by Di Chapman
Working from home is very appealing, you can work flexible
hours, work it around family life, get a work-life balance
so why isn't everyone doing it? It is a sad fact that lots
of people have concerns over using the Internet, the main
one being ''falling into scam traps''. How can you tell
genuine offers from scams? I have 10 years experience of
working with the Internet and have learnt how to spot some
scams. In this article I share with you some of the
different sorts of scams and how do identify them. It is
not a foolproof solution but worth making yourself more
aware of the traps.
Home Typing Scams - be very careful about this one
I personally have been earning my living on the Internet by
typing or website designing. There are Home Typing scams but
today they are few and far between. Further on in this
article I will give some pointers as to how you can work out
if it is real or a fake.
Medical Billing Scam
This is similar to previous scams mentioned - the golden
rule is if you are asked to pay for billing software, do not
get involved.
Craft Assembly
Most of us know that it is cheaper to go into a store and
buy a knitted scarf than it is to buy the kit to knit it.
Well this works the same way. You buy all the equipment you
need and then try to sell the items - you are bidding
against items from places such as China and you will end up
with a lot of craft items yourself. Worse even is the scam
that asks you to send the items back to the supplier for a
quality check. As you can imagine, you fail the test and the
goods are returned and you are not paid.
How to sniff out a scam
Some measures have been put in place on the Internet to
protect you but here are some questions you could ask
yourself to sniff out a scam:
Is there a website for the company?
What is the quality of the website?
Does it have lots of pages and good explanations?
Does it have testimonials with pictures and area address
details?
Does it offer video or other training?
Is there a money back guarantee? If so does it have a big
black and gold logo giving the timescale for the guarantee?
Does it simply offer a lifetime guarantee? If the company is
paid via Clickbank/PayPal or PayDotCom you will ALWAYS be
able to get your money back in 60 days.
Look out for other organisations that may have logos on the
site that are trust logos of various types and check them
out - this is down to you.
Do your research, we have done ours and found a few sites
that are not scams.
Think logically about it. If the offer seems too good to be
true i.e. earning $25,000 in three months, it probably is a
scam. There is no easy way of making money fast.
Please do not be put off by scams. Follow the link at the
bottom of the page for details of a site we have worked with
and researched thoroughly.
Di Chapman has worked via the Internet for over 15 years and
there is not one scam she has not tripped over in her
career. She has won two major E-Commerce awards in the UK.
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New Unique Article!
Title: Earn money on the Internet NOW!
Author: Di Chapman
Keywords: Type at home, Home Typists, internet make money, moneymake internet, online moneymake, moneymake online, work from home, make money now, make money, work
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Category: Business:Home Based Business
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