Work at Home and Online Job Opportunities

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The internet is jam-packed with all get-rich-quick scam, "foolproof" companies and seductive experts. Beware of these sites as they claim you will earn hundreds of dollars per week when you subscribe to their work at home job program. Well, that program is promising if it will really benefit you but I doubt it. This is something too good to be true. If you think they're just after your money, it's better to stay away from them. Search on the web and you will see that there are thousands of websites claiming the same thing and promises you for an easy money, not for you I guess but easy money for them. Also, try searching the reviews for that site and you might be surprised to know how many people they have already been fooled. You see, most of these sites are scam and all they want is just your money. Be skeptical in dealing with these type of sites, they know how to mask themselves. You might not notice that you are already dealing with a scam site. Research over the Internet, it has a lot of resources on where to check and determine if it can be trusted.

Legitimate companies offering online jobs will not ask money from you instead they will be the one to pay for your services. Scam websites will try and promise you some work-at-home job earning thousands of dollars per week, but don't fall for them. All they want is nothing but your money and after that they will just vanish and nowhere to be found. Of course we don't want that to happen. Protect yourself against scam.

Here are some of the list on how to spot a work at home job scam:

1. Asking for a one-time upfront payment in order to access the services and telling that you will earn $12,000 plus every month if you will follow the steps. If it promises that you'll get rich quick, doubt it. Also, most of the scam sites don't have a refund policy.

2. The site's homepage seems excessively wordy, or perhaps has little or no information on it.

3. The advertisements are usually vague and having lots of grammatical errors. So many exclamation points and capital letters.

4. Exaggerated claims of potential earnings. Verify those testimonies with outrageous claims and better ask the company if they can provide written earning proofs and ask at least ten references.

5. Claims of "no experience required/ necessary."

6. No Address. They are nowhere to be found. Check if the company has a physical or virtual address and contact number (if yes, ring it to verify).

1. ASSEMBLY WORK AT-HOME: Typical Ad -- "Assembly work at home! Easy money assembling craft items. No experience necessary."

This scheme requires you to invest hundreds of dollars in instructions and materials and many hours of your time to produce items such as baby booties, toy clowns, and plastic signs for a company that has promised to buy them. Once you have purchased the supplies and have done the work, the company often decides not to pay you because your work does not meet certain "standards." You are then left with merchandise that is difficult or impossible to sell.

2. CHAIN LETTER: Typical Ad -- "Make copies of this letter and send them to people whose names we will provide. All you have to do is send us ten dollars for our mailing list and labels. Look at the chart below and see how you will automatically receive thousands in cash return!!!"

The only people who benefit from chain letters are the mysterious few at the top of the chain who constantly change names, addresses, and post office boxes. They may attempt to intimidate you by threatening bad luck, or try to impress you by describing themselves as successful professionals who know all about non-existent sections of alleged legal codes.

3. ENVELOPE STUFFING: Typical Ad -- "$350 Weekly Guaranteed! Work two hours daily at home stuffing envelopes."

When answering such ads, you may not receive the expected envelopes for stuffing, but instead get promotional material asking for cash just for details on money-making plans. The details usually turn out to be instructions on how to go into the business of placing the same kind of ad the advertiser ran in the first place. Pursuing the envelope ad plan may require spending several hundred dollars more for advertising, postage, envelopes, and printing. This system feeds on continuous recruitment of people to offer the same plan. There are several variations on this type of scheme, all of which require the customer to spend money on advertising and materials. According to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, "In practically all businesses, envelope stuffing has become a highly mechanized operation using sophisticated mass mailing techniques and equipment which eliminates any profit potential for an individual doing this type of work-at-home. The Inspection Service knows of no work-at-home promotion that ever produces income as alleged."

4. MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING: Typical Ad -- "Our products make it possible for people like you to earn more than they ever have in their lives! Soon you can let others earn money for you while you and your family relax and enjoy your affluent lifestyle! No experience necessary."

Multi-level marketing, a direct sales system, is a well-established, legitimate form of business. Many people have successfully sold the products of reputable companies to their neighbors and co-workers. These people are independent distributors who sell popular products and also recruit other distributors to join them. On the other hand, illegitimate pyramid schemes can resemble these legitimate direct sales systems. An obvious difference is that the emphasis is on recruiting others to join the program, not on selling the product. For a time, new recruits who make the investment to buy product samples keep money coming into the system, but very few products are sold. Sooner or later the people on the bottom are stuck with a saturated market, and they cannot make money by selling products or recruiting. When the whole system collapses, only a few people at the top have made money and those at the bottom have lost their investment.

5. ONLINE BUSINESS: Typical Ad -- "Turn your Home Computer into a Cash Machine! Get computer diskette FREE! Huge Selection of Jobs! No experience needed! Start earning money in days! Many companies want to expand, but don't want to pay for office space. You save them money by working in the comfort of your home."

This is typical of advertisements showing up uninvited in your e-mail an old scheme advertised in a new way. You pay for a useless guide to work-at-home jobs a mixture of computer-related work such as word processing or data entry and the same old envelope-stuffing and home crafts scams. The computer disk is as worthless as the guidebook. It may only list free government web sites and/or business opportunities which require more money.

6. PROCESSING MEDICAL INSURANCE CLAIMS: Typical Ad -- "You can earn from $800 to $1000 weekly processing insurance claims on your home computer for health care professionals such as doctors, dentists chiropractors, and podiatrists. Over 80% of providers need your services. Learn how in one day!"

