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So far, I’ve covered what the “affiliate marketing masquerading as data entry job” scam looks like, but that’s not the only scam out there. Some people might even think that scam falls into a grey area since you can potentially make money doing what those sites suggest even though it’s not even remotely what you signed up to do.

The other types of Work at Home job scams include the large scale flat-out scammer  who sets up a website, posts a ton of ads at once, collects his money and then disappears forever — or rather disappears for now only to pop up under a new name somewhere else.

The next type of scam is the one that suggests you are going to be working directly for them and are going to be paid by them, but when you send them your money you get a list back with a bunch of forms and an outdated list of employers to contact on your own who may or may not (most likely scenario) hire you.

Someone else has already dissected this scam extensively so I’m not going to reinvent the wheel. Instead, just visit Clerical Work at Home Scams. The website she is talking about has gone offline, but the Wayback machine still has it so you can see exactly what she is talking about. A.V.I Data Processing Center is the scam site in question.

This leads me to one other point. If a website appears to be suggesting that you will be working directly for them and also paid by them, but they:

1. want money from you, and
2. don’t require a full job application or resume.

IT’S A SCAM!