Stuffing Envelopes

 

 

About Stuffing Envelopes

Just to clarify things from the start, if you have to pay someone a fee so that you can work from home and make money stuffing envelopes, it’s a scam. Now that that’s out of the way, what is it that you should watch out for in regards to this so calledwork at home opportunity?

Please note that the first few paragraphs are dedicated to explaining how scam artists catch victims in the work from home stuffing envelopes scheme. If you want to immediately find out what stuffing envelopes consists of, simply skip the first few paragraphs.

Many visitors to this webpage have come here looking for a real work at home job. If this is the case, feel free to view the free and beneficial information provided on this website. Some visitors have found this page while in the process of specifically searching for information on making money by stuffing envelopes. If you are one of these latter visitors, there’s a good chance that you’ve already come across a website or advertisement proclaiming that you can make $200 per day or more and you just want to verify the legitimacy of the claim. For the purpose of all visitors to this website, let’s analyze how this scam works.

The potential victim comes across a website, an advertisement or a spam email that offers what seems to be a great work at home job opportunity. The wording may say something like:

Stuffing Envelopes
Earn $1,576 Plus Weekly From Home!
$5 per Envelope You Stuff-Start Now

By the way, this was a real ad that came up on a Google search at the time that this article was being written.

Generally speaking, at the beginning of a work from home scam, and many other internet scams, the first section of the webpage tugs at your heart strings and reinforces any feelings of desperation that you may have.  For example, the webpage (ad, or email) may speak of your recent loss of a job or your difficulty finding a new one. It may bring up your struggle to take care of yourself or provide for your family because of a low paying job that causes you to live pay check to pay check.  It may call to mind your financial situation, and the possibility that you may have bills that are piling up. Before you get past the first few paragraphs, you are reminded of how badly you want to get out of debt. The webpage may also talk about your desire to work at home so that you can take care of your children and spend more time with your family. If you’ve ever seen the infomercials that advertise get rich quick schemes at two in the morning and on weekends, you’ll notice that they follow a similar pattern.

Next, the webpage makes mention of your desire to have flexible work hours, and work according to your own schedule. It may mention how great it would be if you were your own boss. It may also remind you that you’re looking for a work at home opportunity that will allow you to pay down debt, save extra money for a rainy day or a vacation getaway. The truth of the matter may be that your situation is one in which you are in dire straits and you may not be thinking about saving extra money, or paying for a nice vacation. But, the visual imagery of things like these are placed in your mind’s eye so that in addition to your actual monetary needs, you also think about how great it would be to do these other things. The best salesmen learn that you should sell the dream, not the product.

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Now that your interest has been peaked, the website brings out the big guns so to speak. It makes an appeal to greed and laziness, attributes that we try to pretend we don’t have although everyone is flawed with at least a little greed and a little laziness. The website explains the large amount of money that can be made by stuffing envelopes. So not only can you make money stuffing envelopes, but you can a make a whole lot of money stuffing envelopes. The website mentioned above for example, shows how it’s possible to make $1,750 per week just by stuffing 50 envelopes per day. Of course it spells out the yearly income of $91,000. So now of course, you’re not just thinking about paying bills using this work from home opportunity. You’re thinking about the life style that you can lead with this type of income. Now you’re interested in buying the dream, not just the product.

Along with the sample display of potential income, testimonials are generally provided so that you can see other victims, or rather clients, who have gone from rags to riches by stuffing envelopes. Of course, their financial circumstances were similar to yours until they started their work at home business. Now they’re taking family vacations, enjoying the finer things in life, etc, etc. 

So with this in mind, you realize that that could be you. So you begin thinking about how easy it would be to stuff 50 envelopes per day. You think to yourself that you can do that in an hour and have the rest of the day to yourself. You also begin to think that if you can work at home stuffing 50 envelopes per day, why not stuff 100 envelopes per day? Why not stuff 200 envelopes per day? After all, the work is so easy, right?

Now that you’ve been convinced to let your guard down and your common sense no longer prevails, you are now presented with the instructions for this so called work at home opportunity. The instructions are somewhat vague because the scam artist doesn’t want you to try this without paying him first. The following text comes from an actual website that was selling a work at home, stuffing envelopes business starter kit at the time that this information was being researched.

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Here is what will happen when you decide to order my (product name removed) system today:

  • You will get my instructional guide that contains all the information you need to get started – including tips on how to get free postage.
  • I will then send you clear and concise guides explaining how to promote our popular products that can be sold for a huge markup.
  • You then get the resale rights to some of the hottest selling products today.
  • I then send you a complete supply of digital copies of mailing circulars so you can get started right away.
  • Next, you learn how to get a supply of envelopes already stuffed with $5 each – you get paid before you even start!
  • Now you fold the circulars into the envelopes and mail them off.
  • You then get a new supply of circulars and envelopes.
  • All you need to do now is repeat the process – as much as you want – and keep making more and more money!
  • You don’t even need to purchase any additional supplies – everything you need is included with your initial package!

That’s all you need to do to start putting real cash into your pocket with my (product name removed) system!

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Now let’s analyze what we’ve just read. There is a statement which says, I’ll then send you a complete supply of digital copies of mailing circulars so you can get started right away. You will probably receive Word documents or PDF files that will contain these circulars. Keep in mind that the word circular may be a term that is used loosely. They may look more like flyers. Also keep in mind that if these circulars happen to resemble the full color ones that you receive in the mail, from Wal-Mart and Target for example, you may have to purchase a few additional ink cartridges for your printer depending on how much printing you plan to do.

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At this point common sense questions that you can ask yourself would be how many circulars does Wal-Mart need to mail in order to get one customer to purchase a product? Do I purchase something from a store every time I receive their circular in the mail? What will it cost to mail each circular (envelope, postage, ink, and paper)? Why am I specifically receiving $5 per envelope rather than various sums if I am selling various products? Why will people feel comfortable buying products from a circular that was mailed to them in a handwritten envelope instead of buying products from a reputable website or department store? When was the last time that I bought something from a flyer that was mailed to me in an envelope, handwritten or typed?

The truth of the matter is that you will probably be mailing out teasers in an attempt to convince other people to send you $5 to learn how to make money stuffing envelopes.

Does this really sound like a legitimate work from home business? In this case, the cost to find out is $77. There’s no doubt that an extremely high percentage of people that come across this website recognize this work from home scam. But why does this scam continue to have success and longevity? The answer is in the numbers. Anyone who knows internet marketing knows that if you simply want to reach a massive number of people on the internet, without regard for contact etiquette (spam, black hat SEO, etc), it’s really not that difficult or expensive.

As an example, we’ll use realistic internet numbers. Suppose a scam artist, through spam, black hat SEO, and inexpensive text advertisements places this so called real work from home job in the view of 5 million web surfers. If 99.97% of the people who view this information recognize the scam and avoid it, the other .03% of web surfers that are convinced to pay $77 to learn how to work at home stuffing envelopes will ultimately deliver $115,500 into the hands of an unsavory character. And since these guys don’t always and don’t quickly get caught, an audience of 5 million viewers can be considered a conservative number for a scam artist with sustained longevity.

There are number of ways to make money online, but stuffing envelopes isn’t one of them. If earning a living by stuffing envelopes was that easy, everyone would be doing it. Your mail box would be filled with hundreds of envelopes every day. Consider persuing other work from home opportunities.