The latest scam to hit the work at home and online job market is the Rebate Processor Online Job schemes.

The trouble with this one, it’s just like the Work At Home Data Entry Job schemes. These are not “jobs” in the traditional sense of the word. Job implies wages earned for time and/or work completed.

And, like the Work From Home Data Entry schemes, the Online Rebate Processor is equally misleading – therefore deemed a scam.

Now, if they advertised these schemes for what they really are – a way to make money online by affiliate marketing and online advertising – the desperate masses of people who are looking to get rich quick would not be interested. Affiliate marketing and online advertising imply that some kind of effort, knowledge, skill and/or experience may be required. And, where’s the fast and easy money in having to learn or know all that?

Scam artists are knowledgeable and skilled in the art of scamming – remember this. They know exactly how to play on the one thing that drives people to buy into their bogus programs – fear. The fear of lack . More specifically, the fear of lack of money. They also know that this fear and desperation related to lack of money is exactly what sells.

Further, these clever crafters target the unsuspecting online novice, beginner or newbie. Why? Because they know that their questionable products/services will never be purchased by a seasoned or skilled Internet user. Which is exactly why they can’t use words like affiliate marketing or online marketing. Competition for selling highly legitimate products and services in this area is already quite fierce.

So, anything that sounds like fast and easy money or a way to get rich quick attracts the masses. Here’s where the process rebates from home comes in. They basically tell you that all you have to do is “fill out simple little forms” when people ask for their rebate and you’ll earn from $10 to $20 for each one – no limit. This of course amounts to thousands of dollars per minute or per day or whatever, right?

Not exactly. Not even close. Just like in the article, “Legitimate Work At Home Data Entry Jobs”, where I explain that the actual data entry in those work at home data entry programs is actually an after-thought or means to an end, the actual form that you’re filling out to process the rebate is the same. The actual typing of the form and/or “processing” of it has nothing to do with how you earn money.

And, like the work at home data entry job schemes, what you’re paying for is some person’s version of instructions on how and where to place online ads in order to sell affiliate products and services. The only way you make money is through the actual sale of products and/or services.

Now, in order to help you sell these products or services, they explain to you how to encourage people to buy these products or services by promising to give them a partial refund (the rebate) when they make their purchase using your affiliate links. You’re basically giving them part of your commission from your affiliate sale. And, that’s pretty much all there is to it.

Now, is this whole process of affiliate marketing and online advertising a legitimate way to make money online? For the most part, sure. The scam nature of it all comes in because of the misleading advertising and promises that are made in order to get you to buy into such programs. The false claims of being able to make money by processing rebates online is the scam.

The information and training these online rebate processor schemes provide may be worth your while if you are new to the online arena and/or have no experience in selling, marketing or making money online. However, I would question the quality of it all being as how it’s coming from a misleading source to begin with. There are countless legitimate, respectable and reputable sources online that teach the basics of affiliate marketing and online advertising for free.

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