So many people have been looking for ways to make some extra income, ways to help pay the bills because of the difficult economy. This has led to more people than ever looking for work at home jobs for an extra income, or even for their entire income. While there are legitimate work at home jobs, did you know that 99% of the work at home advertisements you see on the Internet are scams? Before you go investing your time or money into a work at home job, make sure you avoid these four common scams.

Four Common Work at Home Scams

1. Envelope stuffing- This is probably the oldest one in the book, but it continues on even to this day. Trust me when I tell you, you won’t be stuffing envelopes for a living. The people placing these kinds of ads aren’t looking for envelope stuffers, but rather people who will pay a registration fee and then place the advertisement somewhere else. Stay away from these scams!
2. Processing medical insurance claims- If you think about it there is no way any legitimate doctor is going to contract out their insurance claims to an unproven person or firm. Don’t pay for medical insurance claim “training” that is supposedly so easy you can learn it in no time.
3. Multi-level marketing schemes- There are legitimate multi-level marketing companies, but the truth is most of the multi-level marketing advertising you’ll see are nothing but a pure pyramid scheme. How can you tell the difference? Typically in a MLM scam they will be more concerned with you getting other people to join under you than selling any product.
4. Craft or assembly work- Many scam artists like to use people’s talents against them, and that is exactly what happens in these types of scams. You’ll hear that you can earn money by assembling products or crafts for this company, but once you start crafting and assembling (after you have paid them money for instructions), you won’t hear back from the company.