5. Prizes/Sweepstakes and Lotteries - 7%

6. Internet Services and Computer Complaints - 5%

7. Advance-Fee Loans and Credit Protection - 2%

8. Business Opportunities and Work-at-Home plans - 2%

9. Telephone Services - 2%

10.Others - 17%

The figures do not distinguish between Internet work at home scams and offline work at home scams but it's probably a safe bet that the majority of that 2% of complaints relates to Internet based work at home scams.

Seeing work at home scams put into perspective makes working on the Internet seem a lot less dangerous. Less dangerous that is apart from the fact that working at home on the Internet will inevitably lead us into situations where we could become the prey of identity thieves and they are the real pike in our pool. Identity theft is a lot more frightening than Internet work at home scams. If you are scammed it will probably cost you very little unless you are very unlucky. Sometimes the loss won't even be financial, it will involve wasted time. If, however, you become the victim of identity theft, you could find yourself penniless and in jail even though you are completely innocent of any crime.

No, I don't think I would pay for a book on the subject of work at home scams but a book about identity theft? Now that's a different story.

Page 2 of 2 :: First | Last :: Prev | 1 2 | Next