Can you really earn money stuffing envelopes?

While it is possible that legitimate envelope-stuffing jobs exist, most envelope-stuffing jobs appear to be scams. The Federal Trade Commission warns consumers that envelope-stuffing jobs are likely pyramid schemes where income is derived not from stuffing envelopes, but from convincing others to pay you a fee for the job.

In a pyramid scheme, a company offers you a job in which you pay a small fee up front to gain access to work. The company never pays you for any work done. It expects you to gain income by convincing others to pay a fee to join, and no income is ever derived from stuffing envelopes.