Recognizing a Scam

Thu, Jan 8, 2009, by aroshu123

Security

There are a lots of websites that helps to make money online ,also there are a lot of scams who cheat us. So before working for a website you must make sure whether it’s a fake or not. Here are some tips to find out scam websites.

There are millions of websites on Internet which pays you some way or other for doing some work for them directly or indirectly, but the problem is that there are billions of such scam websites which tells that they’ll pay you and finally they cheats you.

Recognizing a Scam

Now I want to tell you some steps you should follow while you think of spending your money and time on a website which promises bucks for your work!

Step 1

First of all, basic thing ,just Google it ones (or just “search with Google” ,since Google doesn’t like the term “googling” and they don’t believe that it will be helpful to maintain the name of the company!) If it is a solid scam with solid evidences and lots of member support for example on a forum or a website ,definitely it is a scam (don’t make sure that it is a scam by looking at one blog/website ,check many other sites ,also read comments on that post).

Step 2

Check some general facts!!

If it so popular ,it may be a true one! (Not confirm with that!). If they say you to pay an amount to register, for nothing!! and says that they’ll return after your sign up process ,don’t believe them (but in some cases you have to build some website paying your own money to complete sign up process) Check that the place where we have to enter our credit car number or other payment details is secure (that it starts with “https://) ,if it is not ,it is a scam .

Web design : Check this one ,don”t think that website look doesn’t shows that the website is a scam or not ,make sure that website design is not copied or reproduced ,make sure the site doesn’t keep some copyrighted materials ,if you think that the website is a cloning of other ,beware ,it may be a scam!

Step 3

So whats going on forums!: If your website have a forum were any user can post, check it! make sure that all members are happy with it before you get into your work!.

Step 4

Get the information on how they earn profit.

If a website promises you money for something that you do ,it is sure that they are getting paid for what you do. So in the FAQ page of the website or help session you should search for this question and if you don’t find any you are now free to smell a rat! Then try to contact the admin and if there is no such setup to contact directly with the admin and also there is no address of the person ,definitely that website is a scam.

Step 5

Ask to the world.

If you want to know something ,you should ask. You know internet is widely popular not for earning or downloading ,it is for communicating ,it is a stage were you can communicate. So to make sure that one website is not a scam you must ask about it on Yahoo! Answers ,Answerbag and all other good forums or Q&A websites. There will be a lot of people like you who have noticed that site so you can hear from them whether it is a scam or not!

Step 6

Is he a PayPal verified seller?

Next is PayPal! The sites which supports Alertpay are mainly found to be scam .PayPal really consider about their buyer ,since they have Buyer protection programs, I recommend NOT to sign up for a website which pays you via Alertpay. If a site claims that they make their payments via PayPal you can contact PayPal admin and make sure that he is a verified seller and also grab more information about him.

Step 7

Quality advertisements.

A good website will never have stuffed ads including pop ups which contains Trojans ,instead they’ll present their ads in a very clean way. And such ads will be definitely of good companies.

Step 8

Discuss with your friends & relatives.

Discuss about the site you doubt to be a scam with your friends and relatives!

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  1. Ivan Says:

    Good article. Keep writing, Good luck!

  2. sajidahmad Says:

    Nice tips

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