Don't Try This At Home

In the world of home-based businesses and work from home opportunities, there are a few things to watch out for before you get involved as an owner, affiliate, or investor. These are important everywhere, but nowhere more important than for the so-called “internet newbie” who is looking for additional income and/or a better lifestyle. The internet is just infested with hype and unrealistic promises that sound oh, so good. The next few posts are going to pick a few of them apart. Learning to step back and think logically can be a financial lifesaver. It might even help to look at each offer and ask if you would want your kid or your grandparent or your best friend to get involved. If the answer is “NO!” then you shouldn’t, either!

Today we will look at the Envelope Stuffing Scheme. Most ads read something like, "Make $5 stuffing envelopes." The problem is, businesses have machinery that folds the paper and stuffs it into the envelope faster than your eyes can follow.

Why the heck would they pay people $5 to stuff each envelope when they are mailing out hundreds or thousands of them every day?

They are in business to make a profit, not keep you off of welfare, and all of this mindless, mechanical stuff is done by machinery.

This is an out-right scam and here is how it works. You pay somebody $5 (which you stuffed into an envelope and mailed to them.) They send you information and you find out that in order to get your money back you have to con some other sucker into paying you $5 (stuffed into an envelope and mailed to you) so you can tell them to con yet another sucker out of $5, and so it goes.

I see these on Google AdWords and AdSense often. Google should have enough integrity to refuse such ads.

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