Make money from homeWORK-AT-HOME MOMS: GET SCAM-FREE JOBS

Just what you’ve always wanted: the chance to work at home and still be part of your children’s lives. Millions of mothers are trying to get jobs from home, and the most likely place for them to look is on the internet. Once again, the problem of internet scams. 6 million moms have been scammed trying to work from home. These scams used to appear more on billboards, but with the popularity of the internet rising, people are finding it easier to job search right from their own computer.

TYPES OF SCAMS–USUALLY FEE-BASED:

  1. Administrative–Example: stuffing envelopes, doing crafty things that everyone is qualified to do, where you are promised a good hourly wage, of say, $20/hour. Another example is with medical transcripts—companies make you buy software that isn’t usable. Don’t let the greed factor take over. Watch for overuse of capitalized letters. Scam:  After completing several hours of work you are told the work was not up to the employer’s standards.
  2. Tracking UPS and FedEx packages: This is supposedly for companies that don’t have time to track packages. They hire you, agreeing to pay you between $50-75/hr to track their packages. If the promised delivery time is even off by 1 minute, those shipping companies are supposed to credit you the shipping charges. Spam. Make you believe you will be working with these “name brand companies”, which are usually not part of these scams. Scam: You have to buy the software for around $100 to do this, but more importantly, FedEx and UPS are not affiliated with any of these programs. This software does not work within those companies’ systems and is ILLEGAL to use. Be careful when paying with PayPal.

If you have been scammed by these companies either approaching you directly or through advertisement, call the BBB and the Attorney General’s office.

WORK AT HOME BUSINESSES:

The key with work-at-home businesses is “owning” your time and holding on to your money. Don’t pay for any books or manuals.

  1. Tutor students online (www.tutor.com):  Parents don’t have a lot of homework time. Help out by offering online tutoring, for $10-15/hour.
  2. Teachers can write online courses in a variety of subjects. There is a big demand for online teachers because the cost of going to college and graduate schools has increased and the economy is preventing many from going.  www.tompson.com.
  3. Virtual customer service: this is customer service that big companies, like J. Crew or 1-800 Flowers, is using to save on benefits. Earn $8-15/hour from home. Very easy to get started. Usually need to work a minimum of 15 hours/week. Some companies pay more if you have a higher call volume. Easier to get jobs around the holiday season. Interviews are done online or on the phone. Key is having good interpersonal skills. Check out Alpine Access, Working Solutions and Liveops.
  4. Writing about your expertise in an area—be a guide: When we search for topics or answers to our questions we are often transferred to sites like About.com. $675/month in the first 2 years and $500/month after that, plus bonuses for very successful pages with a lot of traffic.  Dozens of topics are available for writers with opinions.
  5. Freelance in computer-related areas–for example,  Elance.com. These are companies that post jobs and you can respond to the job opening for a freelance position. Typically, computer-related jobs like programming. You negotiate your own terms and pay.
  6. Sell your homemade art/objects from home. Etsy.com charges just 20 cents to list an item and takes 3.5 percent of each sale. Sales are in the millions each month.

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