The Set Up

The so-called company tells you that they provide clerical outsourcing work to firms who do not have administrative staff on hand. They claim to have more work then they can handle and need home based workers to help them with typing, word processing and data entry.

The Scam

In order to process your application, this scam will require you, the applicant, to send an application processing fee that can range from $25 to $250 dollars. Other scams might tell you that they fee will cover specific software programs that you must use to complete the work.

Cold Hard Truth

Real clerical outsourcing firms (like the ones listed with SOHOjobs) do not charge “application fees.” According to our research, the major firms that we deal with provide software free of charge or allow you to use programs that you have on hand, such as MS Word or WordPerfect. If you are told that a processing fee or any other fee is required before you may start working, simply ask that any "fees" be subtracted from the amount you have coming. If a fee is required for legitimate purposes, a “real” company will accept credit cards. If they ask you to send cash or money orders, run Forest run.

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