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Many people are interested in starting a home business.
This has led many to create scams to take advantage of this
new market. There are many home business scams that have
one goal, to steal the prospective business owner's money.
Most home business offers seem legit, but it is important
to know the major signs of a scam.

The most important point of home business is that potential
owners should not approach it as a get rich quick
opportunity. A major selling point of scams is to tell
victims that they can make millions of dollars without much
work and in a short time. The best way to determine if a
scam is using this get rich angle is for the business owner
to ask themselves "If this is true why isn't everyone doing
it?". It is a fact that nobody makes money without hard
work and time.

Another big scam sign is a company that asks for money.
Most often these companies ask for money to handle
processing or administrative fees. The only time a company
should ask for money is when they are providing a start up
inventory or supplies. Many legitimate direct selling
companies ask for a deposit, but it is often refundable and
the potential business owner gets the start up supplies
they need to start their business. This point can be
confusing because sometimes it is okay for the company to
ask for money, but the key is that if the potential
business owner does not see the exact reason for the money
then it is a scam.

Another scam, called a pyramid scheme, is illegal and
getting involved in one could ruin the potential business
owner's reputation and integrity. Pyramid schemes are where
people sign other people up for a fee to join the company.
A person makes money off the fee these people pay. The main
business is recruiting others and these companies sell no
real products. Sometimes pyramid schemes can be confused
with affiliate marketing, since both offer a chance to make
money from signing up recruits, however with affiliate
programs there are products or services that are really
being sold and recruiting is a secondary source of income.

Getting wrapped up in a scam can do some great harm.
Potential owners have lost large amounts of money, wasted
precious time, ruined their business name and in rare
cases, gotten into legal problems due to scams.

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Stone Evans is the author of "Dotcomology - The Science of
Making Money Online". Don't pay a dime for any ebook,
marketing course, software program or anything else until
you've read this: http://www.Dotcomology.com