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Home Assembly and Crafting Scams
Building things at home sounds like a dream job come true but it's more likely to be a scam designed to build the wealth of a crafty con artist
What could be more perfect, and fun, than making money doing crafts at home. Some of the home assembly offers promise as much as $30 an hour for
this kind of work. The job described would require that you make baby clothes, jewelry, Christmas ornaments, small toys, plastic signs or any
other product you can think of. As you can imagine, a lot of people jump at this opportunity only to discover that the whole thing is a scam.
What ends up happening is that whoever falls for this ends up paying for a lot of equipment and supplies to produce the goods for a company that has
promised to buy them. One of the ways they get you is by insisting that only certain materials and tools are used so that even if you already have
something comparable you will need to purchase theirs. They will also insist that you use only the materials they provide in order to insure product
quality an uniformity. Once you have sent in your money, the materials and instructions you receive will be of far poorer quality than anything you could
have found on your own.
You Can't Meet Their Standards
After you have assembled the product with the materials provided and using only the tools you purchased from them you will
find it hard to impossible to receive any kind of payment for your hard work and investment. What you will be told is that the work you have done
doesn't measure up to their quality standards.
No matter what you try they will have some way of refusing your work because it isn't to their
standards which is almost certainly mentioned somewhere in your business agreement. Even if they promised you a full refund if not delighted you
are going to find it extremely difficult but more likely impossible to recover your initial investment. Scams are very good at covering all bases
so that no one gets their money back.
There are real home assembly jobs out there but the real ones don't require you to invest any of your own
money. This is the big difference between real work-at-home jobs and the scams. When you are asked to pay fees or buy something first it's time
to walk away...with your money.
Product assembly and home crafting scam warning signs:
- You are promised a high income - This is almost always number one on any scam warning sign list and it comes down to if it
sounds too good to be true, it probably is a scam. Don't let your greed get in the way of common sense.
- Your employer uses a post office box - Using a post office box doesn't necessarily indicate that a business is fraudulent
but home business scam operations rely on them to easily bilk people out of money. They are easy to set up and it's not a big deal if the PO box
needs to be abandoned when it's time for the scammer to move on to new hunting grounds.
- You need to purchase a starter "kit" - These kits are almost always garbage and the very fact that it's called a "kit"
should make you wary.
- You are required to pay a deposit - Few if any real employers ask for their employees to make deposits. If you are asked
to make a deposit you should immediately start asking questions. These deposits are where the con artists make their money. Once you send in your "deposit"
you are a scam victim and you can kiss your money goodbye.
Work at Home Scam Links:
FTC: Facts for Consumers - Work-at-Home Schemes
BBB: Work-at-Home Schemes - Modern Twist to Old Scams
MyMommyBiz: The Product Assembly Scam
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