I know that being a stay at home mom can be a very tough job (and one that doesn’t pay money). With food and gas prices on the rise, it’s almost impossible for a family to survive on one income. So what is a family to do in a situation like this?
Both parents can take turns watching the children while the other one is working, or you can hire a nanny (this can be very costly) or put the children in daycare (this can be very scary). Many moms are saying “NO” to both these ideas and are searching for ways to make money in the comfort of their own homes. This is not a bad idea. By doing this, they are saving money on child care costs, and they are making money to help pay for food and gas (and diapers, formula, clothes, etc…)
However, stay at home moms are the biggest prey for work at home scams. Moms are known to quickly dish out money for work at home “opportunities” like, stuffing envelopes, data entry, typing from home, or buying work at home packets because they are so desperate to find a way of making money from home.
For instance, you will find moms that will pay for work at home packets. They may have received an email about a work at home position, and it tells them to go to a particular website and purchase a work at home packet. They spend, may be $60.00 for this information, only to find out that it is just a directory of other companies “supposedly” hiring for work at home positions.
Now, what is even more shocking, is the fact that there are moms that fall for these scams daily, but then when something legitimate comes their way, they say it’s a “scam.” I urge ALL moms to stay away from the following:
*Work from home positions like data entry, typing, and envelope stuffing that requires you to pay a fee
*People who entice you to buy a “packet of information”
*People portraying to be a company but refuse to give a legit name and phone number
*Work at home directories and most membership sites
I hope this article helps all of you stay at home moms. I know it can be tough to weed out all the scams from the legit business opportunities, but please take my information to heart and you will NOT get scammed.
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June 2nd, 2008 at 5:27 am
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