"Best Business Opportunity In 2010" Mike G

The difference is very small but one will make you rich and one will rob you and put you in jail. Pyramid schemes are the easiest to spot. They ask you to sign up, send money and ask somebody else to send them money and you. The question is where are you on the pay role. Are you at the top, the middle or the very bottom? And will they pay you what is due to you? 

In the above example you do realise that no worthwhile service or product exchange took place. Sometimes a worthless product is used as a prop to try and disguise the pyramid as an MLM structure. 

The value of the product or service makes a big difference and that actually drives the sales forward. In an MLM there is customer service, the capacity to deal with the size of the sales force and the company has existed for some time and has other products on the market. If you are looking for customers to join under you then focusing on the sales of the products or service can get you the sales you need. 

Building a down line can be your secondary business depending on your preference. I personally prefer to build a down line and let somebody else run the actual daily sales that will feed whole down line. The best persons to do that is the company not the down line. The down line should be the companies customers and not your customers for the MLM to work. You can concentrate on building leads. 

In a pyramid scheme you should recruit 2 people per period or you will not make any money. In an MLM you can just be the customer, enjoy the product at a discount and live your life. There is no need to make money in an MLM business, they just use the reward structure of the MLM to cheaply build a sales force and a customer base. 

I do wish to point out that not all MLM home business opportunities are created equally. Some are bad because they are not well run and run the risk of collapsing at any moment and costing the members promotional money and time. The good ones survive the start up grind, pay on time, provide excellent customer support, innovation and strong branding. 

By noting the subtle difference between a good MLM home business opportunity, a bad MLM home business opportunity and a pyramid scheme you will be equipped to survive the plunge into financial independence. Remember to enjoy the journey and the experiences learned. Have lots of fun and it will pay off in time. 

How to avoid work from home scams? 

I have been conned before by a few work at home scams and survived to tell the tale. I almost fell for one of the many Nigerian 409 scams and the UK online lottery scam. I gave out my email and phone number and first name and last name and I still receive many kinds of "offers" to this day. I just simply delete them, or I read them first, laugh really hard and then delete them. 

How did this Nigerian 409 almost get me? I became a part of their "easy bait" database when I replied to the first email. It was weird, but I will tell you how it ran so that I can at least save you the grief. 

I was contacted randomly by "Barr John" a lawyer from Lagos who was in charge of a deceased estate of some British guy who lived in Lagos. He died tragically with his wife and child in Africa somewhere and left everything without a will. 

Barr John contacted me saying that he cannot claim for me and he needed me to secretly claim on his behalf and share some odd $ 21 million dollars. Right there I should have walked away. Right now I walk away from any deal that claims returns of that magnitude secretly. It's a scam and you are being conned. 

The best way to deal with too good to be true is to not be fooled into dealing with the contact alone. Ask your wife or accountant or local banker to assist you. Even a lawyer if you know one. By using a team of advisers you will avoid making emotionally charged decisions alone. 

If it turns out to be legitimate, the lawyers and accountants will only be happy to accept their fee when they assist you in the endeavour. 

Danger signs you should look out for is verifying the contact by calling their reference (it's usually their fellow scammer). Do not pay them any money, no matter how small to release the big money. Do not go to their place of origin to collect the money or cheques. Do not give them your Identity information nor where you physically live as you could be visited by one of their friends who just happen to be in your country. 

Work from home scams are very easy to spot if you know what to look for and by keeping your emotions (especially your greed) in check.

 Your intuition will be not to trust them and you will be right. Do not override your gut instinct just to be polite. Be short with them and highly sceptical and watch them work very hard to win you over. 

1) Opening email jobs and letter stuffing jobs are now illegal in South Africa

2) Anything from Lagos, and Nigeria from someone you don't personally know is a scam. Sometimes the person you know is being scammed.

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