Avoiding Work at Home Scams

There is no "Magic Button" that will make you "Get Rich Quick."

You have a better chance at getting rich quick by buying a lottery ticket! Headlines like "Get Rich Quick, Start Making Thousands a Week Immediately, Minimal Effort Involved," as well as many others that offer instant riches should be a good indicator of work at home scams.  If a work at home job opportunity sounds too good to be true, more likely than not, it is. In the beginning of your search you may be confused as to what are genuine work at home jobs. Don't get overwhelmed! Take some time now to get yourself familiarized with some of the most common work at home scams and how to decide whether or not a work at home opportunity is genuine.

With all the work at home opportunities that are out there, it is difficult for a newcomer to get started working at home. Here are some tips that will help even a "newbie" decide the difference between a work at home scam from a real work at home opportunity.

If you have become a victim of a work at home scam, start by complaining and ask the company for a refund by email. Keep a copy of everything you do to recover your money. Document everything, including phone calls, phone numbers, who you contacted, receipts, money you lost, as well as all the time you spent trying to recover it. Some companies will refund you your money in an attempt to keep you from reporting them. Most scammers will take the money and run though. If that happens then contact the following agencies for further help:

	The advertising manager of the publication that ran the ad you answered
	Your state’s attorney general's office or the office in the state where the company
	Your local or state consumer affairs agency
	Your local Post Office
	National Fraud Information Center
	Your local Better Business Bureau
	Federal Trade Commission

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