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The focus I have always wanted for this site is to show the average person how to make money in their spare time without falling for a scam. Recently the Better Business Bureau listed 7 red flags to avoid when searching for a job online, so I thought it would be helpful if I listed them here. While the article seems to be written more specifically for people looking for a traditional job online, the red flags also make a lot of sense for people looking to find an online job. Most of these are pretty much common sense, but it can never hurt to reinforce common sense.
- Employer e-mails are rife with grammatical and spelling errors
- E-mails purporting to be from job posting Web sites claiming there’s a problem with a job hunter’s account
- An employer asks for extensive personal information such as social security or bank account numbers
- An employer offers the opportunity to become rich without leaving home
- An employer asks for money upfront
- The salary and benefits offered seem too-good-to-be-true
- The job requires the employee to wire money through Western Union or MoneyGram
Head on over to the BBB website to read the full article, it is a good read and worth the time.
Does anyone else have any tips for avoiding scammers? Anyone been scammed and wouldn’t mind sharing? Leave a comment or hit the contact page to send me an email.
BBB Advice: Look for Seven Red Flags when Searching for Jobs Online via The Consumerist
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thanks for the post
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These are some good things to watch out for. The sad thing is, these people prey on people that are already having a tough time making a go of things. Finding out they’ve been scammed could be rock bottom for someone which is really sad.
All I can say to these people is “GET A JOB” or at least figure out how to make money honestly.
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It’s sad that this kind of stuff happens…Makes it even harder to find a good job!
I had trouble posting my original comment, so if you get two comments I’m sorry – hopefully one of these will go through
I did receive bunch of emails with “job offers” from so called companies needed representatives in US to bill clients and than transfer money overseas.
Usually when I asked for more details they disappear.
Those are mostly scams with stolen credit cards and bank account info. You get the money, transfer it to those people and than FBI will come knocking to your door.
Got to watch for these also
How i wish this stuffs won’t happen at all.
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This is so true. My nephew in the Philippines almost got victimized in this online job hunting. He was offered a job in Canada and was asked to give a lot of money to process his application . The job was gonna be a very high-paying one. He forwarded me the emails and I found so many grammatical errors in their website. Good thing I did not send him the money he was borrowing from me. All those things to watch out for above were very evident in that scam. This is a good reminder to everybody !
Thank you for this post! There’s alot of scam all over the internet. I hope people will be warmed upon reading this.
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I only wished that I have read this blog post first before I started on my making money online.