Making Money From Home Part 2 Work a little, earn a lot? A Google search on work at home yields about 1.8 million results, some touting intriguing pitch lines such as Earn $500-$1000 per day and Mom Makes $5K/Month at Home. Guess what? Most such ads are simply scams dressed up in work-at-home clothing. Christine Durst, cofounder of Staffcentrix, a virtual-careers training company, estimates that more than 98% of advertised work-at-home ideas are either outright scams or downright suspicious. (Dursts company screens online job offers and rates them at RatRaceRebellion. Another site that investigates work-at-home ideas is IveTriedThat — their slogan: We lose money so you dont have to.) Durst recently told ABC News that the number of scam offers has spiked over the past year. Were definitely seeing an escalation, and the escalation, of course, is coming because theres demand, she said. People are looking for extra income. And scammers are looking for new victims. As the old saying goes, Forewarned is forearmed, so here is a rundown of just a few of the work-at-home scams youre likely to run across if youre searching for a way to make money from home:
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 12:00:01 +0000
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