Work from home! Make $75 per hour! (or not)

We recently investigated a “Work from home” recruitment spam email. A trail of web links revealed an interesting labyrinth of sites peddling expensive “training” courses that suggest they can teach you can make huge amounts of money with very little effort.And, while not being overtly illegal, they feature: — disclaimers that say, in effect, everything on the page is fiction— phony site-security certification seals— blocked Whois informationFor the inexperienced Web user who might be looking for a high-paying job, we’re going to walk through these sites and list eight clues that should make anyone suspicious.The spam emailYahoo! MailHow would you like to make $75 hour working from home?From: "Immediate Placement" ImmediatePlacement@hith757upfront.comTo: mailto: Undisclosed-Recipient@yahoo.com (click to enlarge)(A business advertised by spam email – this is your clue #1 that this should be avoided.)The siteClicking the link in the spam email (don’t try this at home) leads to: http://www.workathomepositionplacement.com/index/ On the Work At Home Position Placement site “Elizabeth Jackson, America’s top work-at-home consultant” tells you in just 7,000 breathless words about how you can make $75 per hour posting merchandise on (continue reading...)