Make Money Home Scams
How To Spot Work-At-Home Scams
In this day and age, technology can be either an opportunity, either for you or for someone else. Scams are literally all over the internet, ranging from make six-figure incomes to work-at-home offers that promise you at least $3, 000 a month for only working 3 hours a day. With millions of people accessing the internet each day, there are unfortunately those who fall for these "work-at-home" scams. I will admit that I have been a victim to these scams before so I have decided to give you some advice on knowing how to spot a "work-at-home" scam. Please note that there are REAL work-at-home businesses, but it is hard to weed out those that are authentic and those who are just trying to get your information.
TIP #1 - If you put a resume up on Monster.com or Careerbuilder.com, you will sometimes be bombarded with these work-at-home scams in your email. Identifying which ones are authentic can be beneficial to protecting your identity. You will know which ones are fake by: - They will ask you for your information such as Social Security or your credit card/bank account number. NEVER give out that information! - Some of the recent emails I got started by saying "Dear Sir/Madam." If they were genuine, they would have started off by writing your name instead. Obviously, they are taking advantage of the career search websites by mass mailing to those who have resumes online. - They never provide you with their company name, yet they provide you with an application form attached to the email. - They claim they are from another country trying to find representatives in the U.S. These types of work-at-home scams tell you that you will a bank account so they can send you checks to be processed. This is clearly a red flag and should be reported at all cost! - They give you a phone number that does not work. - They tell you can make huge sums amount of money in a few days. Too good to be true? You bet it is! It is the most common work-at-home scams plaguing the internet. - They claim that you can make a ton of money, but first you have to send them money for training. Lame! Real legitimate jobs do not ask their employees for money. They should be paying you, not the other way around. TIP #2 - Ok so maybe they provided you with a company name, so are they good? The answer is NO. You need to research the company further to see if they are genuine or not. Thankfully, there are websites that verify if a certain company is legitimate or not. Listed below are a few of these companies who protect the people. - Better Business Bureau (BBB) - www.bbb.org Just type in the name of the company and you can check to see if they are verified or not. If they are not verified or have complaints about that company, then it is a scam. - Federal Trade Commissions (FTC) - www.ftc.gov Another good website to check the history of the company and check for complaints. TIP #3 - Once you check the BBB and the FTC and you still are not sure whether or not they are genuine or not, simply go to your web browser such as Google or Yahoo and type the company name, but after you type the company name, add "scams" after (so for example - company name scams). You should get some results from people who have experiences with company. By Ramon Dominguez - I am a young and talented individual with a passion of learning new things that can be beneficial to others. If you need any help with anything, just shoot me a suggestion/idea and I will get to writing!Next page: Making Money From Home Ideas
