Home-Based Work Newbie Help: Spotting Online Job Scams from Real Ones (Upfront Fees)

Filed in archive online job on February 24, 2007

Upfront Fees for Starter Kits

Some offers on the Internet will ask for money from you, perhaps to set up the business at home, or to pay their consultants fees for taking you on. This may be a sign that the company is only after your money, and not after giving you any. Some companies will often say that in order for you to make money, you will need to invest money. This is not always true, however, so if a home-based business offer dictates that you pay for your training, keep away and move on to your next prospect.

Although there are work-from-home opportunities that will really require investment, check first if the nature of the job will definitely require upfront fees. data entry jobs or transcribing or typing jobs are one of the types of online jobs that will not need any upfront payment from the applicant. Furniture or any other items that require assembly is also another common work-from-home scam of this type that ask upfront payments.

Also popular on the Internet are envelope stuffing jobs, where a home business novice is asked to put together products, say by assembling furniture, or literally filling envelopes up. Some companies also demand an expensive set-up fee. When this is paid, and after the job is done, employees are simply suspended simply because their work did not meet company "standards."

If you encounter a scheme that will require you to pay a fee for a menial job, then you may want to avoid the offer. Don't fall for these.

More work-from-home scams to avoid up next.