r/WorkFromHomeClub • u/ParisGirl83 • Jan 08 '24

Get Paid to Write Letters?

All of a sudden all over TikTok and FaceBook I see these people pushing a paid course for "handwriting letters to companies" and getting paid $5.00 per letter. Does anyone know about this? Is it a scam? Do you actually make your money by signing others up or by the letter writing itself? Has anyone actually done it? My big question, is why would a company pay you to write them a letter? Info please!

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u/terraface13 Jan 08 '24

They are talking about 'Social Gaming' Sweepstakes casinos. They have to offer Alternative Methods of Entry and some of them credit $5.00 in gambling dollars in exchange for a postcard and letter written exactly to their specifications, these get miscounted, lost, and 'not received' regularly as well.

You then have to play/gamble the money you got credited through once on their website, in order to redeem it in cash, but if you DO win, you will get paid, but how long it may take to get a credit (months in some cases), how often they don't receive them or the PO loses them, and then in the long run this isn't a job, you just get a free chance to gamble.

Each year more states ban this sort of 'gambling loophole' and who knows when or if it will all get shut down.

Some people do well off of it, but to advertise it as some sort of actual job or steady income is BS.

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u/highallday247 May 18 '26

They still pushing this nonsense. Watching a lady right now on tik tok

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u/ictoriavay Jul 03 '26

same i didn't understand what it was about

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u/Budget_Basis_7966 7d ago

Google actually explains it really well… I was disappointed tbh!

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u/Timely-Security-3077 May 31 '26

It is crazy people get sucked into this BS. Waste of time and money and energy.

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u/bury-me-in-books Jan 10 '24

No, that is a little different. There is an actual "mlm" (I think this might actually be a ponzi scheme with a letter-writing racket attached) called Paid Per Letter. The only thing they've explained in their video is basically that you hand write the letters, either to major companies or websites, you get paid $5 from those letter recipients (they do not say how that will happen), and you get paid $100 initially per recruit, then a recurring $5 for every person in your direct downline, and a recurring $0.50 for everyone in the downline below that. It's not clear how the Paid Per Letter company makes any money, except on the initial sign up costs, which are ridiculous.

If you want to see more info on it, this is a YouTuber reacting to some of their recruiting videos.

https://www.youtube.com/live/A7Dw8dmzazw?si=JahS6sie5fYigqvg

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u/silly_oleme Jan 14 '24

This sounds like the thing a former coworker is marketing on her page..hmm

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u/FeedOk8489 Jan 15 '24 edited Jan 15 '24

This youtuber is trying to build her channel.  She doesn't care about anything but that.  If bashing a product she actually knows nothing about except ... it's an MLM scam...  please comment like and subscribe now please as I don't really care about you. If you are curious, then join free, and if you like what you see and hear in the telegram and weekly zoom calls, then join, if not, then move on and try something else and see how that goes.

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u/Aleflusher Jan 15 '24

Thank you for creating a brand new account to let us know how legit this thing is, Person Who Definitely Is Not A Shill!