Most people realize that a lot of fraud goes on in the World of home-based business opportunities where business opportunity sellers purport that you can make all kinds of money in some bogus business scheme. In fact the United States Justice Department's Federal Trade Commission's consumer protection division enforces home-based business opportunities to make sure that people are not being scammed.

In fact many state and federal agencies have videos and brochures to help consumers and warm them what to look out for, but unfortunately very few people ever order the free videos or brochures. Home-based business fraud scam artists know this and they just keep selling their wares.

Some say home-based business fraud is running rampant, while others realize that there are a few bad apples in the group and that perhaps most business opportunities for home-based businesses are O. K. and a few are really good. Nevertheless, the government is going after the fraudsters.

Many people do not trust the government either and this is in another growing problem. If consumers do not believe the government or the FTC, which promised it would get rid of SPAM and work on identity theft, but unfortunately over promoted its actual abilities then perhaps the government is also misrepresenting themselves and therefore who can you believe? Consider this in 2006.