Make Money Online With a Home Based Business
According to the National Council of Better Business Bureaus, more and more people are looking to work from home and home based business opportunities on the Internet. How do scammers use the Internet to prey on individuals looking for opportunities? They use the Internet as a tool to recruit home based business prospects allowing them to hide their identities. A common trick to attract prospects is to post fake ?testimonials? about employees who became rich after joining their opportunity.
Methods scammers use to take your money: First, this one is old and evidently still effective; the old bait-and-switch scheme that requires payment up front for materials. Then the victim pays a start up cost and may never receive what they paid for; supplies, instructions or client leads. It may seem hard to believe, but many people fall for this kind of scam over and over. Other schemes include mentoring programs where scammers post ads in local newspapers to Start Your Own Business, and offer a startup package for a huge amount of money. With a growing number of retirees looking for income to supplement their small retirement income, older people are targeted by con-men and cheated out of their life savings.
Just in case you have forgotten, fraud and scams were happening before the Internet was created.
So do not think scams and fraud on the Internet is any different; except con-men now have Information Technology and the Internet to do their dirt. During the days of brick and mortar business offline, how did you deal with con-men and those out to empty your pockets and leave you broke? I am sure you used caution, got burned a few times and learned the hard way. Yes, experience certainly is the best teacher. I suggest you read more, Google search for information on Internet scams and simply use your common sense in sorting out legitimate home based business opportunities from scams.
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Jed Tooke
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