People wanting to stay at home, unemployed individuals, individuals trying to make quick money are just some of the few types of people who would qualify for a work-at-home scam.
The internet has provided scammers and fraudsters with a ‘free advertising tool’ which is now being used for carrying out illegal activities. Work-at-home scams can come in different shapes and sizes, some of the more common types of work-at-home scams are mentioned as under:
1.Online Business: Provides a ‘guide’ which can make you rich in a matter or days. One will be asked to purchase a kit or guide on such work-at-home scheme.
2.Processing Claims: Processing claims for insurance companies and doing paperwork for insurance providers by ordering equipment and software is one of the work-at-home scams which promises exceptional returns.
3.Stuffing Envelopes: Guarantees a too good to be true payment on stuffing or each envelope. One has to order kits and instruction manuals for this work-at-home scam.
4.MLM: Multilevel marketing scams are a sub category of work-at-home scams which requires an individual to recruit new people in order to make a chain of marketing personnel.
5.Assembling Jobs: This type involves purchasing expensive kits and manuals before starting to assemble products for companies. There is no guarantee that the company will accept the goods that one has assembled at home.
Preventing work-at-home scams can be as simple (or difficult) as accepting the fact that there are no short cuts to make quick money or to get rich in a short period of time.
May 13th, 2009 | Tags: assembling scams, avoiding work at home scams, Email Scams, envelope stuffing scams, fraud, MLM Scams, online scams, scam, types of work at home scams, work at home fraud, Work at Home Scams | Category: Action Against Fraud, Anti-Scams, Email Scams, Fraud Events, Internet Marketing Scams, Online Job Scams, Online Scams, Ponzi Scams | Comments (1)
Mail fraud or mail scams can be defined as scams and frauds which try to result in loss of finances or items being delivered through the postal system. Mail fraud or mail scams can be segregated into three broad types:
Type-I: The first type of mail fraud involves the internet, wherein an email is used to request money to be sent for goods or services which do not exist.
Type-II: The second category of mail fraud deals with the delivering of fake documents or misrepresentation of identity. Emails claiming to be from legitimate government authorities eg IRS, FTC etc asking for personal information.
Type-III: Failure to receive a product after ordering and paying for it, as well as fraud involving receipt of a product which differs in quality and features to the one which was being advertised. Such mail fraud is mostly committed via the internet as this proves to be a safer option for the con artist or fraudster.
The most simple way to avoid mail fraud and mail scams is to do a complete research about the source from where any goods or services are being ordered. Selecting firms and agencies which are based locally will prove to be a better option in case of a fraud. Confirming the authenticity of the firm or agency with the state or federal authorities is a sure way to differentiate between a genuine and a fake company.
May 13th, 2009 | Tags: email fraud, Email Scams, fraud, mail fraud, mail scams, online mail scams, postal service fraud, postal service scams, scam, scam e-mails, spam emails | Category: Action Against Fraud, Anti-Scams, Email Scams, Fraud Events, Uncategorized | Leave a comment
