Outsmart The Work At Home Scammers

I 'm sure we've all seen the       They know you're desperate to      ads: "Earn $1000's weekly       work at home. They know that Moms  stuffing envelopes from         would do almost anything to be     home!" Have you ever been tempted     able to stay home with their       to send in your money for that        children and earn a decent income  one? I have. Luckily I didn't do      at the same time. They know that   it, but I know many people have.      college students need extra        It sounds so great, doesn't it?       money, and retirees are living on  Sit at home watching television       a fixed income. And they want      while stuffing hundreds of            your money. They know you're       envelopes, and get a nice check       willing to dish out ten or twenty  every week. If only such a job        bucks if it will allow you to      existed! Don't fool yourself, it      earn some good extra cash.         doesn't. Why? Companies can                                              easily purchase a machine that        Scammers are very practiced in     will not only stuff the envelopes     saying exactly the right words to  for them, it will also fold,          get you to believe they are for    collate and apply postage in many     real. They've been doing it for    cases. These machines usually         years, and probably won't stop     cost a few thousand dollars. Why      any time soon. Too many people     on earth would they pay you           fall for their lies, and the       thousands of dollars a month to       scammers are earning a very nice   stuff their envelopes, when they      income themselves - by suckering   could purchase a machine for a        you out of your hard-earned        one time charge that would            money!                             continue to stuff their envelopes                                        for years to come? It makes no        However, there is something you    sense.                                should think about for a moment.                                         Scammers are not the only ones     Scammers want you to believe.         doing the fooling much of the      time. We also fool ourselves. We      planted the idea in our heads, we  see an ad like the one above, and     picked it up and ran with it.      we begin to dream about how great                                        that would be, to sit home and         Don't let them do that to you,    stuff envelopes all day. We           and don't do that to yourself! Be  visualize ourselves going to the      realistic about your search for    bank with a hefty check, being        work at home. Understand that      able to pay all of our bills on       working at home means working at   time, and have money left over.       home. You can't expect to get a    We see our children helping us to     mindless job and earn great money  stuff envelopes so the family can     from it. Most often, you will      earn even more money. We see          earn less working at home than     ourselves driving a new car,          you do at a regular job. (Unless   buying a nice home, all from our      you start your own business.)      envelope-stuffing proceeds.                                                                                    As a side note, many home          At the same time, a little voice      business opportunities are guilty  deep inside us starts to speak        of the same tactics when trying    up, "Wait a minute, something         to recruit new representatives.    about this seems to good to be        They tell you that you will earn   true ..." -- But we squelch down      great money while having fun.      that little voice. We don't want      That may be true, but they         to hear that. We tell the voice,      conveniently forget to mention     "You're ruining my fantasy, shut      that you will actually have to     up. It has to be true; I need         WORK. You will have to be          this so badly. It would be the        consistent in your efforts, and    answer to my prayers." So we send     work on improving your skills,     our money, get ripped off and         both professional and personal.    then kick ourselves for being so      You will need to sell something,   stupid. The scammer merely            either a product or a service.     Which means you will need to talk                                        to people, either online, over        Rather than being desperate to     the phone, or in person. You          work at home, be determined to     don't just sign up and start          find a REAL opportunity. Use       cashing big paychecks. Keep that      common sense and learn as much as  in mind when exploring business       you can about scams and the        opportunities.                        genuine opportunities available.                                         There are so many great companies  Ultimately, we are responsible        out there that really do want to   for our own actions. Yes, the         hire good people to work at home.  scammers are using dirty tricks.      And as time goes on, more and      But we have the option whether to     more great companies will be       believe them or not. Fortunately,     joining the ranks. This is very    we can be smarter than they are.      good news for us because the more  We all have this neat little          legitimate companies there are,    built-in warning system called        the less opportunity scammers      intuition. Use it. If something       will have. They will slowly but    seems too good to be true, or you     surely be pushed out. What a       have any doubts at all, listen to     grand day that will be!            that.                                  About the Author: Wendy Betterini is a freelance writer, web designer and owner of http://www.CreativeWorkAtHome.com, a resource center for home business owners and telecommuters. Visit today for information on how to make your work at home experience successful. Source: www.isnare.com