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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Hoaxes in web employment

By Jeff Smith


Many people are living without a job as the economy is going down. People are always in search of other avenues to find employment when the regular job market fails to meet their requirements. Online job market has become very popular nowadays. There are people who are earning a lot from the online jobs and so are concentrating on the online jobs for a full time basis. As a result more and more scammers are taking interest in the online job market.

In order to monitor online scams some websites were even developed. They report that scammers produced 550 fake websites in 2009 focused on fleecing people. It was in the US that most of the sites were opened. It is now 2012. Do you have an idea how many more have come up now?

If you are looking for work online how will you be able to detect a fake site? Are there telltale signs to keep you safe? Most of the online scammers are difficult to detect. They know very well what jobseekers are actually looking for. A lot of professional copywriters, graphic designers and even fake reviews are provided to deceive the people. Legitimate web sites can also be taken over by them.

You can look for the telltale signs available. At the beginning look at the website carefully. How does it appear? Check the originality of the email. Is It from a corporate domain rather that a popular provider, such as Gmail, or yahoo? Is there something that just doesn't seem right about the site? Are they only using web names to draw the attention of the people.? Do they sound to be too good?

Try to collect more information about the company in BobBear.co.uk. Look for any information regarding the site. Does the company you are checking appear fake here?

If they ask for your personal details then they are probably a scam. If a company says big things about their legality then you can expect it to be illegal.

Do you homework properly in order to get a job online. Legitimate companies only demand for you name and email id before starting the process. Try to have a look at the online scam websites.

If you do these simple things, you have a much better chance of finding an online business that is legitimate. Before you fill out employment applications online, take a look to make sure everything looks right.




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