Good morning all you lovely folks out there in internet land, I hope your day is going well.
Happy Monday!!!
As I sit here consuming my morning cup of Joe, I contemplate as to what we should yak about this morning. Having just recently finished and published two books on working on the internet, “The Internet Business Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs & Adventurers” and “ How to find your way in the Internet Jungle / A Guide book for Work-At-Homers” I thought it might be a good Idea to drop a couple of words of wisdom on you all.
So let me go get another cup of the Elixir of life and we will get started.
The Internet is a great place to shop and sell, but it does have its share of scams and frauds, You would be well advised to learn what the “Red Flags” and “Tells” are to avoid becoming a victim.
Working Online Scams: How To Spot Them
There is always the possibility of scams in almost any kind of job, yet, it seems that online jobs are easier to scam these days. If you are vulnerable, you will easily fall for their promises, rewards, and easy hiring procedure, which all turn out to be empty. The presence of these online job scams, unfortunately, makes finding the real jobs rather hard. This is because scammers have defined more sophisticated schemes to make their phony online jobs appear legitimate. And usually, you only find that out come or is a mere scam?
Here are some of the warning signs of online job scams. If you spot any of them in your potential job, trash it. You might be looking at a scam.
1. Asks for money. If a potential employer charges fees for more job and company information, start-up kit, training, software, or hiring you, it is most likely a scam. In the first place, you are not supposed to give money to an employer; it’s the other way around.
2. Describes itself as legitimate. If what is said about a job is more on its legitimacy but less on the company, pay, nature, and other important details, beware. This is probably just one of the marketing strategies.
3. Promises big and quick cash. Forget the job that says, “Get rich quick. Earn $1000 weekly.” Or anything of that sort. The truth is, no job can promise you fast financial success. It takes time. It takes hard labor. Such claims are typical to scams.
4. Requires no experience or skill at all. A real job needs to be done by qualified individuals. If an employer says there is little effort on your part, forget it. A legitimate employer wouldn’t entrust an important job to unreliable people. It would be a waste of their money.
5. Comes from an unsolicited email. A job posting you know you haven’t applied to and which appears in an unsolicited email message is most often a scam. Coming from an unsolicited email message, in itself, is quite suspicious.
6. Has a questionable website. A legitimate company normally provides complete contact details in its website. The absence of which might be an indicative it is a scam. If it also tells less about the company history, nature, and what it stands for, be careful.
What to do
The rule of thumb when looking for legitimate online jobs is to do a thorough research. If you find a company rather dubious, look it up in the web by typing the company name and the word “scam” in the search box. The search results can tell you whether a company is reputable.
You can also contact the employer. Ask for important details about the job such as the salary, mode of payment, and other job details not mentioned in the ad post. If the response is somewhat shady, you may want to skip that job out. An employer can tell all the job details upfront if it is legitimate.
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