How to Identify a Data Entry Scam

Have you been scammed by a (so called) home employment position? Have you spent your hard-earned money on scams such as these? I'm sure all of us have been a fallen victim for one scam or another. Everyone is searching for Data Entry jobs on the Internet today. They're all searching for that one legitimate job offer.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Pay attention to the headline of all job leads. If a job lead states that you can make X amount of dollars in a short time (especially if it's a huge amount), then it is most likely a scam.

2. Take notice if the job lead site has a contact email or telephone number. Most legitimate work at home companies has a real working phone number.

3. Check to see how long a company has been in existence. Usually, a legitimate telecommute company has been online for quite a long time.

4. Make sure the work at home site is not a free hosted site. If the site offering the opportunity/job, is hosted for free, it is most likely a scam.

5. Always research any type of job before applying. You can research a company at the site below:
   search.bbb.org/
   
   Or, you can do a search on a particular company by typing in the name of the company and the word "scam" in your favorite search engine.
   
   A "real job" is when YOU work for an employer/company, and are not charged any registration or start-up fees.

Tips & Warnings

• Never pay a registration fee for a work at home job.

Resources

• Better Business Bureau

[akchrist]

on 6/10/2008 Wonderful tips, thank you!

[MidniteWriter]

on 6/9/2008 Good to know, thanks!