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Beware Of Coupon Scams

Even though I am currently happily working away at my own home-based businesses, I know that there are many people out there who are at a different point in their journey to becoming a home-based professional. I can identify with those of you that are looking for the right home-based work opportunity because I was in your shoes just about a year ago. Looking back on it, I can say that I am extremely lucky that I did not fall victim to one of the many home-based business scams that are out there. Not only was I desperate to begin … Continue reading →

Scam Alert – Home Based Business “Reviews”

If you are in the process of selecting a home-based business, you probably already know that you need to be on the lookout for scams. Home-based business scams come in many different forms, and new ones are continually being generated as fast as older ones are being exposed. Many of us look at product reviews when we are weighing our options for purchasing an item online. It may be tempting to look at reviews of home-based opportunities and use them as part of your assessment of whether a particular opportunity is right for you. Unfortunately, many of the home-based business … Continue reading →

Scam Alert: All Mystery Shopping Opportunities Are Not Created Equal

In my quest to learn more about the different home-based business scams that are out there, I came across yet another scam that lures people in by appearing to be something that it is not. This scam involves “mystery shoppers” or “secret shoppers”. It is important to note that people can and do work as secret shoppers, performing important quality-control work for the businesses that they are hired to shop at, dine at, or otherwise patronize. The mystery shopping scam starts out just like you are applying to a legitimate mystery shopping job. You see or hear an advertisement and … Continue reading →

It’s Criminal – A Home-Based Business Scam That Can Get You In Trouble

In many of the common work-at-home scams, the victims of the scam lose their hard-earned money that they put into the so-called “business opportunity”. While that on its own is terrible, there are some home-based business scams that can cause even worse things to happen to those people that are unfortunate enough to have become involved in them. Re-shipping is a phony “business opportunity” that gets its participants involved in moving stolen property. Not only do you not make any money if you fall for this scam, you could get in trouble with the law. There are a few ways … Continue reading →

Scam Alert – Google Business Kit

It’s time for yet another public service announcement about work-at-home scams. By now, you have probably figured out that I like to let people know about the different types of work-at-home scams that are out there. It is very important for me to spread the word about as many different types of scams as possible because my wish for each and every person who wants to work from home is that they do not fall victim to a scam. Scams cost good people their hard-earned money and can even cause some people to abandon their dreams of working from home. … Continue reading →

Will Buying Used Clothes and Toys or Reselling Them Soon Be Illegal?

At first read, it sounds like an Internet scam. A law has been passed that will prohibit anyone from selling used children’s clothes and toys, effective next month. This would have wide-ranging affects, putting everyone from consignments shops and Goodwill to eBay sellers and yard sale folks out of business. Everyone from hard core frugal moms who have adopted frugality from the beginning to new to the craft frugalistas who are responding to trends that make frugal cool, to people who suddenly find the necessity of a frugal lifestyle with the failing economy, people are panicking. As someone who relies … Continue reading →

Frugal Month in Review: November 2008

November to be is the beginning of two things. The holiday season starts with Thanksgiving, and then there is winter. Despite the fact that winter doesn’t officially start until next month, the fall seems to give way to the winter in November anyway. We had a day of snow already. Here is looking ahead to December and the end of the year! November 1st Frugal Month in Review: October 2008 “Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” – George Eliot. November 2 … Continue reading →