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Scammers Don’t Stick to Work at Home Jobs for Moms

A few days ago, I heard about several unfortunate employees who were in hot water for cashing checks for their employer. While I don’t know the exact details, it sounded alarmingly similar to a common work at home scam where a crook sends a large check or money order and requests that a work at home employee cash it, pocket a small portion and forward the rest of the money to the thief. While the scenario sounds almost identical, there is one glaring difference: the employer in question ran a brick and mortar business and all of the employees worked on site.

The lesson here? Scam artists do not only lurk behind Internet pseudonyms, but many of them are hiding in plain sight. With this knowledge, it’s important to never let your guard down. While work at home jobs for moms often bear a bad rep thanks to scammers, this sort of thing can happen to anyone anywhere and at any time if people aren’t careful.

It’s unfortunate that work at home jobs for moms are sometimes harshly prejudged or met with extreme skepticism. As we know, legitimate work at home jobs for moms DO exist. It can be particularly hard when your own friends and family members don’t take your work at home job searching seriously, but you may want to remind them that  we hear of scams existing everywhere from Wall Street (Bernie Madoff, anyone?) to Main Street.

Just thought you could use a little reminder that thieves don’t just stick to work at home jobs for moms. Be careful out there!

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