You have probably seen the ads on internet jobs sites and on cards in local shop windows. They are advertising vacancies for filling and posting envelopes at what seems like to good to be true rates. Are these types of offers legitimate?
If you have ever been tempted by those envelope stuffing ads because you could really do with the money or are just plain curious you will want to read this. The adverts seem too good to be true and that is because they are.
It may read something like this. Work from home envelope stuffers required, no experience needed no special skills required. They claim to pay several pounds or dollars for every envelope that you do.
Now I don't know about you but I could stuff at least a hundred if not more envelopes in an hour. So this means that you would be earning the equivalent of hundreds an hour. Seems like a lot of money, the sort of money only a highly skilled occupation would command.
So if they pay so much and the work requires no skill or experience then why isn't everyone doing this job. The reason is that there is no envelope stuffing work. So why do they advertise so.
The reason is simple, they are after your money. Inevitably with all of these types of job offer there is a demand for money. They call it a start up fee, registration fee, membership fee or even deposit.
The truth is as soon as you have sent them the money you will never hear from them again. You may ask why are they still advertising if there is no work and they just want your money. The reason is simple, people see the ad, they are desperate to earn some money and the offer seems to good to ignore.
This is the whole point, they want to draw you in. They then ask for a relatively small amount maybe ten pounds so you are not too resistant. You think well it's only ten pounds and I could easily earn that back.
You should never send any money for a job that you are going to do. If a company has legitimate work they will not ask you for money.
There are legitimate envelope stuffing work but they are done by direct mailing companies that have machines that can process hundreds of letters a minute. They charge their clients pennies per envelope so why would someone pay you a hundred times this for a job it would take at least 3 days to do if you are relying on sending the envelopes back.
There are other legitimate jobs you can do from home but they will not cost you any money. You should be able to sign up with the company and do the work from home without parting with a penny, they are the ones that should be paying you.
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