Work from Home
by ~ August 10th, 2008Work From Home
There are many things on the Internet that can provide you with a work from home opportunity. There are also many out there that will rip you off every chance they get. Keep you eyes open and check and double check anything you are looking into. Here is another scam that I see very often.
PROCESSING MEDICAL INSURANCE CLAIMS:
Typical Ad — “You can earn from $800 to $1000 weekly processing insurance claims on your home computer for health care professionals such as doctors, dentists chiropractors, and podiatrists. Over 80% of providers need your services. Learn how in one day!”
Generally, the promoter of this scheme attracts you by advertising on cable television and, perhaps, by inviting you to a business opportunity trade show at a hotel or convention center. You may be:
Urged to buy software programs and even computers at exorbitant prices; a program selling at a software store for $69 might cost you several thousands of dollars.
Told that your work will be coordinated with insurance companies by a central computer.
Required to pay for expensive training sessions available at a “current special rate” that will be higher in the future, and
Pressured to make a decision immediately.
Most likely, the expensive training sessions are superficial, and the market for your services is very small or nonexistent. The promoter may delay the processing of your job, citing a backlog or mistakes in your work. There may also be no central computer as advertised. You may be left with no way to deliver what you have promised to your clients or customers—if you found any—and with no way to earn any money on you own.
Avoiding Fraud
There is no substitute for closely examining any offer which promises or guarantees income from work from home programs. If it sounds too good to be true, chances are it’s a scam.
Consider it a warning sign if a worker must buy something in order to start the program. Those interested also should take into consideration that, by becoming involved in a work from home scheme, they might well be perpetrating a fraud by selling the program to others, and risk investigation by postal authorities.
For a reliability report on a specific work from home company, you should check it out first with your local B.B.B. A major problem is that the majority of them are not even listed.
Signs of a Work From Home Scamer
A Work From Home Scheme Promoter will:
Never offer you regular salaried employment.
Promise you huge profits and big part-time earnings.
Use personal testimonials but never identify the person so that you could check with them.
Require money for instructions or merchandise before telling you how the plan operates.
Assure you of guaranteed markets and a huge demand for your handiwork.
Tell you that no experience is necessary.
Take your money and give you little or nothing in return except heartbreak and grief.
Just remember that spending the extra time upfront, will save you a lot of time and money in the end. Although the idea of being able to work from home is very appealing, you must remember to be careful.
