Archive for the 'Work at Home Scams' Category

Anatomy of a Data Entry Scam

So far, I’ve covered what the “affiliate marketing masquerading as data entry job” scam looks like, but that’s not the only scam out there. Some people might even think that scam falls into a grey area since you can potentially make money doing what those sites suggest even though it’s not even remotely what you […]

How to recognize a Data Entry Job scam

They want you to pay for the information
Never pay to work for someone else. You do not need to send money to real employers to show that you are “serious” about the job or for the paperwork or software to do the job. If you work as an independent contractor you will frequently need to spend your own money on hardware — such a a […]

Work at Home Scams: Data Entry

This is the first in a series of posts I will be making about “Work at Home” job scams. My first topic is “online data entry jobs”. In this first post I’ll be discussing how the scam works and in my follow-up posts I’ll discuss how to recognize a scam when you see one. The […]