One of the dreams that many people have is to work from home. And there is no shortgage of ads — especially on the Internet — touting "easy" work from home jobs. But it is important to beware these ads, since many of them are scams. The Hartford Courant reports on the prolific nature of work from home scams online:
"There is a 48-to-1 scam ratio among ‘work from home’ job ads on the Internet!" This figure is well above last year’s 42-to-1 and the previous year’s 30-to-1.
While there are valid work from home jobs to be found, it is important to watch out for those that sound too good to be true. Especially avoid work from home jobs that promise an easy way to make a lot of money, and be wary of work from home jobs that require a small "investment" to get started.
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