How to spot a scam is probably the number one question for people who are looking for a work at home job. You will see advertisements all over the Internet, in the newspaper and posted on signs in your neighborhood for work at home jobs where you can make outrageous amounts of money in a short period of time. Do they promise you thousands of dollars to join their company or organization? Are they promising that you can make $20.00 to $50.00 an hour to do a simple task that requires no skill? If it sounds unbelievable or too good to be true, then it probably is.
Did you come across a job but you are unsure if everything about it is legitimate? Ask yourself this. How does their website look? Is it professional? Or does it look like it was quickly put together? Does it give you adequate information about their requirements? About what the job will entail? Does it give you contact information? A professional email address? Are they giving you a company name? Are they hiring you without submitting a resume or giving you an interview? Are they hiring everyone who applies? Are they asking for money?
There is no need to ever pay someone for a list of jobs. That information is easily found on any good work at home website. Also, stay far away from anyone wanting you to pay them money for a job. There are some exceptions with a few well known companies that charge for a background check or ask for you to incorporate as a business.
You need to make sure that before you give out any personal information that the company you are dealing with is being honest. Do not be afraid to investigate any job offer. You can check to make sure you are not being scammed by typing the company name into a google search window along with the word SCAM. People love to share information when they get taken by an unscrupulous person or organization. Use the Internet to check sites like the Better Business Bureau for complaints and the Ripoff Report to see if anyone has reported the company as a scam. Join a forum for working from home and ask other members if they know anything about the company. You can always leave a comment for me, and I would be more than happy to help you with any information that I know of or can find out about the job offer.
With good research and following your gut feeling you will be on your way to finding that great job that lets you work from the comfort of your home.
How To Spot A Work At Home Scam
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Honestly, I've been victim to a few WAH scams, and I truly wish that I had known about all the great people I've met that WAH and it's all legit!!
It can be scary sometimes trying to find legit work at home jobs, but you have provided very useful information here...thanks!
BTW, I love your blog--the pictures are wonderful!!
Alt search, I have been a victim too. That is why I try to be very careful of what jobs I apply to and what I post about.
Irene, Thanks for the compliment on my blog and I am glad that you have found the information here useful.
It is so difficult sometimes to work out the genuine opportunities from the scams. Some ads seem so tempting.
I love the illustrations on your blog! They give it a great theme throughout.
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Rumpleteazer, That is a good reason to probably pass up on ads. Seems like if you click on them they take you to a page that only wants your money. Then when you try to leave they keep popping windows up at you, asking if you are sure you don't want to take advantage of their one time limited offer. They just drive me plain crazy.
You're right. There are lots of scams out there where many may fall victim to such unscrupulous means. I'm sure that people who read this may be more aware of them. BTW thanks for visiting mt blog.
Work At Home Ideas,
Thanks for stopping by and I hope anyone who comes to this site looking for information on working from home will read this article. Unfortunately, there are a lot of unscrupulous people out there just wanting to make a dollar, or steal a dollar would be more like it!
This is a great article for people just starting out on their mission to make money online! I have been across a million work from home scams and they are very similar.. You're right, check the website, does it look legit? Do research and find reviews... Don't provide personal info until you are 100% sure its not a scam and never pay to be a part of the program... Thanks for the post!
My sister in law was scammed a few times. (She'd never call me before hand, just after!) When I look around online, even if it doesn't cost anything I do a search. In the search bar I type in the name of the company and scam after it. For example "monavie scam" and it will come up with a whole list of sites that talk about if it's a scam or not. I like to read blog reviews to see how others profited from certain things. Also scamxposer.com is a great site because he gives a list of scam companies as well as the good companies! (he'll actually try out different places himself.)
One great place to look is homejobstop.com. They do charge a one time fee of 18 dollars but that is a lifetime membership. I paid that and even though I have yet to find something for me it was worth it.
Thanks for you site!
Thanks Michele for stopping by and thanks for the great tips. The more we let others know how to spot a work at home scam, the smarter we will get when we are looking for an online job.
Thank you so much all of you! I have recently been looking for a WAH job and all I can find is scams.... This site and blog is a god sent to me right now! Thank you so much! I think I am going to look into text broker or ticket puller. Has anyone tried these or have additional information that may help?
Thanks Nicole for your kind words about my site. I do not have personal experience with either companies but I do know they are legitimate. I wish you luck with them and let me know if you get hired.
Thanks for posting this, Laura. There are so many scams running at any given time that the authorities can't possibly do enough. We need to protect ourselves by staying informed and doing our own research. You've really given people some good pointers here ...
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There are indeed legitimate programs and techniques to earn money from home, most of them usually takes time and commitment, the "get rich scams" as we call it are very common so peoples need to be careful with what they buy or sign in to ,anything with huge earnings claims and fast profit along with "fake" screenshots supposedly proof of earning are photoshopped most of the time.
Really useful article. I work from home now and I did do my research before signing up. I have also heard of a lot of people who have been conned by numerous work from home schemes. In today's challenging economic situations where people are looking for alternate employment opportunities, it is indeed very important that we are aware of such scams and not get carried away by any extravagant claims that such companies tend to make.
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