Scams
& More
by Linda Sikut
Copyright 2002
Every day people who want to work from home are being
preyed upon by one of the many scam artists out there. We've all the seen the ads
for envelope stuffing, data entry, home assembly, order processing, and even medical
billing.
So, how do you get scammed? Let's review each of
these scams one by one.
Envelope Stuffing
You read an ad, you send money for a "kit". You
get a couple of pieces of paper explaining to you to run an ad, well actually, many ads
like the one you responded to. For each person who sends you their money, you STUFF
into an ENVELOPE those same two pieces of paper, and you keep the money. Now you've just
scammed the next person.
Data Entry
This is very similar to the envelope stuffing scam. You send money for a kit. You
receive a disc with places to advertise and written instructions. Your instructions
tell you to place the many ads (data entry) and then to duplicate the disc and papers for
each person who mails you money. You then mail them the instructions on how to scam the
next person.
Assembling Products At Home
You read an ad, you send money for a kit. You get back some supplies and a piece of
paper that clearly states "We will only accept those pieces that meet our
satisfaction". To this day I have never met a person who got money. Instead you
get a letter that it did not meet their satisfaction. You've mailed them $50.00.
They send you $5.00 worth of supplies and a form letter costing them an envelope
and stamp. They've made a nice profit.
Order Processing
This is the same as data entry, but now they tell you for each person you scam, you
process their order and send them the instructions on how to scam the next person.
Medical Billing
Medical billing is most definitely legitimate, however the ads we see in our newspapers
and on the internet are run by software companies who only want to sell software.
The support they offer is for software only, not for marketing. The list of doctors they
tell you they will provide is nothing more than the list from your local yellow pages or
doctors name and phone numbers. They do NOT provide you clients. You are on
your own to market your services. If you are not trained, and have not taken the
proper college courses, doctors will NOT hire you. Not only that, but what doctor will
trust someone to take their records out of their office and work from home? Especially
someone they don't know! It makes no sense to think that this will happen. Once you
take the proper courses, you'll know which software to purchase, as you'll know exactly
what functions you'll need. The software you end up purchasing will not be from any
of the companies advertising in your newspaper.
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