Envelope stuffing is often a work-at-home scam, with aspiring envelope stuffers being asked to pay for a starter kit and then instructed to stuff envelopes with advertisements for the same opportunity they applied for, in order to get others to send them money. Legitimate envelope stuffing tasks are generally part of an office worker’s job or outsourced to a printing company or business services. Starting a mail order service can be a legitimate way to make a living.
An envelope stuffer fills envelopes with materials provided by the paying company. Typically, this person is required to stuff envelopes with advertisements. In some cases, however, a person may be hired to fill envelopes with statements, invoices or other materials. Unfortunately, envelope-stuffing opportunities are often work-at-home scams. As such, a person might do well to thoroughly research this opportunity before applying.
Stuffing envelopes is a repetitive job that does not require a significant level of education or experience. It may take a person to have the ability to pay attention to detail, however, to avoid cramming too many documents into an envelope, forgetting to seal an envelope, or skipping an envelope altogether. Organizational skills and the ability to follow directions can also be helpful. While a legitimate company may have envelope-stuffing tasks to complete, they generally won’t hire people just to do that job. This task may just be part of an office worker’s job, or it may be outsourced to a printing company or business services.
Each year, countless numbers of people receive job postings in envelopes. Many are attracted to these advertisements because they promise easy money for something almost anyone can do – stick paper in envelopes. Many people see this as the perfect part-time job. They can even imagine doing this while watching their favorite television shows every night. Sadly, many pay for starter kits hoping to become envelope packers, but what they usually get in return is the opportunity to lure others into this scam.
Usually when a person responds to an ad to become an envelope stuffer they get more ads which makes the opportunity too good to pass up. Usually, however, the aspiring envelope stuffer is not given the chance to start this opportunity for free. Instead, he must pay for a starter kit or welcome pack. A processing fee may sometimes apply.
What an aspiring envelope stuffer usually receives after payment is a packet of materials to fool others. For example, he might be instructed to stuff envelopes with advertisements for the same opportunity he applied for. Essentially, he tries to get other people to send him money, hoping to become an envelope packer. In variations of this scam, a person may be told about posting ads for envelope stuffer opportunities or even creating websites to attract other people.
Most envelope stuffer opportunities are not legitimate. A person can make a living in a similar way, however, by starting a mail order service. This may involve maintaining a mailing list for a customer and periodically sending out your advertisements. In some cases, it may also involve creating sales letters, postcards and other correspondence materials for customers. With this kind of situation, a person is starting his own business and looking for his own customers; It may take time and effort to build that business, but there is no fraud involved.
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