subject: Beware Of Work At Home Couponing Scams [print this page] Coupons are a popular topic these days but today, we unfortunately have to issue our hard working readers a warning about coupon scams. Please stay away from offers about coupon based work at home business opportunities.
Legitimate Coupon Sources
You can never go wrong with tried and true sources of coupons like newspapers and magazines. Many consumers get nervous about using the Internet to access coupons for fear of downloading a computer virus or having their personal information stolen. If this sounds like you, stick to well known and trusted sources on the internet for coupons and discounts.
These trusted sources give you access to many types of coupons as well as shopping discount codes and recipes. Given the choice of paying full price for groceries and other items and saving hundreds or thousands of dollars per year, which would you choose?
How You Lose In Coupon Scams
Couponing as a "business opportunity" is probably not a legitimate work at home program. Instead, it becomes a money making windfall for scam artists who convince you to become an investor. A common version of the coupon scam involves you using your hard earned money to purchase coupon certificate booklets. In turn, you are supposed to sell the coupon booklets for a profit.
However, it does not work out this way for two reasons:
1) Promises of profits you can make from reselling coupon booklets are exaggerated. After shelling out hundreds of dollars or more to purchase your inventory of coupon booklets, you find that you can barely break even.
2) The people (including your friends and family that trust you) that buy the coupon booklet learn the hard way that it is difficult to use. For example, in order to get the coupons, the consumer has to redeem their certificates by mailing a form, including a self addressed and stamped envelope (inconvenient) and also pay a processing fee.
Coupon Clipping Scam Version 2
Another variation on the work at home couponing scam involves something you should be doing already; cutting out coupons from newspapers and magazines. If you ever see work at home offers promoting that you could earn hundreds of dollars per week clipping coupons, it is probably a false promise. We want you to clip coupons all day long for you; not for some profiteer.
Avoid losing your hard earned money to a fake work at home coupon opportunity by being alert for these signs:
Guarantees of big profits, high income or amazing savings in a short time;
Claims that no risk is involved;
Lots of pressure to act now;
Claims that this is a hot, "can't miss" opportunity.
