People in work from home careers will face Internet ‘scams’ soon in their career. The question is, ‘Why do they work and how do you stop them?’
Why part time careers get stung easiest
Here are some staggering statistics anyone should ponder. They are from the book I have been reading this month, Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely:
- In 2004 the total cost of all robberies in the US was $525M or $1,300 per person. Pretty bad you might think.
- However theft and fraud in the workplace was $600 Bn! That’s higher than robbery, larceny, grand theft auto and burglary combined.
- Individuals inflated insurance claims by $24 Bn and the IRS reckoned lost $350Bn.
Where do you think the most amount of police and judicial system time and money goes? The first category. This proves we see two types of dishonesty and treat them quite differently. Even though the really clever stuff costs the economy far more we treat it almost as, ‘innocent padding’.
Most people start their work from home business as part-time careers. As a result unless you get the proper training you are prey to every scam out there. They all hook you by offering quick results. They know most people are working this opportunity part-time so the promise of quicker results for little effort if you whip your credit card out is powerful.
I will end Part 1 by explaining the initial psychology of the scam. It’s simple really, given the chance we will all cheat. This has been proved in controlled social experiments many times over. However most of us have an internal ‘dial’ that says, ‘whoa that’s going too far’.
Taking some pens home from work without permission is technically stealing. We justify it by saying, ‘Oh everyone does it’. Taking a laptop home from work for the kids, now most of us would definitely stop there. Logically though there is no difference between the two acts, it’s our ‘dial’ that says the laptop is going too far. Also the fact it is a physical thing that we could be asked to account for stops us.
So how do you protect yourself from the garbage? Simple, do the research before you whip out the credit card. If they keep ringing and they sound desperate then alarm bells should ring. Genuine work from home careers opportunities train their associates to encourage you to do your research and ask questions. They also follow up with you at agreed times not wait until its Dinner time and pounce on the phone.
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