Home Business Scams Red Flag Priority List
March 16, 2012 By Paul Schlegel
This page oes over the most prevalent type of scams being pushed online at this moment. It does not cover traditional scams such as envelope stuffing, 419 Scams, Home Mailing Scams, eMail Processing Scams, Product Assembly Scams, etc. (However, I have put a list of common scams at the end of the post)
This list is prioritized by how likely the red flag is to indicate that you are dealing with a home business scam.
Avoid Completely If The Sales Page Includes Any Of The Following:
Red Flag #1) Promoted By Fake News Sites
Avoid EVERY home business product promoted by a fake news site. It doesn’t matter if the fake news site claims to be an advertisement or advertorial. You should avoid ANY type of product promoted by a fake news site. PERIOD!
Examples Of Fake News Site Headlines & The Fake People Used In Stories:
Tanya Davis – “Work At Home Mom Makes $8,795/Month Part-Time”
Melissa Johnson – Example Claim: “Can $47 Really Turn Into $6,795+ a Month? We Investigated… “
Melissa Johnson – Example Claim: “EXPOSED: Mom Makes $6,868 Per Month By Typing On Her Keyboard!”
Megan Jones – example claim: “Simple Work From Home Kit Ends Recession For Mom Struggling To Support Her Family, She’s making $5,795 a month now…”
Kelly Richards – example claim: “I basically make $6000-$8000 a month online.”
Emily Stewart – “”Finance: Denver Mom Makes $3487 a Month at Home”"
Fake news sites promoting home business scams typically feature photo blurbs with a caption that says something like:
“I actually make $4,500 – $7,000 a month working from home now and I’ve never been happier.”
“I basically make $6,000-$8,000 a month online.”
“Sarah Richards puts her computer to work and makes money while working from home. She says that Home Income System has helped change her financial life and recommends it to people as a good opportunity.”
“Megan had never shared her story before, and with her permission, we are making it available to the public via this report.”
“Kelly Richards makes $217 every day working part-time from home on her computer. Other members are earning as much as $567/day from home on their computer.”
“Sarah Richards puts her computer to work and makes money while working from home. She says that Home Income System has helped change her financial life and recommends it to people as a good opportunity.”
“Many sites showcase people making as much as $300 a day working online from home on their computer.”
“We dive into the story about a mom who makes over $6,700 a month working from home using Platinum Online Revenue.”
“Wendy RossWe investigate the Story about a Momwho Makes over$6,700/Month.”
“Kelly Richards makes $217 every day working part time from home on her computer. Other members are earning as much as $500+ per day from their computer.”
Red Flag #2) Headlines Mentioning The Following Dollar Amounts:
$379/Day (Examples below)
“In The Next 60 Seconds – Gain Access To A Work-At-Home Job Paying As Much As $379/Day”
“If You Can Spare 60 Minutes A Day, We Can Offer You A Certified, Proven And Guaranteed Home Job To Make $379/Day From Home!”
“If You Can Spare 60 Minutes A Day, We Can Offer You A Certified, Proven Work From Home Opportunity To Make Up To $379 Per Day!”
“Online Mom Makes $379/Day Working From Home Armed With A Computer”
$87/day (Examples below)
“In The Next 90 Seconds – Gain Access To A Work-At-Home Opportunity That Can Earn You Up To $87 An Hour”
“In The Next 90 Seconds – Gain Access To A Work-At-Home Job That Can Earn You Up To $87 An Hour”
“Within 5 minutes you could be making up to $87 an hour and work from the comfort of your own home!”
Red Flag #3) Use Of A Karl Goodard Story
Avoid ANY site that uses a Karl Goodard story about a “highly successful person”. They typically start like this:
“After 8 years as a super-successful and outrageously highly paid person”
You can also see examples in the video below:
Red Flags #4) Claims You Can Make Money Posting Links
These types of home business scams will typically use some sort of “table” to suggest that the more links you post, the more money you’ll make. They’ll also say something like:
“Let’s do the math: 15 links for $15 each equals $225. That’s $225 for 60 minutes of work! If you do this five days a week, you can make $1,125 a week… $4,500 a month… and $58,500 a year! And that’s just 1 hour a day, I do at least 3 hours per day Monday to Friday keeping the weekends to myself.”
