3-fraud businessmen at home and job targeting online

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Many people believe that frauds are obvious and easy to avoid, but unfortunately there is a growing number of sophisticated fraud. It is estimated that between 60 and 70 scams for every legitimate work at home job. Each papers telecommuting searches, should be vigilant against fraudulent ways to protect, "says Sarah Sutton Fell, founder and CEO of flexible workplaces. According to a survey of flexible employment, 17% of job seekers employment cheated at least once. Only 5% have never had a seen fraud.

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Here are three of the opportunity to avoid scams:

Online - Interview with a "real" company: Scammers use company name online to lure unsuspecting job seekers. Once they are either provides scammed by your private information (such as a social security number, bank account, or both) "committed" people.

Contact the company's work is legitimate to ensure, but not the number advertisers taking advantage of features. Make a search on Google intended to find the company's website and make sure that the company has made a job offer for the position you are applying for. Job search online. If the result in other cities with the same position, it is likely a scam.

Multi - Level - Marketing (MLM): The largest household names MLM: Avon, Mary Kay, Pampered Chef and Amway has annual sales of approximately $ 30 billion, with about 16 million people in the United States sales - products, reported the direct association industry Group sales. A big problem with MLM is when ladder climbing is more important than selling the actual product. If an MLM opportunity, new recruits is likely to be found for sale as a product or service, be careful. The Federal Trade Commission says that a pyramid scheme.

If the company and its dealers primarily from the sale of products to make money, the end user and not the accumulation of product boxes in the garage of a distributor, which is fine. However, a pyramid scheme is similar with the rights of participation paid at the top of the pyramid of those who are recruited at the bottom. Finally, it is collapsed when the regime can not recruit more people.

Mystery Shopping: Some retailers hire companies that use mystery shoppers to assess the quality of service in their stores. You go shopping in a store or a restaurant, then a report on the experience. The buyer will be returned and to keep the product or service. Some also receive a payment. But to awaken unscrupulous promoters newspaper ads and e-mails with the impression that mystery shopping is a gateway to a well paid job with reputable companies. Create sites where to be "up" a mystery shopper by paying a fee.

a mystery shopper for a legitimate company Becoming costs nothing. Check database Mystery Shopping Providers Association to find mystery shopper assignments and to learn how to apply to them. MSPA offers certification programs for a fee, but we do not need "certification" for missions to apply.