The Perfect Work at Home Job - 7 Things to Look for in Their Reply Email

There are many jobs online that you can find every day which have the headlines Work at home, make thousands of dollars daily. Some you can tell just by reading it that it's a scam and that you will be sending them money for nothing. If the work at home position does look like a real job and you get an email back from a person how can you really know for sure.

Yesterday I was forwarded an email that someone received about a job she applied for online to see what I thought about it, if it looked legitimate or not. The email actually did look like a very legitimate business email. But then reading over the email carefully several times I noticed some things that were red flags. Now if I had received the email and just read it over and followed the instructions on the email I may not have noticed these flags. Here are some of the red flags that were in that email and may be in an email that you received about a work at home position.

Always check the return email address. This email was sent from an online email account, it wasn't from a business email. If the email is from an online account such as Yahoo, Gmail, or Hotmail this should be a red flag. Most legitimate companies working online will have a website and a business email.

Check for a website. If you are working from home, there should be a website for you to log in and check your time and your work schedule. This email didn't list a website, or have any mention of a website in the email.

Contact Information: There may be a signature line with the company name, the contact information on the email. There may be a company header with the contact information on it. Most businesses will not send out an email without their company contact information. If the email you get back is plain, you may wish to investigate it further.

Tax information: Tax information about how you would be a subcontractor and how they would pay you may be on it. This email did have the information on stating that she would be liable for the taxes and to keep accurate records, it didn't say that they would be sending out a 1099 form for her at the end of the year. If you are a subcontractor, the person you are working for should give you a 1099 form if you earn over a certain amount of money every year.

Payment for Material: This should be the biggest red flag of the email. If you are paying for something upfront it should be investigated more because you may send your money and get an eBook on something that you will have to do yourself, and you won't get paid. This is a scam.

Payment is made after client approval: There is a good chance that you will do the work and never get paid. If you do the work, they don't have to pay you because they left it open in the email that the client may reject your work.

The email is vague: This email didn't really tell you exactly what the job was about. It gave a rough outline that would appeal to many people and seem to be the perfect job for many. This is done so that they get the best response to this email.

The email that she was sent was very impressive and looked very legitimate. However reading back over it, you can see the red flags that were in the email. She did not sign up for this after I pointed out these flags on the email.

If you get an email like this, read over it several times before signing up for anything and especially sending money for something. Send the email to someone else to have them read over it and see if there is anything that appears to be a scam. If there is even one red-flag with an email, don't sign up.