How many times have you followed through on a home working offer to earn big money?
How many times have you paid out your hard earned cash for a work or business opportunity that doesn't deliver the goods?
Home-working scams feed off our need to believe that there has to a better way of earning money. Some scams just promise a few extra quid whilst others promise riches and the millionaire lifestyle from stuffing envelopes, to some 'brainless' scheme involving email, to your very own shopping mall website. In a way, it is easier to be sucked into the smaller scam requiring only your £5 or £10 or £30 because you feel you have less to lose and hopefully much to gain.
And as for those marketing guru’s…
Have you ever received a printed letter in the post that's ten pages long - or come across a website page that just scrolls on and on - full of bold, underlined and italicised writing, a few centred paragraphs and signed by a REAL person - designed to confirm that everything you ever wanted is contained in this secure, sincere and SPECIAL! offer that's been created just especially for you?
Ever been had? Well, not 'had' exactly - but did you part with your money and feel VERY disappointed with what you received in return? Ever done it a second time? Or a third???
We learn slow, don't we!
Homeworking Scams fall into four main categories -
- scams
- recruitment scams
- craftwork scams
- pyramid schemes
