The Work at Home Scam Blog

In my first post, I mentioned envelope stuffing scams. For those of you who are not familiar with them, here is some info.

Envelope stuffing scams are one of the oldest scams in the book. Ads are placed for envelope stuffing “jobs”, with the promise of a certain amount (usually about $1-$5) per envelope. All you have to do is send a certain amount of money (usually about $20-$30) for the information and materials needed to get started, or to prove that you’re “serious” about the job.

The first red flag here is having to send money. You should never pay for a job! Business opportunities usually require an investment, but not jobs.

And doesn’t it just sound too good to be true? That’s because it is. No company is going to pay you $1-$5 to stuff one envelope. If you send your money in, you will get instructions to advertise the same “job offer” to other unsuspecting souls, collect their hard earned money, and send them the same instructions. Or worse still, to instruct them to send $20-$30 to the same company you sent your money to, of which you supposedly get a cut.

Don’t fall for this one! If you do you could be charged with mail fraud. And it is very doubtful that you would make any money from it anyway.