Usually they’ll show some sort of ridiculous table like this:
Home Business Scams - Link Posting Table Nonsense
Home Business Scams - Link Posting Table Nonsense
Bogus income projection tables like this are frequently associated with scams – even older scams. For example, you may have seen claims such as:
Earn $5.00 for each envelope you stuff for us!
Make $25.00 For Every Email You Process!
Earn $15.00 for each rebate you process!
Earn $25.00 Per Order You process!
Earn $15 for each link you post!
Red Flag #5) “Free” Consultations
While there may be times when Free consultations scams, within the home business and internet marketing arena, most of the free consultations are simply designed to separate you from as much money as possible. In fact, they are so dangerous that I suggest when you see phrases such as the following, you RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN:
“Free Consultation” with a “wealth expert”
“Free one-on-one consultation with a wealth development advisor”
“Free one-on-one consultation with a personal advisor”
“Free one-on-one consultation with a success advisor”
“Free one-on-one phone consultation with a Search Engine Agent Advisor”
“Free Consultation With A Search Engine Agent Success Adviso:”
“FREE one-on-one consultation with a Startup Specialist”
“Free 1 on 1 Training Consultation”
“Free One-on-One Strategy Consultation”
“Free Initial One-On-One Consultation With An Internet Wealth Expert”
Red Flag #6) Any Site That Claims To Be “Searching Your Area For Positions”, etc.
This is a dead giveaway that your dealing with a scam. Typically you’ll see something like one of the following (or both of them):
Fake Checking Availability
Fake Checking Availability
Red Flag #7) Uses A Phrase Like “#1 Home Job Consultant In America”
This is a hallmark of many different types of bizop scams, including many that the Federal Trade Commission Shut Down in 2009. There is NO such thing as the “#1 Home Job Consultant”, “#1 Work At Home Consultant”, etc.
Here are some examples of ones running now:
“Special Report from Patty Joyner, the #1 home job consultant in America:”
“Special Report from Diana Thompson, the #1 home job consultant in America:”
“Special Report from Michelle Taylor, the #1 home job consultant in America:”
“Special Report from Janet Rhodes, the #1 home job consultant in America”
“Angela Penbrook, The#1 Work At Home Consultant In America”
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Red Flag #8) Use Of Stock Photos For Testimonials
Sometimes you have to figure out if the site is using stock photos. Sometimes you’ll see a disclaimer (usually hidden at the bottom) that says something like: “The images displayed hereon are not the actual images of the attestants.”
Older And Other Work At Home Scams
As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, these red flags are for the one of the most dangerous types of online scams running today. Of course there are older scams that still go on every day. If you’re not familiar with them, here’s a list…
Note: while there are legitimate versions of some of the following, fraudulent versions of them are heavily promoted as scams:
900 Number Scams
Auction Listing Agent Home Business Scams
Advance Fee Fraud (Home Business Version)
AutoSurf Scams
Cash Gifting Scams
CD Assembly Scams
Chain Letter Scams
Check Processing Scams
Commodity Trading Scams
Craft Assembly Scams
Data Entry Scams
Day Trading Scams
EMail Processing Scams
Envelope Stuffing Scams
Forex Scams
Forex Robot Scams
Forex Signal Scams
Home Business Seminar And Workshop Scams
Home Mailing Scams
Home Typing Scams
Hud Refund Processing Scams
Medical Billing Scams
MLM – Network Marketing – Recruiting Scams
Mortgage Refund Processing Scams
Mystery Shopping Scams
Options Trading Scams
Paid Survey Scams
Paid To Click Scams
Payment Processing Scams (Money Mule Scam)
Processing Medical Insurance Claims
Ponzis
Product Assembly Scams
Pyramid Schemes
Real Estate Flipping Scams
Real Estate Investing Scams
Rebate Processing Scams
Reshipping Scams – Also Known As Package Forwarding
Trading Robot Scams
Travel Business Scams
Turnkey Business Opportunity Scams
Turnkey Online Business Scams
Turnkey Website Scams
Twitter Scams
Vending Machine Scams
Website Processing Specialist Home Business Scams