how do you look for a new job

@hotsummer (13837)
Philippines
November 17, 2011 3:23am CST
someone offered me a job. but i don't know if this one is real job or not. as this is just an online job. and i would need to process some payments and handle the money. hopefully although i don't need to use my own capital, that it will not turn out to be some sort of scam in the end that i won't have to pay for something i didn't use. i would like to have a real source of money online. and this is the only way for me now to earn more online. although i am earning in other small ways but not enough to pay for my daily expenses.
3 responses
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
17 Nov 11
If you don't personally know the person who offered you the job, then it is a scam. I've received job offers just like this from people I've never heard of before. What they want you to do is to collect checks (which are fake), deposit them into your bank, then write another check for someone. You would be using your own money to write these checks as the one you deposit is not real and totally worthless. It is a scam that some people have actually been arrested for and the charge is called bank fraud. Think about it, if a stranger wants you to handle their money, doesn't that sound fishy? It sure does to me. People who have jobs handling money typically have some kind of education or background in dealing with money and are normally bonded to protect their customers from theft. If you have absolutely no history of working with other peoples money, this couldn't possibly be real. I'm sorry but, unless you have a specific skill to offer a legitimate online company, they are not going to want to hire you. But, if you are educated in a specific thing, try doing a search for that kind of company online and see if they are hiring.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
18 Nov 11
they send the money in paypal account. they give my paypal to their client so i would receive the money. but since i can't verify the paypal account i opened, they are just waiting for me to verify before they tell what the next thing i would do. i don't know if this is legitimate or not.
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
18 Nov 11
It sounds like a scam to me. Any legitimate company would have their own merchant bank account to receive money. If they offer paypal as an alternative way to pay, then they would have their own paypal account to accept money from their clients. I have the feeling that, if you continue dealing with these people, you're going to find out that the next step would be that they would want you to send the "clients" money from your paypal account for something they'll probably call "shipping costs" or something like that and you'll just end up losing your own money. I may be wrong but this sounds too good to be true. I would not want to give anyone my paypal details unless it was a verified company and I was buying from them. No legitimate company would want me or anyone else to handle this kind of business for them. Did you contact these people for a job or did they just "select" you at random? Was the job offer in the form of an email? Have you spoken to them directly on the phone? If this came from an email and you have not spoken to them directly, I wouldn't trust them at all. Also, are they from your country? Most scams come from other countries (harder to trace).
18 Nov 11
It's a big world out there. There are many opportunities and many wants to grab it. And you are one of them who wants to have an extra income. It would be good for you to know jobs online that has been tried already by your friends. After all,we don't want to waste our time to something that is not true or not beneficial to us. I would suggest that you choose a new job that is closest to your passion.
@julianmac (396)
• Malaysia
18 Nov 11
Hi hotsummer, This job offer of yours sounds like a good deal but at the same time arises so many unanswered questions. I don't know if such job exists but if I were you, I would be very careful when dealing with them. Is this person who is offering you the job is an online seller by any chance? Since he had given his clients your Paypal account to deposit their money than the clients will assume that you are the seller instead of him. If this is the case than you might get yourself in a lot of trouble for something you didn't do. Just do some extensive check out regarding the job and the person involved.