Work from Home (Pyramid) Schemes

Job boards and e-mail solicitations are full of offers to work from home and make thousands per week. These used to come in the mail and in the back of every supermarket gossip rag. With e-mail and the Internet, the cost of running such schemes came down to fractions of pennies.

These "opportunities" are usually pyramid schemes in which people who have previously been duped get paid to dupe other people. After the first few rounds, the whole thing collapses. Sometimes, the initiators of the scams get busted for fraud; with the Internet, however, it is much easier to start a sham business in countries with weak extradition laws.

Our advice: If you want to work at home, fantastic. But, consult a legitimate job site such as the following:

http://www.monster.com