Are you looking to start a home based business? If so, you will have no doubt seen the 1000′s advertised online promising to generate enough money to live your life beyond your wildest dreams! But are they all just home based business scams?We all want to have wealth and to live our lives the way we want to live it, but can these home based businesses really deliver their promises? Probably not!£256,356 in just 7 days! 18 year old earns 6 figure income in just 1 month! These types of outlandish statements are not uncommon on the internet, but are in general complete and utter rubbish. Show me one person who has bought one of these types of products and made it happen.Don’t be fooled into parting with your hard earned cash for home based business scams that cannot possibly deliver.Starting a home based business takes time and a lot of effort. If you want success be prepared to work for it.Always do due diligence on any business you are thinking of investing into and ensure you are thorough with your research. Try to contact the business owners to ask for more details, check testimonials not just on the sales page, but on other websites and forums too.A good home based business to invest into should already be successful, have excellent support and be totally transparent. Do they have a community or forum of other business owners sharing experiences and successes? If you are joining the business as an affiliate, is the owner of the business easy to contact? Do they have a facebook account or twitter account? Do they hold weekly conference calls?With home based business scams the developers or owners will be difficult to contact, the details of the business will be confusing or not very clear and they will have outrageous claims of “Getting Rich Quick”. Don’t be fooled into these businesses.