Is Data-Entry Work a Scam?

Today while I was reading my emails, I was taken to another of those sites that offer data-entry work. If you don't already know about them, these are websites that guarantee you big money for little work, inputting a few lines of data onto some forms. They always sound very convincing;
 the only thing is that you need to pay them in order to join their scheme.

I am always on the look-out for lucrative money-making opportunities, as anyone can witness in my blog, but this is one offer I would never go for: it just does not seem right to have to pay anyone for working. When you get work, you should get paid, not the opposite! I think this is one of the biggest scams on the internet. Maybe I am wrong, maybe you can make $200 or more a day just filling forms. If I had money to throw out the window, I would be very tempted to get in on one of those schemes and find out what exactly are they all about.

Did you notice that there is always a high price for joining data-entry programmes (usually $97) but that this fee is reduced to almost half just when you are about to sign up? If you haven't, try again in 6 months and you will see that the time-limited special price offer is strangely still valid. I don't know about you but I think this makes it even more look like a scam.

What if, instead of asking for a payment on signing up, the companies just deducted that amount from your first paycheck? They may argue that the joining fee allows them to recover the cost of training new applicants: if training new people really is that costly to them, this would seem fairer (even though a legitimate company should provide training free of charge), but then again, if you could join for free, I guess they would not make any money, since they appear to make a lot of dough from new entrants.

Another thing data-entry companies may claim as one of the reasons for the joining fee is that acceptance is limited, so they use the money thing to control the flow of entries: I don't know, if they so much want to limit the number of applicants, why don't they spend a little less in advertising? I guess this way they could even afford to pay for the training themselves!

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Actually, I'm interested to join that EASY MONEY EARNING PROGRAM, but when I read that membership fee, I started to think that maybe it is a SCAM. So anyway, thanks for the info that you provided Sophie

Posted on 11/23/2008 at 11:11:19 AM

belive me it is for real

Posted on 11/09/2008 at 2:11:30 PM

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Posted on 09/22/2008 at 3:09:48 AM

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Posted on 09/22/2008 at 3:09:17 AM

SCAM!

Posted on 09/16/2008 at 6:09:33 AM

i find it pretty skeptical that you need to pay money to work for these companies. that alone spells scam for me. check this site out: http://workathome4real.net you don't need to pay anything to start or get their training tools.

Posted on 08/10/2008 at 5:08:07 PM

i agree with sophie it really sounds like scam if not why are they particular about collecting money upfront from people and nobody has come up to tell us how he made so much from data job ..............it is only from the advertizers that we hear the chorus

Posted on 08/03/2008 at 4:08:17 AM

Sofie has explained everything. if have time please read it, you will have full information. more of the reality seems out of logic so my mind couldn't accept it. they provide the information like "heaven on the land" don' trust' any sit which request payment in Advance.

Posted on 07/21/2008 at 6:07:42 AM

It's a SCAM!

Posted on 07/16/2008 at 6:07:24 PM

If you never swing the bat then how can you ever expect to hit the ball? You will never know if something is the real deal unless you take a chance. If you never take a chance at anything then you will succeed at nothing. Our skepticismis are good for warning us against getting scammed, but what if we always say no to these paths less travelled? Is $97 really that much money to lose, REALLY!? Not when you're making $2,500 a week! If you don't have the money to invest, why not save for a few months until you have the money to register? Most websites offer a money back guarantee anyway. Just a thought.....

Posted on 07/07/2008 at 10:07:55 PM

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