How to avoid scams?
By gigalord
@gigalord (261)
Romania
March 15, 2011 10:33am CST
Internet scams are very popular. Conform to Better Business Bureau Online, they have received nearly 580,000 inquiries related to work-at-home scams.
A good example of scam program that is recently on the "stage of shame" is OnBux. This site was promising a very favorable plan, like many other scams do and now it is literally stealing the investors' money, though I think that this couldn't be predicted by anyone.
So how do you avoid scams and ensure that the program you are joining is legit and paying? What are your tips to people who are just starting their journey in the making money online niche to help them prevent plugging into scam sites?
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6 responses
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
15 Mar 11
To avoid being scam never never never invest any amount on any program online. I only join programs that needs only time and effort. If programs need money to start earning, I am sure that this program is not legit and become scam later on. Alot of programs at the beginning they are paying but when they gather already enough funds from their members they will gone.
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
20 Mar 11
Yes, it very hard to earned pennies and try to save it until it will reached bucks and then suddenly somebody scam us. You will felt disappointed sometimes. If a person are not greedy he will keep away himself being scam. Although I earn pennies everyday, at the end of the week it will become bucks already and ready for cashout. I am referring to my other program other than myLot. so far, I am paid every week.
@gigalord (261)
• Romania
16 Mar 11
You are very right and having hard earned money is moreover a better feeling than getting money with no work (which additionally does not exist or there are only a few plans of this case). Free programs are usually the best and the option to use them costless is a cover that the owner can give money without charging funds.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
16 Mar 11
Avoiding the opportunity to be a victim of a scam either online or offline can be tricky. I have come to the conclusion that if it looks too good to be true and inviting, it usually is. Staying away from these kinds of invitations is a wise choice to make.@gigalord (261)
• Romania
16 Mar 11
Yep, totally agree. Too good looking offers are usually tricky ones, that only try to lure people into a "trap", asking then for money and finally leaving everyone without returns.
Selecting amongst e-mail offers is also an admirable concept. By excluding the too favorable offers to spam, you can be sure that you won't receive any invitation by a scammer.
@connierebel (1557)
• United States
15 Mar 11
My first tip is not to join any site where you have to pay money to join. Second, I look for how many members have cashed out. I also look for reasonable payout amounts. If you have to wait for $50.00 or even $30.00, the site probably won't be around long enough to let you get up to that amount, or they'll find some way to ban your account when you start getting close to payout. (Inbox Dollars is an exception, but they've been around for years and do pay reliably).
@gigalord (261)
• Romania
15 Mar 11
Free sites are always safer than those where you have to pay, but you can loose at these programs too very much...your time and effort, which was wasted if there's no reward, though still better than loosing factual money. The high payout is also a good factor to consider, it is not the same if you find out that the site is scam from the start or you have to wait and put hard work in before realizing that it's all wasted, which is the worst scenario.
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
15 Mar 11
I think there is no easy way to avoid scams. What you can do is follow various discussions and keep a constant vigil on the site. And last but not the least, don't invest any money online.
@gigalord (261)
• Romania
15 Mar 11
I agree, myLot is a very good site for finding and abstaining scams by keeping yourself up to date with the latest discussions as they usually contain a lot of helpful informations concerning to which sites to join and which not.
If you only play around with the money earned from online activities, then there is really no danger that real money can be lost.
@iklananda (1202)
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16 Mar 11
Scam site is not very good site because they can still your valueable information by putting spyware in your computer. Just don't download anything or invest anything in scam site
@AutumnEclipse (55)
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15 Mar 11
Look out for "too good to be true" profits, most of them, or even all of them, are scams.
The line that I always carry with me in life to avoid bluffs or scams is "It is better to not believe something that is true, than to believe something that is not true"
@gigalord (261)
• Romania
15 Mar 11
Offering a very profitable program is a common way of scammers to get people invest in their website. Most persons who want to make money online are tempted to accept and invest, but only the scammers will profit.
It's a very good tip to don't believe those who promise too much money for very little work, so with this method the majority of hurtful sites can be filtered out from the beginning.
