Signs of a Work-at-Home Scheme

Signs of a work-at-home scheme versus a legitimate job may include:

    * Payment of fee is required prior to starting employment. According to the United States' Federal Trade

Commission, under no circumstances should anyone be forced to pay a fee in order to obtain a job. No legitimate

employer will require a fee be paid as a condition of starting work (except perhaps a small amount for a criminal

background check).
    * Pay is too good to be true. Though there may be legitimate jobs in existence in which employees are paid to

perform the particular task in question, even possibly from home, in reality, they would be paid a wage that is

fair for that type of work and level of education, not the $40 per hour or $3000 per week that is typically offered

in a work-at-home scheme.
    * Employer seemingly will hire anyone, with no experience necessary and no qualifications. Legitimate employers

will only be interested in those who have the proper experience, skills, certification, and other qualifying

factors, and will give at least some scrutiny to an applicant seeking employment. But the perpetrator of a work-at

-home scheme is only interested in the payment required to join.
    * Company is little known, and does not seemingly have a customer base bringing them revenue from which they

can pay employees.
    * Company does not appear to have a permanent location. Its address, phone number, and website appear to be

centered around recruitment of employees, not customers.