There are many work at home jobs and business opportunities available online, however most of these are scams to extract money from you. You will have to spend some time in order to find legitimate work at home jobs that will pay you on a monthly basis. There are certain points that you should keep in mind when you go about looking for perfect job.
You should remember that certain work at home jobs and associated opportunities that look too good to be true might not even be real. These could be cleverly camouflaged techniques to get valuable personal information from you. Therefore, before disclosing anything it is imperative that you always ask for contact information to make sure that the job is for real. You should make a phone call to the employer or the company. There are certain questions that you have to ask your prospective employer when you call or contact them. These would include questions on how much you will get paid, if the pay is monthly or is on the basis of the project, is it a short time or a long time commitment, what is your job profile, do you have to sign a contract, are they going to provide any sort of training etc.
There are quite a few places where you will come across legitimate work at home jobs. These might be newspapers, directories, home job ads, google ads, online news, pop ups, magazines, emails etc. immediately after you decide upon a prospective job opportunity, it is a good idea to do a background check of the company or the employer who has floated the job. You can always google the company for its past records or any previous scams associated with it.
Enrolling yourself in freelance networks is a good way to find work at home jobs. There are many such established sites that you can easily find online. Some of these sites have a system of bids and pitches. Here you are expected to bid the amount you want to get paid for your work.
You must remember that work at home jobs associated with sales have more chances of being scams. There are people who have turned scams into full profitable businesses. They are always on the lookout for desperate and naive people. You should most definitely not fall for their trap. Before you apply for work at home jobs you must develop a thorough knowledge about the different kinds of scams.
It has been noticed that people do not usually report any scam. This is because the monetary loss is not too significant. However, it is vital to understand that these scams are thriving and have proliferated through the online market because no one actually lodges complaints. You should also be careful about jobs offered by fraudulent merchandise sites.
Any work at home job that asks for a small investment or a sign up amount from you is nothing but a new way of conning you. So be vigilant. Real work at home job opportunities will not ask for any investments, instead they will pay a monthly salary to you.
Steve A
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-business-articles/how-to-stay-away-from-scams-regarding-work-at-home-jobs-129336.html
Is it a scam??????? This is my 3rd application for different job and I just receive scams!! Why?
I received this email when I applied for a nanny position. I guess it`s a scam!!!??? If it`s a scam what the hell she wanted from me??
Hello,
Thanks for your message back concerning my ads on Craiglist.My name is Shila, i am 45yrs old. I work as a laborer with (Julius Berger construction company),I lost my husband in a car accident.The kids are 4 and 6.I have been caring for the kids alone until i moved in here,I just moved here to Florida i got a very good job here in Florida but will always be busy from Monday till Friday,i just travel back to Thailand to pick up my kids who say with my mum,i will not want them to stay very far away from me and i will not want to stress my mum cos she is getting old..Means you are caring for my 2 daughter from 8:30am to 5pm Monday to Friday above time frame,hence include a reasonable transportation allowance estimate in the total cost along with the cost of feeding for same time frame.What are your likes and dislikes in KIDS? Get back so I can have you booked as I am rounding off plans to travel,That why i need a reliable and GOD fearing applicant who will take care of my kids,because i won’t be in town for about a month and i will really need u to meet the kids as soon as you are OK with the job and get to know all about them well,so you will be in position to take absolute care of them. The job will require your attention,care and love for the kids.They like to play.Your salary will be very attractive and also negotiable,I will offer you $700 weekly,But will pay you in advance $700 for the first week from the check.(just to encourage you to perform well)As am new around here and i hope the kids will enjoy their time with you.I will be dropping them off in the morning by 8:30am and will come to pick them up by 5:00pm, I want you to get back to me with your total estimate so as to have you booked,They kids are very playful,attentive,great and brilliant and listen to instructions.The kids love toys so much and they have special toys i have booked from a store in Japan.i will order my client to make out the payment to you,He will send you the sum of $3,000,The balance will be send to the store in Japan so they can ship the toys of the kids and other things i booked for them to your home address..i will love you to read and make sure you understood this..
If you are interested,I would want you to give us some information regarding your working experience.
This is our conditions:
1). You most be caring,responsible, reliable, exciting and adventurous patient.
2). must have at least 2 year working experience.
3). must be above 22 of age.
I have contacted the store in japan that will be shipping the KIDS items to your address with the KIDS special toys as soon as you email me your contact information. because they have special toys that the kids love and admire so much, i just want to inform you about this and i will have my client send the check as soon as you email me your information,cos i and the kids will back to the state.so you can do me a trust test by helping me send the money for the KIDS item to the Store Manager and she can send the items to you before i arrive with the KIDS and so you can put everything in place before our arrival
And i will as well need you to send me your
Full name,
Full contact address
(no p.o box allowed)
and contact phone number
Kindly email me as soon as you are fine with the payment method and i hope it not stressing.
Get Back to me Asap
With all this you are welcome to my family.
God Blesses you
Regards
Shila
‘She’ (and it’s probably a ‘he’ sending the emails) just wants your money.
He will send you "the sum of $3000" from which "the balance will be sent to the store in Japan"
So; you receive a cheque for $3000 from which you are to take your advanced wages and then send the balance to this ‘store in Japan’
The balance will be sent via Western Union – it’s always Western Union as this method, being electronic, is quick, paperless and once collected (with a fake ID) the scammer can vanish and your money will vanish with him.
You’ll be given a name; the "store manager" (usually it’s the ‘accountant’ or ‘agent’) to send it to and, as Western Union can be picked up anywhere in the world, (irrespective of the transfers real destination) I can promise you it’ll not be picked up anywhere near Japan.
Hint: Think of a large country in Western Africa…
In the meantime, the cheque will bounce and the bank manager will not be very happy with you.
(Some cheques are good enough to pass first inspection at the teller desk so your account can be credited instantly – it’s only after the cheque is processed that the fakes are picked up – this can sometimes be weeks later….)
Your credit rating will be damaged making it extremely difficult to borrow money in the future.
You may even get a visit from those chaps with the Ray-Banns as they don’t like fake cheques either.
In short, your life gets considerably worse and the scammer is away with your money.
Aren’t scammers nice people?
They infest such sites as Craigslist making it very difficult for genuine people such as yourself to make any kind of a living – it’s a great pity that so little can be done to stop them and that so many victims fall for exactly this sort of scam.
Hope this helps
Luck.
References :
Scambaiter
http://www.419eater.com
Scamwarner
http://www.scamwarners.com
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