Envelope Stuffing Work from Home Jobs

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Envelope stuffing work from home jobs are widely advertised on the Internet and Newspapers. But are these work from from home jobs real and legitimate or are they all just scams?

Many people who are beginning their search for ways to make money from home find this type of opportunity very appealing because it sounds like very big easy money. Who wouldn't want to sit around the house and watch TV while stuffing envelopes - and then the money just rolls in.

Let us take a look at how the envelope stuffing opportunity really works.

Ask yourself, "What am I stuffing into those envelopes?"

Is it sears catalogs? How about Fingerhut? Maybe it's Radio Shack's Electro-Christmas Brochure? And they're going to give you a big fat commission for every envelope you stuff with their catalog!

Here is a common envelope stuffing scenario:

You read an ad or get a piece of junk mail claiming that "Aunt Maddie" makes $1,845.20 every week by doing fun and easy work right from her favorite armchair. For every envelope stuffed you earn $1 or $2 or some other amount. Often the advertisement asks for an up-front fee of $29.95 or more just to make sure "you're serious" about their envelope stuffing program.

So far, so good. Easy work, big money. Being the cautious person you are, you may even read the ad several times to make sure you didn't miss anything. Envelope Stuffing Work from Home Jobs You pay the fee and send off for the package. After all, they guaranteed your satisfaction with their envelope stuffing starter package.

When your starter package arrives - assuming it does arrives - you gleefully tear it open. Your family watches as you read the literature in the package, it slowly dawns on you - you're not going to get paid $1 or $2 for every envelope you stuff. The instructions tell you to spread the news about the enveloping stuffing biz, and then you'll get paid.

How, exactly, does that work, you ask? By advertising the envelope stuffing program, of course. Yep, they want you to help them earn those up-front fees by sending out the same letter you read and got so excited about. They didn't tell you that part before you mailed your check, did they? You see, they won't pay you until they get paid.

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How might one be instructed to advertise the program to others?

Well, you can place an ad asking people to send you a dollar to find out about the envelope stuffing program. That's how you earn $1,845.20 every week. One dollar at a time.

Or they might tell you to purchase a mailing list and send out a thousand or more of their "special sales letters". Of course, the letter you send out is the same one you received from dear old Aunt Maddie.

This is a big business. There are people promoting these envelope stuffing programs making thousands upon thousands of dollars from people who send in those up-front fees.

Ask yourself :

Does envelope stuffing represent a real business opportunity?

Does it provide a real service or product that has value?

While there are many variations to this envelope stuffing rip-off, they all follow the same pattern: get your money before you figure out how this scam really works.

The scammer looks for a "hook" to place in you.

They may be trying to gain your trust before asking for your bank account number or your social security number.

Some Common Scams

Pyramid Schemes - A pyramid scheme grants anyone membership for a fee, without giving something back of equal value. Not to be confused with multi-level marketing, which requires the sale of products or services from their members.

Chain Letters - A pyramid scheme. Illegal and they don't work.

Envelope Stuffing - Legal prosecution for participants becoming more common.

Craft Assembly - It's very hard to build a craft which meets their "standards".

Fast Credit Repair - There is no fast way to repair credit. They teach you how to lie.

Medical Billing - Cost thousands to start and it's very difficult to find clients. The medical community trusts only a few mega corporations for billing their patients.

Easy Work and High Pay -Beware of anyone that promises you lots of money for little effort. If it were that easy, everyone would be doing it!

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