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Work-at-home scheme
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<p>A work-at-home scheme is a <a href="/facts/Get-rich-quick_scheme/tbPFkM8z">get-rich-quick scam</a> in which a victim is lured by an offer to be employed at home, very often doing some simple task in a minimal amount of time with a large amount of income that far exceeds the market rate for the type of work. The true purpose of such an offer is for the perpetrator to <a href="/facts/Extortion/tv3TraAp">extort</a> money from the victim, either by charging a fee to join the scheme, or requiring the victim to invest in products whose resale value is misrepresented. </p>