After compiling a lot of research and personal stories from people who have been hit hard by internet job scams, these three have made the top of the scammer list. Beware!
Data Entry Jobs
The advertisements on the internet for data entry jobs are numerous and they all claim there is much money to be made by simply inputting data. However, when someone looks more closely into these opportunities, they find these “jobs” require a fee in order for anyone to receive their start up information, which turns out to be nothing but a waste of time and money. Data entry is a minimum wage job opportunity; companies do not need to pay two or three times as much for the same work.
Multi Level Marketing
Multi Level Marketing, or MLM, is an illegal pyramid scheme that gets people to pay to join their team and in turn, those people pay others to join and the same pattern continues on down the line. The only people who actually make tons of money from this are those who started the MLM scheme. Eventually, every Multi Level Marketing “opportunity” goes downhill, leaving all of its investors in a world of financial trouble.
Paid Surveys
Paid surveys are perhaps one of the most annoying internet jobs scams to date. Yes, there are a few paid survey websites that will actually pay people for filling out surveys and offering opinions; however, they are a rarity. The truth is that you cannot make enough to replace your day job income; you can make a few dollars at best for tedious and time consuming work.
Of course, there are plenty of ways to make money on the internet without being taken for every dollar you have, but it takes time, effort, and caution to find them.