Sunday, September 13, 2009

5 Ways to Distinguish A Legitimate Business vs A Scam


There are a lot of work from home scams saturating the internet
and nowadays it is very hard to distinguish the real ones from the fake
ones. Unfortunately I have found a lot of people are simply copying websites and
trying to pass themselves off as "Experts" when all their really good at is
plagiarizing. I have written down below a few key elements to look for when trying
to spot a scam vs the real deal.This is so annoying to me.

Rule 1. Make Sure There Is a Valid Way To Contact the Company

Always make sure there is a way for you to contact the company whether it be by
phone, email or just a simple contact form.
Many times I have almost purchased from a program and then realized they either have
no form of contact or I have attempted to send them an email by way of online
contact form and it is no longer a valid working form.

Rule 2. Make Sure To Ask Questions About The Program

This is a definite way to know if the company is on the up and up
and actually does possess some expertise in his field.
Ask specifics about how the program works.

Rule 3. Watch Out For Claims of Wealth or Guarantees of Amount Of Income

No matter how genuine or good the program may be, NO ONE can guarantee any specific
amount to be made on these types of online jobs unless your paid by the hour! This
is just not possible, as it depends on the person, the amount of time, effort and
consistency he or she devotes to the job.

Rule 4. Every Program Should Have an "Earning Disclaimer" Page

This is a disclaimer that is used to protect the company in question in case they
were to be accused of "false promises" or guarantees
of income as we discussed above. Obviously if a company does not have this page then
they do not plan on being around long enough to actually get in trouble.

Rule 5. Check to See How Long The Company Has Been Around

This is a good tell tale sign if the company is just one of those temporary
sort of programs that only last a minute. Those kinds are usually scams.
A good standing company should be around at least more then 1 year in order to
become established. You can run a search on "Whois" to see how long the website has
been up and running.

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Beware Of This Data Entry Scam!

The website I was scammed by was called dataprocessing.com 
However, they have since closed out and are no longer there. 
 
 How I Got Scammed
 
 I had taking some typing courses in college years ago I
 was hoping to make money placing ads for web companies online.
 Most of the websites I came across were too long, too much
 information overload, so I skipped over most of them (shouldn't have)
 and I kept coming across this same website over and over that said 
"Home Typists Needed" make $300-$500 per week  (sounded good)
 Well it was a lot cheaper than the others too, it was only $20.
 To make a long story short,
 I joined only to find out there was no real typing 
involved. What they had you do is build a duplicate
 website like theirs and advertise for it over to people.
 Yes, that's it! That was all the job consisted 
 of!
 Then when the poor suckers bought the program 
they would do the same thing - over and over. 
I suddenly realized this is a scam!  
 
Now that I'm a bit older and wiser and hip to the
 internet I now know how to notice a scam when
I see it. My advice is to do your research and
 always listen to someone who has already joined 
a specific company, so you'll know exactly what
 you're getting yourself into. 
There still are legitimate non trandtional data entry companies 
out there. 

Here is an Alternative to Wealthy Affiliate 


 
Make-N-Dollars owned by Darren Reed
 
Wealthy Affiliate Owned by Kyle and Carson
(This one is good but too expensive - You can get the same exact thing 
with Make-n-dollars for a one time fee rather 
than $100 per month like Wealthy affiliate charges)
 
Hope this helps!