Are Online Money Making Scams Real?
September 7th, 2009
Money making scams promoted by faceless companies have starred me in the face several times in my almost 2 years of sojourning online. In my quest to make a living online, I fell into the hands of scammers who appeared as “angels of light” some with beautifully crafted website, even responsive customer service and oft times they have been around for some years yet they were still a fraud.
Online money making scams is real, and they really do exist.
Here are top seven ways to avoid being a victim of make money scams.
- Check to see if the company is affiliated to one of several related professional bodies example, Better Business Bureau(BBB), icop, Honest eOnline.
- Are there real addresses, telephones and fax numbers on the website? A genuine business should definitely have these. Do not stop there though, use the numbers on their website, see if they work and whether there is a real person or a recorded voice behind those numbers. Speaking with a real person will add credibility to the company.
- Go to forums that are related to the product or service the company is offering and get the comments of other people. Who knows you may find someone who has had dealings with either the product or the company. But care should to taken here as a representative of that company may go to such forums to post glowing remarks about themselves. On another hand , you may find some disgruntled difficult-to-please people who would see scam in everything. Use your discretion here to sift helpful comments from damaging ones.
- Read terms of service or agreement closely before giving out details of your credit or debit card.
- If you have a mentor, find out his or her opinion about the offer and the company. You may likely receive tremendous help here.
- Find answers to the following questions: How long has the company’s website been on the internet? How long have they paid for hosting? the longer the period the better.
- Watch out for the kind of words used. Do they sound like a get rich quick program? If they sound too good to be true then it probably is.
Okay, now you know what to look for to avoid money making scams on the internet, go make some dough.
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This is a wealth of good tips of how to avoid scams which are so common online. Thanking you for your effort in bringing this to the notice of your online visitors
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I wanted to ad something to using forums to learn about products. And this is recent for me so I can vouch for their value.
Seek out forums that are for online and internet marketing and search those forums for the business you are interested in. There are several high quality forums that really do have great people that will share their honest experiences with a particular business or product and tell the truth about them.
Of course, a lot if common sense. If something sounds too good to be true it probably is.
Yes, unfortunately there are a lot of scammers out there. There are also a lot of programs that are borderline scams. That is, they are legit in that you will be paid when you make a sale. But they grossly inflate your potential earnings in their sales pitches. So they get lots of people paying to sign up thinking they will be millionaires overnight. Of course those people give up after a while, but the company still keeps their registration fees! And it continues to operate freely because it’s not technically a scam.
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Internet opens new doors of opportunities for all those entrepreneurs who wanted to make money online. At the same time, scammers are very much abundant too.
This article will surely help anyone to avoid being the scammer’s next victim.
We can’t really avoid people from doing fraudulent activities on the web and this includes scams especially in online businesses. This is the reason why once we really need to talk to the person in messengers and try to get details about that person so that we can check that person’s background. Once we are sure then we know that the business is legal.
Money-making online really needs good technique and advise from experts and this blog article really hit it right. Thanks to the ideas that I got here. Hope to have more advise from the author.
This is absolutely right because internet provides so many ways to earn money on line but the internet users are doing some bad activities on the web so that the other users get affected by this.
As i think some times it gives you lots of chances to make money online and some times it’s a fraud scam. So you just have to keep concentrate about there policies.
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I think there is no doubt that some of the plans are “over-rated” – some may even be scams but I speak from experience when I say that the vast majority (at least those sold via clickbank) are the real deal. Ive reviewed many products over the past year and trialed many more and the vast majority work in my experience.
I have been at this internet marketng since January this year. I have gone thru a couple scams too. One being the Lifepath and the other being the Regenesis2x2. The latter one has gone under. Luckily I lost ony $325. But the LP is bull. High priced products that I found no one wants to buy in this market. The guru that signed me up was making good money at the time and he doesn’t even do it anymore I found out recently. Be careful.
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It’s real
Before joining any money making schemes do research on the company and try to check on how long the company has been in the business.
Do not fall prey on these work at home scams. Keep an eye out for these signs, and if you detect one, report it to the proper authorities right away. You not only need to protect yourself, you need to protect others as well.
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With the new web and internet boom I think it is integral for people to look outside the square and develop their skills in other areas. An online business allows you to develop your technological, marketing and administrative skills all in one place.
I was victim of some money making scam also, in my journey to make money online. Fortunately, I didn’t lost too much money, as I learned very fast how to stay away from these scams.
Always keep this in mind: if it is too good to be true, than it probably is.
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I agree that Online money making scams are real, and they really do exist.There are a lot of these in the market and one needs a careful study before venturing into any kind of money making ideas online.The tips given provide a variety of ways through which one can get away from these scams !
Yeah most of the online money making ways are scams. But there are some companies that offer real home based jobs and make payments via paypal, moneybookers etc.
One of the many online money making scams I felt cheated are those posting ads to classified ads websites, internet survey scams and those dropshipping business where you pay a fee to join as a member to get access to all those resources. Never make a dime as all those resources are useless.