Giving Out Your Mailing Address
September 22, 2006
“I am majorly leary of giving out my home address not knowing if these are legitimate companies and are safe. What is your suggestion?”
Even as a home-based business owner I am leary about giving out my physical address so instead I rent a post office box for all my business/online activity.
Before giving out any personal information you should do a little research on the company who is requesting it. One fairly easy way is to just Google the business name and read what you find. You can also add the word “scam” to the search (XYZ Company scam) and that should bring up any topics talking about if the company is legitimate or not. Remember though that new scams are popping up daily so just because you don’t find anything negative isn’t a guarantee that they are legitimate.
You can find more information on researching companies here,
Work at Home Job Scams
If you do some research and still can’t find any information on a particular company, post the company URL on the message board (in the scam folder) and we’ll see if we can help. http://www.telecommutingmoms.com/bb
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