You are lured into this type of fraud by the promise of high pay, earned while working in the comfort of your home. You may be required to eventually purchase materials, equipment and training—at high prices ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars—from the fraud perpetrator, or his referrals, in order to assemble your work products.

Some "earn money at home" offers are intended to sell appliances such as a sewing or sign-making machine from the company. Others offer "assembly work" but require payment for instructions and assembly kits. These advertisers sell the materials and kits to make such articles as ties, baby shoes, etc.

You are urged to purchase the materials needed to complete the job, based on a promise that once the product is assembled, they will buy it back from you and sell it to a well-known retail chain. 

Respondents to these offers must sign a contract which obligates you to buy a machine or materials, but which does not obligate the seller in any manner.

You invest, but they never buy the product back from you, often closing shop and moving on to a new location. You are left with products for which there is no market and little opportunity to recoup your investment.

The kit seller may or may not offer or guarantee to buy back or pay for the finished product but may initially ask you for a sample of your work which demonstrates your skill, plus a small registration and evaluation fee. Then they refuse to pay for your work because it doesn’t meet "quality standards".

Unfortunately, no work is ever "up to standard," leaving you with overpriced equipment and supplies, and no income. To sell your goods, you must find your own customers.