Generally, the promoter of this scheme attracts you by advertising on cable television and, perhaps, by inviting you to a business opportunity trade show at a hotel or convention center. You may be:

* Urged to buy software programs and even computers at exorbitant prices; a program selling at a software store for $69 might cost you several thousands of dollars.
* Told that your work will be coordinated with insurance companies by a central computer.
* Required to pay for expensive training sessions available at a "current special rate" that will be higher in the future, and
* Pressured to make a decision immediately.

Most likely, the expensive training sessions are superficial, and the market for your services is very small or nonexistent. The promoter may delay the processing of your job, citing a backlog or mistakes in your work. There may also be no central computer as advertised. You may be left with no way to deliver what you have promised to your clients or customers if you found any and with no way to earn any money on you own.

Source: BBB Alerts and News

These are just some of the important things we should be aware of in spotting an online job scam.

1. Check if the website has a secure web servers that uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption to safeguard your personal information. This is important security measure of websites in preventing scammers from stealing important personal information.

2. Check if their primary purpose is to hire you for a job and not to get your money. Remember that legitimate companies will not ask for any payment prior to your application. It should be company paying the employee not the other way around. If this happens most likely that company is a scam. Although there are legitimate companies who do that too but they have a refund policy.

3. Check if the company has a complete physical address with contact information so that it will be easier to contact them in case you will have questions or complaints against them. Call them if it really works.

4. Check if the site has a forum or community section. If it has, ask other members and read reviews about the site and the program they offer.

5. Always Check, if you're in doubt, with the Better Business Bureau online If the site you are dealing with is can be trusted and see if there have been any complaints filed against them. It is better to know if it has a good standing reputation from the customers. If it has a poor review and reputation, it is better to stay away from them.

You can also check with Federal Trade Commission (FTC), they work for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop and avoid them. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.

If you are that person listed below,
then this job is right for you.

1. People who are really serious about starting this kind of job.
2. Someone who has a passion for work and want to help other people.
3. People who are unemployed.
4. People who have just retired seeking an extra income.
5. Stay at home Moms and Dads who are looking for a job.
6. People who have disabilities and need to work at home.
7. Students looking to earn some extra money.
8. People looking to make extra money on their spare time.
9. People who have skills and want to share their knowledge.
10. Anyone who is looking for a legitimate way to make money Online.

Then, you can check out some sites such as Get A Freelancer, oDesk, Scriptlance, Elance, guru etc.

All you have to do is simply visit one of the web sites and register for an account. Then, look for some available jobs that you are capable of.

Before you will start finding an online job, you must have first these basic requirements:

- A personal computer.
- A fast internet (DSL) connection to download and upload files.
- User accounts at YM, Skype, Google, MSN, and other online messaging programs as may be required by your clients.
- A headset.
- The right skills and attitude towards working online. Be passionate and considerate.
- Wear your SMILE!

Now, you're all set to make your first work at home job.

To sign up as a Freelancer you need to pass three following steps. Click to Register as a Work at Home Freelancer.

Step 1. fill in special boxes with your name, e-mail, country and city you're from. You also are to read carefully the Terms and Conditions of their service and mark that you agree with them.

Step 2. Here you're to confirm your e-mail address. You'll get a verification code on your e-mail and you should fill it in a special box.

Step 3. Here you're to fill the boxes with some more information about yourself (like your name, your company name and your password). Then you may give some more information about your project but it's not necessary. That is your service provider profile (area of expertise, your skills as a provider and other things which you'll be asked). Remember not to give any contact information according to their Terms and Conditions. After all the data has been entered you are to click here Sign Up.

Here are the most common characteristics you must posses to succeed in an online job or work-at-home job.

1. Dependability- show them that you are able to work independently and accurately.

2. Trustworthiness- two words- honesty and integrity. Show them that you can be trusted.

3. Initiative- show them that you have the ability to see what needs to be done and do it.

4. A Positive attitude toward the work-show them your willingness to work by collaborating with your clients, accepting responsibility, handles conflicts, sets and achieves goals, admits mistakes and fixes them.

5. Manageability- show them that you are able to perform the assigned work and duties with less supervision..

Importantly, show them that you have what it takes.

These companies do not ask for any upfront payment as what is indicated on their site. They were also categorized in jobs below.

- 451Press
- Auto Club Renewals
- AccuTranGlobal
- ADS Transcription Company
- Alpine Access
- Applied Medical Services
- Balanceyourbooks
- Brighten Communications
- Call Desk Inc
- Content Current
- Customer Loyalty Concepts
- Dion Data Solutions
- Eduwriters
- Fusioncash
- Home-Base USA
- Keys For Cash
- LifeTips
- LiveOps
- LivePerson
- MedQuist Inc
- Mountain West Processing
- Mulberry Studio
- Quicktate
- Team Double Click
- West at Home
- Working Solutions
- Writers Research Group
- Virtual Office Temps

While there are lots of "get paid to" scam sites, there are also legitimate "get paid to" program sites. Remember that you should not pay any fees just to avail the services. This is not a Quick Rich Scheme job, so don't expect to earn too much but they can be good for earning a little extra cash.

After signing in, make sure you have completely filled out your profile and interests as this will help you match the requirements provided by the research companies which increases your chance of being selected for a survey, which means more income opportunity. Second, Be honest in answering the surveys. In the process, you will realize that your dealing with legitimate companies looking for your honest opinion. This is a great opportunity for you in helping companies improve the products we use.

Before we start, I would recommend you must setup first a PayPal account where you will receive your incentive payments, as there are lots of companies that prefers to pay you electronically. If you haven't setup one yet, you can Sign up for a FREE PayPal Account here.

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