3 Ways to Spot Online Scams!

Author: Pat Watt

It is not easy to find a good and solid work at home opportunity online because the fact is that there are plenty of scams out there. You know, programs that promise you riches for a fee but at the end just take your money and disappear. What you are left with is with, no info, no money, and a big disapointment.


A lot of people go online everyday and do many different searches for 100's of topics. One of the main topics that people who are sick and tired of their jobs search for a work at home opportunity. Being bored in life is not the reason why they do this. They do this because they are probably sick and tired of working for someone else for minimum wages.

It is not easy to find a good and solid work at home opportunity online because the fact is that there are plenty of scams out there. You know, programs that promise you riches for a fee but at the end just take your money and disappear. What you are left with is with, no info, no money, and a big disapointment.

As long as there are people willing and wanting to spend money on a new program that they think will get them home full time or even part time, there will always be people online who would not mind scamming those honest people who just want to make a decent income online.

Here are some things to look for if you are searching for a legitimate program to make money online:

1. Fake testimonials

Nothing gains trust faster and better than a testimonial on a sales website. Any webmaster can design their own website in anyway that they like it and put fake testimonials on it to make it appear that their product and service is the best out there.

So how do you know that a testimonial is a fake or not? Here are some pointers:

If a website has an audio or video testimonial, then that should give you a hint that they are very real and that the program is worth to join.

If a testimonial has a picture of the person attached to it, Another thing that you can do is to check the picture itself. Many testimonials show a picture of the person who submitted it. If that photo looks like a professional studio picture, then it is pretty much close to being a fake one. Any webmaster can go online and get any picture of anyone that they find. It is that easy.

A good way to find out that the program is good is by looking if people who leave their testimonials, also have a link to their own website. When you see this, you know that the testimonials are for real.

2. Certification sites and their seals

Certification logos to the BBB, the TRUSTe Privacy Program, HonestEOnline, I-Cop, and others help to find if a program is honest or not. If you go to a program that you like and see any of these certification logos, you can allow yourself to get some sense of assurance that you can trust it. You also need to make sure that you move your mouse over the certification seal and click on it. If you are not able to click on it, and it does not open up to a new page, you can then know that the website owner is stealing the images without paying for the service.

3. Online forums

Another way to find if a particular program is good or not is by going to a work at home forum and see if this program is any good. You can usually find info about a program by going to any of the search engines and do a search for it. What you will find is lots of info and feedbacks about the program.

Now, if you find that 90 is negative, you can be assured that the program is good. The reason why I am saying this is because some people, when they join an honest program, think that magic will happen as soon as they pay for the program. They think that they can just do nothing and still make money. When they see that no money comes in, they instantly bash the program and say bad things about it everywhere online.

About Author

Pat Watt is the owner of www.workbizfromhom.com and www.workathomeonlinejobs.info. Her sites are geared for people who are looking for a legitimate and honest work at home opportunity and/or an online business.

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