Scammers use envelope stuffing as a way of making easy money but they in fact lure people to send in their money. They make you excited about making a lot of easy money such that you are blinded and do as they say. The truth is for you to make money, you have to work for it and invest effort and time. The scams are usually put in newspapers or the internet and the amounts of money written get your attention.
An example of such an advertisement is “Earn 25 cents for every envelope you stuff if you stuff 1000 envelopes, you get $250. It is so easy such that you can do it in front of the television.”
These are scams and should be ignored or reported to authorities. If you respond to their adverts, you expect to get brochures which you put into envelopes and post them, but that is not what happens. They tell you to send some money to show that you are serious and then they send you a starter kit which contains an agreement form and some information. The information contained tells you to advertise your business in the newspapers but the worst thing about it is that you have to pay for the advertisement.
It there are any people in your area looking for work at home stuffing envelopes opportunities, they respond and you send their envelopes to the company and then you are given the 25c. But you pay for the postage you use.
Key features of illegitimate offers:
• No phone number or email address for you to use if you want to ask them something of if you want more details.
• They do not talk about the job in depth, just that you will get more information when you pay the required money.
• They do not use a physical address but use a mailbox number.
• You are offered a lot of money just by doing little work.
• All they talk about is the money, not the detail of the job or how you will be paid, just that you will make a lot of money.
The work at home stuffing envelopes is a circular cycle whereby for you to be paid by the company you work for, you need to be a recruiter so that others can send in money just like you did. In other words, you start working as the company’s promoter, not doing the real job you are supposed to do. The money you earn is more or less like commission. When the cycle ends, you will be the one looking like the scammer and people may get back at you. The company does not send the free envelopes they promised and you use money from your pocket to advertise something which is not yours and which has no guarantees. This job is not worth it and can actually make one go to jail. The best thing to do is avoid these scams and report anyone who is doing it.
