will be out the cost of the kits, and they will sell your crafts anyway. There are legitimate jobs out there for Wahms, but you have to do some research on the opportunities first. If you do your research and are cautious, you can successfully work from home and never be scammed.
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