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| Avoid Scam |
Many people who desire to
work online from the comfort of their homes are discouraged by the many scams
floating around in cyber space. This fear is justified believe me but there are
several genuine work online opportunities out there. All one needs to do is due
diligence before expending with any cash. I have previously written this
article (2 Free Tools That Would SaveYou From Being Scammed Online). I recommend you read it in addition to this
one so that you can avoid any obvious pitfalls in this game. With this piece, I
only intend to give the fingertip guidelines that one needs to hone in order to
spot a scam from a distance. I shall also give you a very good review website
which you can use to gauge the authenticity of websites. It all boils down to
doing due diligence and being highly aware of what scams smell like so let’s
get down to it.
1.
Too
good to be true
If
it smells like a fish, it’s a fish, believe me! Have you ever seen those edited
videos that switch from people standing by big mansions with swimming pools and
luxury cars, to them taking luxury cruises? Well, most of it is make believe to
capture your imagination and arouse your curousity using acting, don’t buy it!!
Life isn’t that easy my friend. You’ve got to work hard in the right direction
and it would take time to get there. Unless you win the lottery, there’s no
easy route in this game, people.
2.
Email
capture with just a brief explanation of what the business is about
Don’t
get me wrong, there are genuine emailing systems designed to capture emails and
increase sign-ups for their clients through affiliate links. But, you need to
ask yourself if it is wise to sign-up for a ‘work online’ venture without
knowing the details of what they actually do. Don’t sign-up on any website that’s
just designed to capture your email with just a brief explanation of what they
do and where you don’t have access to their ‘About Us/About Me’ and ‘FAQs’ (Frequently
Asked Questions).
3.
Disclaimers
Closely
related to the video thing are the disclaimers. How many of you have ever taken
the time to look for and read a disclaimer on a website. This is basic! So, you
get this well crafted video, showcasing ‘highly successful’ people, who started
working online just two months ago but you never read the disclaimer on the
website (usually in tiny, almost invisible fonts at the bottom of the page)
that is telling you that, the owners of the website or business are not
responsible for any losses you incur. Note
– promising instant success, yet issuing disclaimer screams high risk and
danger!!! Run for your dear life!!!
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| Trust Pilot Reviews |
4.
Read
Reviews
This
is usually the first approach most people adopt to find credible work online
opportunities. The common trend is to use search engines like Google.
Unfortunately many of these results that Google would generate are likely to be well optimized websites littered with favourable reviews and affiliate links. It usually
consists of people selling their affiliate links without having really tested
the product or a platform. This does not make it wholly reliable so let me make
life easy for you and narrow it down to a website that I have found very useful.
Having used it for over 3 three months I have come to really trust this website
Trust Pilot.
If you’re still unconvinced after
using my 2 tools to protect you from scam and would like to see some genuine
reviews, then Trust Pilot is the place to go. All you need to do is to type the
web address into the search console and if there are reviews they would be
generated in the results. You should also consider writing reviews there to
help others if you have some experiences. What makes Trust Pilot trustworthy is
that, you’re not allowed to spam-advertise affiliate links which makes the
reviews genuine.
5.
Only
invest what you can afford to lose
After
taking these basic steps, are you fully insulated against scam? Hell no! There
are many online opportunities like these Free Bitcoins where you don’t require financial investment to start but
anything is still possible. That’s why it’s very important to test the waters
first if you’re ever required to invest any cash, with only the amount you can
afford to lose. If you have $600 and you don’t mind losing $50 to test the
waters in an online venture, then fine. But if you can’t afford to lose any of
that amount, don’t do it. Basic!
The whole point –
view any work online opportunity as a starting point of any entrepreneurial
venture. By all means, develop a product, find the online opportunities, take
measured risks but remember there is no overnight success like some websites
would claim. It takes long to build online credibility and it’s not easy. All
in all, don’t give up. If you found this article useful, feel free to share it
and share your opinions.
Resources: Trustpilot.com
