Avoiding Email Fraud Scams
One of the most frightening and disturbing facts about inquiring for any type of work from home job is the high probability that your email details are then stored on a list and sold, often many times over.
Later you may find an unsolicited message in your in-box offering you an easy way to earn extra money. It is at this stage when the best thing you can do is to delete the email before you find yourself in a very serious position with the police.
Unfortunately there are people around who prey on those who are looking to earn some money at home and at the present time there are some particularly nasty job offers doing the rounds, which I feel I should warn you about. Upon receiving this email the work involved looks very easy and for a lot of people, very tempting.
Often the message will state that their companies are involved with many overseas contracts and because of payment problems in converting the local currency, they are seeking agents to handle this transaction. All you have to do is accept the deposit, deduct your fee and wire the remaining money back to them. Basically what they are asking you to do is launder stolen money.
In reading this some of you may believe you could never fall for such a trick, but is it scary to realise just how convincing these con-men can be and how many people are sadly caught up in this illegal trap. The scam artists are very clever; all trails lead back to the agent who often is unaware of what is happening until the police knock on their door.
So how can you avoid being scammed?
It is a good idea to open a separate email address for any on-line work inquiries and in order to protect your identity use a different name at this stage.
Never ever give out any personal information when making inquiries.
Never reply to any email asking for your details, they are known as phishing' usually requesting bank information and once gained they can empty your account long before you know what has occurred.
Any job offer where they ask for you to accept payment into your personal account is definitely suspicious. Avoid.
If you find a position that you have researched and thoroughly checked out but they are requesting that you have to purchase a training manual or equivalent, ensure that you buy through one of the safer ways to pay. For example: Pay Pal or World Pay etc. Some companies, well scammers, just need to get hold of your banking details in order to steal your identity.
It is a sad fact of life that we all have to be so extremely vigilant, every work at home opportunity can be checked via the search engines. Always check and double check any company or person that you are considering doing business with. The genuine people will have nothing to hide but the scammers will be written about and reported.
