For Years, Hungry Entrepreneurs Have Fallen Prey to Envelope-Stuffing Scams...And They Continue to Do So! Here's How to Avoid the Trap.

By Lee Horowitz

Some things never change. I've been in mail order for about eight years and I still see many ads for envelope stuffing scams. Countless people are still taken in by the worthless program. I hope you aren't tempted by the promise of good money from these scams.

THE HISTORY OF ENVELOPE STUFFING

There was a time in the U.S. when people could actually make money stuffing envelopes from the comfort of their home. The big era of envelope stuffing was in the 1960s and '70s. Factories, small office businesses and big corporations would hire local workers to stuff their literature into envelopes. Companies would even hire local homeworkers to do typing. In fact, when I was a youngster in the early '70s, my neighbor was a home typist for a local business.

ALONG CAME TECHNOLOGY

A funny thing happened in the late '70s and early '80s. Electric sorting machines were invented and new business establishments known as lettershops were booming all over the U.S. The lettershop sorting machines could fold and stuff thousands of pieces of literature into envelopes in just minutes. The printing machines could also address the envelopes or attach mailing labels.

When the personal computer became popular with business around 1981, there was no longer a need for home typists. Computers have word processing software that could do any sort of written correspondence, including envelopes and labels. This ended the true era of homeworker envelope stuffing.

HOW YOU CAN SPOT THE ENVELOPE FRAUDS

Businesses in the '60s and '70s didn't advertise in nationwide mail-order publications. Instead, they hired local workers. Why would a legitimate company put ads in nationwide tabloids when they could hire local workers? When you see an ad in the mail tabloids, ask yourself why a company from New York would hire a worker from Florida or California to stuff envelopes. This should tell you that these companies aren't legitimate.

Some of these fraudulent companies will have you mail out commission circulars, but this isn't true envelope stuffing because you have to find the customers to order the circular before you can make money.

DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE

These envelope companies will tell you they pay from $200 to $1,000 stuffing envelopes. If this sort of claim was true then we wouldn't have any unemployed or homeless people in the U.S. We would just simply stuff envelopes and make our easy $1,000. It amazes me that people still fall for this baloney.

If the claims of these companies are true, I challenge you to let me know. Just write to me and let me know the company you stuff envelopes for and how much you're earning per week. I will then let readers know. I highly doubt I will get even one response from a person saying they're making money stuffing envelopes for a legitimate company.

I hope I'm able to convince you to stay away from any type of envelope-stuffing program. It just takes a bit of common sense to know legitimate envelope stuffing is a thing of the past.

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