If you are looking for work from home job then you have to pay no fee. Money is not required for legitimate employers. There are some common scams that you need to be aware of but by searching online you will surely get genuine jobs.
Make Thousands Filling Out Surveys (same goes for Mystery Shopping)
This type of scam may not be so clear because there are actually legitimate survey companies that pay for you to complete surveys. You can go for it by submitting personal information spending less money. Companies pay for these survey companies to ask you questions on different topics and to attain better target for their products. If you meet websites that offer you money or free products for filling out forms, you may be required to sign up with a few of their sponsors, not without a fee. So you should check the Annika's Survey Site and Volition sites that are the best sources for information on this topic.
300 - 500 per Month Data Entry
This is a scam. The person who posted the job sends you a mail and asks money for training materials but there are actually no training materials. The data entry part comes into play because you have to post jobs, doing exactly what the person before you did to earn money so legitimate data entry companies will not charge any fee.
Pyramid Schemes / Lottery Winnings
A pyramid scheme is when money changes hands, but there is no product being sold. It is like those emails or job postings that has something to the effect of inputting your name on the list of 5 and sending each one of them $5.00 by Paypal. This is absolutely a scam and illegal.
It may be scam when you receive a congratulations email the email address was randomly chosen that you have not signed. You must not get trapped and should not give any information.
Nigerian Scams (Overseas)
If you get an email from someone overseas requesting for transferring money to the U.S. So think why they would like to hire you and are going to pay you thousands of dollars to get you to wire them money and ask for your account information and you think it's legitimate when you see the money in your account. You withdraw the money, keep your portion, and wire them the rest. But after some days the balance of your account is nil and you could not find any one. In this way they got thousands of dollars, on your expense and you can not do anything about it. So do not give your account information if you want to work for a company that has a telecommute program.
Other Indicators
Don't fall for the training materials bid because it is free. Do not accept any type of checks or payment of any kind for software or hardware because the scammers will attract you to think that they are genuine. Do not give in to the background or credit checks request. Most companies will pay for this themselves and worker has to pay no fee.
Some companies may not give their name within a job posting. Be careful if the job posting companies do not specify the name of the company or they give their address detail in the contact or not. If their number is toll free that it immediately goes to voicemail, keep ringing, or present prompts for live contact .You should see all these things.
Does the website include testimonials? Why would a company want to do this, if they are not trying to sell you something?
If you want to know that the company is genuine. Check their domain and know when they started the website. If the company claims to have been in business since 1985 though just bought a domain name last month, something must be dubious.
Without any knowledge do not apply for job posting you may be wondering. See the job posting clearly define the description for the job.
What are the opinion of the others employers for the company. By typing the name of the company and forums you can search on google. If the company requires no experience or resume then be careful yet it is not troublesome in every situation but you should do some research.
If they promise to make thousands a month or even $17 - $30 an hour for something like telemarketing, they could be fraud.
The tricky way the company says that they received your resume through Careerbuilder or monster and try to attract you for job this way. The company contacts you yet you did not apply for job. Be careful this is not legitimate and is considered spam.
Genuine companies have no need to convince you or have no time to try.
If you have any doubt about the work from home company, check the BBB, the Rip off Report, and Scam Busters. By searching genuine company you may not get trapped in the net of scam companies. |
