Online Business Scams: Data Entry Scams and Work at Home Scams

By Shannon Frye, published Oct 31, 2007
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You've all seen ads that say you can make thousands of dollars a day online. These ads all appear too good to be true. Think of it this way, if there really was a program like that, wouldn't everybody be doing it. Since it would only be $39.95? The first person who joined would tell all of their friends and so on. These programs do not exist. Some people do make thousands of dollars an hour but not through that particular program. To make that much money, you must have a very profitable business.

Do not waste your money on all of the scams that you see online. I've wasted at least $1,000 on all of these scams. One company alone ripped me off $500, just because I didn't send the materials back in time. Making money online is very hard to do. You must find a legitimate job opportunity working from home. It's not as easy as it might seem. If a company will hire you on without looking at your resume, I would be very skeptical of the company. If you are looking for a real work at home job, I would look through the message boards at www.wahm.com.

As for these scams, there are ways that you can find out about them. You can go to www.scam.com and research the company. Chances are that if you don't find the information that you are looking for, it still might be a scam. I would suggest tying in the name of the company, followed by the word "scam". If nothing pops up it might be a legitimate business or it might be a new scam. If any companies require you to pay any type of fee, I would pass on the offer. No real work from home company is going to charge you any fees.

Be very cautious of these companies. The only fees that you will have to pay is a background check fee. This will cost you around $12. You will not have to pay any types of fees to join. You can find all of the work at home jobs that you would want at www.wahm.com. Chances are, that if the company is not listed on that site, the company is a scam or the company isn't worth signing up for. Real work at home jobs consist of Transcription, Data Entry, Telemarketing, Sales and Secretary positions. They are very hard to find but not if you look in the direction that I pointed you to.

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