How reliable are those "make 1k plus a week from home" jobs?

Question

Has anyone ever tried and and had it work for them? Or does anyone know of any good ones? I am in desperate need of a new job and I would much rather work from home.

Answer 1

Not at all, they're total scams.

Answer 2

If its 1K+ in a week then its a scam. I am a full time worker doing work online at home, so I can share my personal experience with you. I never found any genuine work, which have paid so far. When u are planning for a home based online work, be very careful because most of them are scam and ask you to pay initial money. never pay money to any such site. Did you ever heard that if u r going for a job and employer ask you for money before hiring? After lot of search, I have found one website, where you can make $600 in a month working at home. The work need to be done is posting a discussion and answering a discussion. the link is:

http://tinyurl.com/yhzzph

But there is nothing called free lunch and you have to work if you want to make more and more money. When i said $600, i meant in a month, if you will work hard you can even make $1000 or more.. it all depends on your usage pattern. How u get money is through posting a discussion and replying to discussion. I worked for 1 hour daily last month and i got paid $238 for the last month. Its not bad after all, i am happy and making more. After sign up, do mail me to know the tips on how to increase your earning.

Please let me know, if you have any queries. I will try my best to give you right answer

Answer 3

The adage "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" applies here. How many people would honestly choose to get up, get dressed and drive to another place to go to work if they could do the same job from the comfort of their own home? Walk down the street in your neighborhood and ask your neighbors if they are making $1k a week working from home? I'll bet that 99.99% of them say "No." That's because most work-from home schemes are just that ... schemes. They are designed around the idea of a pyramid scam. I own the rights to this book, this software, this idea and I'll "sell" it to you so you can "sell" it to other people. The only person getting rich in that kind of set-up is the guy with the rights to the book, the software or whatever.

That's not to say that there aren't legitimate home-based businesses or tele-commuting jobs available because there are. Some medical transcriptionist work from home via the internet. Some programmers and other IT personal can work from home via the internet. Insurance agents can work out of their home, but they still have to go out to do business. My aunt was an artist for Hallmark Cards, Inc. and did most of her artwork at home and took it into the office ocassionally.

My best advice to you is to be very wary. If the company wants you to buy something to start "your" business, you're not starting a business ... you're lining their pockets. Start with the local newspaper, http://www.monster.com, Yahoo!Jobs, http://www.craigslist.com, your local work-force center or any other legitimate job search source. Apply for jobs you are qualified to do and as part of the interview process, ask if tele-commuting is an option.

My husband and I are owner-operators. We make between $700 and $1k a DAY before purchasing fuel for our rig. However, driving a semi-truck is obviously not a home-based business and it does require a considerable amount of time spent away from home. Truck driving isn't for everybody, but it is an honest living with a good return. Good luck!

Answer 4

Be sure you know EXACTLY what is expected of you before you sign anything or pay any money. A lot of them are very vague about what you are expected to do because mostly what is expected is to draw other people into the scheme. I.e., it is a pyramid scheme. They are illegal in the US, and probably elsewhere as well. Sadly, few people ever complain, because the amount they lose is small and the embarrassment of admitting what a sucker they were is great.

Do you understand why a pyramid scheme is illegal and unfair? Only the people at the top make any money, but they do so by deceiving people further down that they stand to make as much as they have. But they won't, because the pyramid relies on finding people who are "friends" enough for you to know their address (in these days, email address), yet whom you would not mind swindling. What sort of FRIEND is that? Even if you are near the top of the pyramid, the only way you will know you are, and that your "friends" will make at least "almost" as much as you is to go ahead and try to enter them in the pyramid and see what happens. If they are not the sort of people who are willing to swindle their "friends," you don't make any money.

Neat little trick, isn't it? Pulls in those stupid enough not to know it is a swindle or disreputable enough to be willing to swindle those they have been trusted by. Unless you are stupid or dishonest, keep away from them!

Answer 5

It's a scam!

Good Morning America has some work-at-home information:

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/CareerManagement/story?id=2371804&page=1

They also profiled ChaCha.com (which is not on the above link)

This site is WAHM http://www.wahm.com/forum/
(work-at-home-moms). It's a legit site, where working moms post info about home jobs. Many of the moms are writers, typists, have a home business, etc. It's a great site for information. You can read the posts and post questions (It's free to register on the site if you want to ask/answer questions.)
The woman that created the site wrote a book work-at-home moms. I enjoy the site and always find something new and interesting on it. Good Luck.

Answer 6

I will tell you that from personal experience that those 'work from home jobs' are a scam. Now I'm not saying all are, but definately be on the look out. Usually if they require you to pay first for training material etc..., it's not legit. They will take your money and you will never hear from them again. Here's a site check it out.
http://www.fraud.org/tips/internet/workathome.htm

P.S. Right now is a good time to go out and get a job, it's almost x-mas and a lot of store hire seasonal help to deal with the increase oh shoppers and extra shopping hours.! good luck

Answer 7

Hi,

if you wanna earn real money in a home based business, here's something where you can sign up for free as an affiliate and promote online as well as offline:
http://affiliate.allsat.com/?SESSID=37da5b69620e624d6e9f3f96189393cc&kbid=12482

For every new dish customer you refer you receive a whopping $110. They have a very dedicated affiliate support and you receive many free resources to get you kickstarted. No outlay here. Work with a real and reputable company.

Sell only 10 per month and you can buy yourself some nice dinners. ;-)

Best wishes
Mike

P.S. Yes, I already earned some money with them!
P.P.S. Using the internet you can actually do this from anywhere in the world.

Answer 8

they are out there. However you need to understand you need backbone, willingness to work and learn, desire larger than your excuses, a thick skin to ignore your family and friends when say you can't do it (only valid if they will pay for your life).
the U.S.Bureaue of Labor and Statics finds that the 'average' work from home business earn as profit (gross pay) 56,000$ yr.
you will have to learn to do such, you will not walk into it. understand we arn't talking about a no responsibility J.O.B. (just over broke).
should you be open minded and willing to act on what you learn myhealthycustomers.com/apply might be of interest to you. no guarantees on 1k$ week.
keep your job untill you earn 2 x times your present pay for 3 month consective and have 3 - 5 months reserve cash.

Answer 9

Do not be surprised to pitch out cash, most are multlevel e-mail business. Always check with BBB in the city where the site is located. if no negative answer,does not mean there are none.
Reply to them and ask for references from those who are with them. Even so the soliciting company most likely will reply with relatives. Think of any way you can to be verify it is not a scam.