There was a time when only the most important of managers were given the privilege of working from home. They got a company leased line, and enjoyed conference calls via the wonders of, at the time, sophisticated IP telephony. Today, even the most average of broadband connections can support remote working, and almost everyone has a laptop, netbook, or desktop PC that they can use for IP telephony and document sharing.
The ubiquity of high-speed connections and effective communication tools means that there are more and more work-at-home jobs out there. Unfortunately, this means that there are a lot more scams out there too. It’s easy to fall for a work-at-home scam. All you have to do is spend a few minutes on a work at home board or a classifieds site, and you’ll have lots of work at home scam opportunities put in front of you:
Step 1: Look for Work From Home jobs – all you want to do is work from home, right?
Most scammers advertise their jobs as “work from home” jobs and are vague about what the job actually entails. You can be pretty confident of finding scammers if you look for opportunities to make money from home. All the boring legitimate jobs (the ones that actually require work) advertise for people with certain skills, rather than just pushing the work from the home side of things.
Step 2: Jump On an Ad Promising Big Bucks
After all those years slaving away in an office for just barely enough to pay your mortgage and keep your car on the road, I bet you feel like a fool now. You could have been making thousands every day with just a couple of hours of work per week from the comfort of your own home. If only you’d known sooner!
Step 3: Paying Money for Training
The guy that knows the secret to make a fortune isn’t just going to give it away! He needs money from you to prove that you’re serious. Yes, that makes sense! It must be legitimate.
Step 4: Ignore The Haters
Your friends aren’t warning you about the scam you’re falling for because they’ve been there before and know it’s fake. They’re warning you because they’re jealous. They’re not motivated enough to quit their jobs and think outside the box. You’ll be laughing at them when you’ve earned megabucks.
Step 5: Chasing The Cash
So, you tried one job and it didn’t work out. It was the system that was bad. Definitely. You can keep trying, one day you’ll strike it rich.
All of the above, of course, is tongue in cheek. If you want to work from home then you should prepare yourself for the realities of remote working. There’s a good chance that you’ll end up doing the same job you’ve always done, only you’ll be using a leased line and relying on the wonders of IP telephony to support your job. Don’t expect your income to be higher, and don’t expect the work to be easier. There are perks to working from home, but it’s not a magic bullet for all of your work-related problems.
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