They are many types of internet frauds out there. One common fraud that users get trapped into is advertisements about business opportunities that can make them earn fast money. Many of these ads are normally work-at-home schemes. Users may find these ads very appealing especially those who can’t work out of home. However, not all work-at-home schemes deliver their promises. These schemes can be seen in many forms. Some come via solicited emails and some even put up advertisements on sites like Google’s AdSense ad placements.
How does it actually work:-
The ‘company’ will ask employee to pay a certain fees first to be part of the business and the fees might range from hundreds to thousands of dollars promising them the return will be double. Some even promise that they will deliver the materials or stocks for the business but the materials will never arrive. For that to happen the company will ask for personal information’s like identification numbers, driving license number and so on to track down these employees.
In other cases, some international companies will advertise online offering affiliates to sell off their expensive goods at a significantly reduced price. The affiliates are then been offer the merchandise to well known internet auction site and accept payment and pay the company for being a middle man. The company is then suppose to ship the goods to the buyers which never happens and this causes the buyers to suit the affiliates who is also a victim themselves
What to do?! :-
There isn’t actually a fast way to earn money by doing less. However here are some tips to avoid scams:
1. Get a business proposal in writing and do a research about the company.
2. Beware of jobs offer that require paying an upfront fee.
3. Do not agree to transfer money to anyone!
4. Never give out your account details to anyone that you don't trust.
5. Never open suspicious or unsolicited emails. Delete them immediately!
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission official website, Business opportunity scams: Protect yourself against opportunity scams [Online], Retrieved 17th January 2010. URL:http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index/phtml/itemId/693900
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How does it actually work:-
The ‘company’ will ask employee to pay a certain fees first to be part of the business and the fees might range from hundreds to thousands of dollars promising them the return will be double. Some even promise that they will deliver the materials or stocks for the business but the materials will never arrive. For that to happen the company will ask for personal information’s like identification numbers, driving license number and so on to track down these employees.
In other cases, some international companies will advertise online offering affiliates to sell off their expensive goods at a significantly reduced price. The affiliates are then been offer the merchandise to well known internet auction site and accept payment and pay the company for being a middle man. The company is then suppose to ship the goods to the buyers which never happens and this causes the buyers to suit the affiliates who is also a victim themselves
What to do?! :-
There isn’t actually a fast way to earn money by doing less. However here are some tips to avoid scams:
1. Get a business proposal in writing and do a research about the company.
2. Beware of jobs offer that require paying an upfront fee.
3. Do not agree to transfer money to anyone!
4. Never give out your account details to anyone that you don't trust.
5. Never open suspicious or unsolicited emails. Delete them immediately!
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission official website, Business opportunity scams: Protect yourself against opportunity scams [Online], Retrieved 17th January 2010. URL:http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index/phtml/itemId/693900
Image taken from: http://www.theparamountnetwork.com/
I just got a cheque for $500.
ReplyDeleteMany times people don't believe me when I tell them about how much money you can earn by taking paid surveys online...
So I show them a video of myself actually getting paid $500 for participating in paid surveys.