Another resource I'd like to share (to hopefully help someone avoid getting scammed!) is this list of 10 Tips on Avoiding Work At Home and
Home Based Business Scams.

The number one tip?

1. Never, NEVER pay for the chance to work!
This is the cardinal rule. You should treat working at home just like you would treat working for an employer at their place of business.

If you were going for a job interview in the 'real world,' how would you react if the interviewer asked you to pay $50 or $100 to land the job, for starter materials, or for a 'good faith' payment to make sure you were serious about the business?

You'd think it was absurd. No legitimate company charges employees a fee for a job.

Read the entire article, and all ten tips, here.

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I have ran into so many scams, its crazy!

Some of the stories that I have read have stated that money is not always requested up front. The con is to get the victim into believing that the scam is legitimate and the request for money may be a gradual thing. I believe firmly in Ronald Reagan's statement on U.S. foreign relations: Trust but verify. Most of the time, I find myself leaving out the "trust" and just verifying the heck out of things. It's time-consuming, but well worth it.

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I agree. One of my friend almost fall into some scam trap. Luckily, I told him to do a research about the company first. These scams are really good making themselves look legal.

I agree. Before I became a VA, I invested HUGE amounts of money that I could not afford to waste on "get rich quick schemes". Finally, I realized that I do not have to "pay companies to make them money".

I never ever paid to get a job. I don't do "trial work" without pay. This is for those who are just starting out. Don't get too desperate, there are tons of sites you can go to. Freelancing sites do not ask a registration fee. My favorite freelancing site is Odesk. I like how everything is made easy and the payment is guaranteed - if you choose to be paid by the hour. So check these freelancing site online and make sure to read up on it first before committing yourself to anything.

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Thank you, Tess! Want to comment on #10 - I found that some scammers place in their emails, "Reply email to have your name and address removed from our database", when in fact, that actually places the recipient IN the database. So, as the writer mentions, just delete.

I also use the 'block' option in Outlook just for good measure!

Janine

10. And most important, NEVER reply to spam
Fraudulent offers for home-based businesses or work-at-home opportunities almost always arrive as spam. The better it sounds, the less likely that it's legitimate.

Scammers aren't planning to deliver anyway, so what does it matter to them what they promise? Delete and move on.

As we say -- if it's spam, it's a scam!

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The thing I don't like about Odesk is that people that are bidding there ask for $4.00 per hour at times.