Your Questions About Work From Home Scams
Jenny asks…
Want to work from home, do not want scams?
I am looking for kind of work that I can do from home that isn’t a scam, or a “pay us, and you can work from home,” (scam).
Without a doubt I know there is someone out there that actually has some none scam home based job that doesn’t involve out of pocket expenses or some other scammy type thing. Could anyone make a suggestion here?
Oh, and someone suggested that “home biz for all” might be just the thing, but this looked way to scam like for me (check out all the “sign up for free,” and “simple to use PayPal or Credit Card” signs- thanks but no thanks).
Looking at some of the suggested sites below I find it funny that they want you to sign in, or register first then they will tell you what the business is, and to me that is just way to scammy.
I am presently checking through them looking for the ones that I do not like or trust because of their lack of information before signing up. Also AdAware is helping by looking for spy ware being placed (any that do are obvious scams).
I thank you all for your thoughts, and suggestions, the positive responses here on Yahoo Answers gives me hope that somewhere out there, there are people that actually want to help each other. 
Yigly Admin answers:
Yes, I work for several different companies doing “virtual administration” i.e.: a virtual secretary. It took me about 6 months – a year tog et enough work to be financially stable though (I make arounf 30k + benefits.)
The way you do it is write up a resume and post it to craigslist. You will need to do this in any/all major cities in the US so you will need at least 4 different email accounts (craigslist only lets you post 4 posts per email account) and a public internet connection like a library (if you post too much in a short amount of time, craigslist will temorarily ban your ip because it thinks you are spamming.) Remove all personal information from your resume (real name, address, phone number) and use craigslist’s anonyous forwarding system to insure you don’t get get spam and telemarketing calls. Every month, repeat the resume posting process.
Be sure to put in your title “virtual administrator” and put a mini coverletter in the beginning of your resume but be prepaired for companies who do not understand what a virtual administrator is to contact you. Also be prepaired to sift through a lot of crap, ie: fake job offers, spam etc. With time you will get some legitimate leads and remember any position requiring you to pay money for training is not legitimate. Also, check craigslist for posts about people wanting virtual administrators and send them your resume.
Lizzie asks…
Seems like the only way to work from home – sell email scams. Anybody got honest opportunities no/low cost?
Every day I get email work at home scams. Wondered if anybody had waded through the scum and found honest opportunities that don’t require you to purchase something. I need to stay at home with my seriously ill wife but can’t afford to quit my job.
Yigly Admin answers:
I have found a good site that just gives good information about working from home. They don’t push anything on you, and I have really enjoyed their site. They helped my wife work from home when we had a baby. Their website is http://www.changeurlife2day.com.
Nancy asks…
Where can i search for work from home scams in Georgia?
I have worked for almost 4 weeks for a guy, the company he works for is a leg. company. He is the one i am worried about. It is a credit card processing system. He keeps saying the accounts are taking longer to close than he thought they would that’s why i have not got paid yet.
Yigly Admin answers:
“If a company requires initial payment from you in order to work for them, they are not legitimate.”
There are a few legitimate data entry companies but are not hiring and have large waiting lists (1-2yrs). The majority of data entry jobs you seen online are scams. A real company will want you to have skills inc fast typing, may want you to know MS Excel, and will usually ask that you have high speed internet. Once in a long while you may found one online on a job website but thats rare.
If you do an advanced search on yahoo, you will find previous answers, sometimes the info on these is good as the info they gave is likely to have been verified if the answer was voted as ‘Best’.
Donald asks…
Are christian work from home scams more creditable than normal work from home scams?
Yigly Admin answers:
Nope.
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