Work At Home Scams haven't affected me in years.  And it won't exist for  you either if you:

  1.  Become An educated job seeker, Dummy!

The only way you can get scammed is if you don't know what to look for and you don't do you research.   Here's a quick way to know if the company you're interested in working with is a scam.  Go to Googexxx:  enter the company's name or website address and the word scam or scams.  For example, Paidresponse Scams, You'll either find tons of results tearing the company apart or nothing significant.

A good resource is:
xxx: xxx: findthescam. net

2.  Don't actively search for jobs!

I know this sounds ridiculous but a little known secret in job seeking is the fact that many employers don't  actively post their jobs.  Instead they are searching resume databases of various job sites.  So if you're  like everyone else who searches through job listings every day and applying to those listings you've pretty much missed out on some hot leads.  I'm not saying you shouldn't do this.  But you  should also be posting your resume to as many job sites as you can.

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