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How to Avoid Freelance Job Scams
The following information about avoiding freelance job scams is from my small business blog at BizAmmo.com.
We've all seen them, and we've all secretly been tempted to try them. You know ... those ads for work from home freelance jobs that promise you can make $1000-2000 a week working part-time. Don't fall sucker to ads that promise the world. I'm going to expose some common freelance job scams, show you the warning signs to look out for, teach you how to protect yourself from these work from home freelance job scams, and I'll even give you some examples of legitimate work from home freelance jobs!
Remember!
If a freelance job offer looks too good to be true, it usually is!
The most successful freelancers work on multiple gigs with multiple clients, essentially running a business - they don't look for single "opportunities" that act almost like an employee-employer relationship.
Common Freelance Job Scams
2. Home product assembly
3. Home typing / Ad typist
4. Affiliate websites or web writing based on ad revenue
5. Multi-level marketing
6. Medical billing
7. Generic ads promising a lot of money, only a little bit of time, and no details whatsoever
Launch a Freelance Career
These books will help you launch a successful freelance career, while avoiding freelance job scams.
Freelance Job Scam Warning Signs
2. Pay for the freelance job is based on advertising revenue.
3. Details about your actual work from home duties are sketchy, or they're not listed at all.
4. You find the work from home freelance job ad in a flashy web banner, on a telephone post, tacked to a bulletin board, or on a flyer inserted in a library book.
5. You have to attend a seminar to learn how to get the work from home freelance job.
6. You're asked to send money.
Protect Yourself from Freelance Job Scams
1. Do a WhoIs search on their web site.2. See if they're in the Yellow Pages.
3. Check the BBB for previous complaints.
4. Ask them to send the info to you in writing.
5. Check with the FTC and your state attorney general's office about known work from home freelance job scams.
Types of Freelance Jobs
Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer: How to Win Top Writing Assignments
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 12/06/2009) 
Starting Your Career as a Freelance Photographer
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 12/06/2009)
The Streetwise Guide to Freelance Design and Illustration
Amazon Price: (as of 12/06/2009)
The World on a String: How to Become a Freelance Foreign Correspondent
Amazon Price: (as of 12/06/2009)
The 2-Second Commute: Join the Exploding Ranks of Freelance Virtual Assistants
Amazon Price: $10.19 (as of 12/06/2009)
Tips for Avoiding Work From Home Scams
2. Never send money for information about a work from home freelance job!
3. Always do your research on the company before you sign up for anything.
4. Never attend a seminar where someone promises to teach you how to get rich quick with a work from home freelance job opportunity.
5. Remember ... if it sounds to good to be true, in this case, it definitely is!
by jhmattern
I run a small PR firm, on top of working as a professional freelance writer and editor.
I manage several of my own individual and collaborative website...
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