Rule No: 2- Are they contactable?

One of the most horrific "sinking feeling" you can get after you sign up is to find that when you make a phone call,you are getting answer phone messages which are suprisingly "full" or in the worst case scenario, find that there this no valid telephone and the scam home business is completely "uncontactable."

It is quite frustrating and nerve wrecking to know that you have just been scammed and you have to kiss your hard earned money good bye and all because you didn't do the homework to check whether the advertised home business existed. There is no gurantee of course that a valid phone number is a 100% guarantee of a valid home business but at least you have ensured that there is a point of contact.

So before you sign on the dotted line so to speak and make the payment, ensure that there is a contactable telephone number and you are speaking to a live person not a smooth talking robot.
I would go even further to check whether they exist in the telephone directory and the address in the directory matches the address that has been stated on the internet. If the address in the directory doesn't match the address stated on the advertisement, you wil want to know the reason.

To gve you a real live example- I was really excited about a very professional looking email ad which promised double opt in list of millions of paypal registered users that I can email to, and scam compliant.Just before signing up, I decided to email the advertiser and ask him for contact details. I never hard back from the "advertiser". This ad was so enticing that most people could have easily fallen victim


Let's face it there are thousands of home businesses on the net, so don't be in a hurry to hand over your money to a scammer. Do the checks suggested and avoid a lot of grief.
Believe me, you will thank me when you dodge the financial pain of a scam home based business.