Top business site of the week:

A special “Thank You” from last week’s business site of the week MilkWeed Mercantile

“With the help of you and your readers the Milkweed Mercantile has made it into the Ideablob finals. We’re a strong second, but are getting slammed by a well-connected, well-known design firm.

Money aside, I’d love for us to win so that we can show that there ARE sustainable ways for Americans to live, that we don’t have to lose our souls or ethics to earn a living; we can actually have a LIFE.

We are asking everyone who voted to please ask one friend to vote. It would make a world of difference and could actually put us over the top. Do you think you could put a small update in your newsletter tomorrow? Voting continues through midnight on Monday, September 29th.

thanks for your consideration,
Alline Anderson”

If you believe in what they’re doing and want to take 3 minutes to help them out (for free) you can register and vote for their idea of using a wind-powered turbine as an energy source for their community here:

Click here to vote for the Dancing Rabbit EcoVillage’s sustainable energy plan for their community.

Note: This might be an interesting process for some of you to go through to see unique and unusual ways to raise money for a business.

Top telecommuting site of the week:

WorkOptions.com

Includes the Telecommuting Proposal Template recommended by the WallStreetJournal and several other proposals and articles, some free and some paid.

Top Government Website for the week

ConsumerAction.gov

This is the online version of the Consumer Action Handbook, and includes sample complaint letters, along with a full section of various agencies to file complaints with depending on the type of complaint you are filing.

Top Scam Research Site of the Week

The Australian High Tech Crime Centre

Although based in Australia, it’s a very useful site for people all over the world, including the United States. I would highly, highly recommend you visit the page on an increasingly pervasive fraudulent employment scheme called “Mule Recruitment”  which is an attempt to get a person to receive stolen funds using his or her bank account, and then transfer those funds to criminals overseas.

This is the type of scheme that can land you in jail – even if you are completely unaware of what’s going on.

Click here to view an simple-to-follow, clearly presented flowchart about how the Mule Recruitment scheme works.

We just prevented someone from getting involved in one of these schemes within the past week. The sites that are used to perpetrate this type of scheme are getting more and more elaborate and professional-looking.

If you are concerned that you might be heading for involvement in a Money Mule scheme either post it at Scam.com or send it via the feedback forms located throughout the WorkAtHomeTruth website.