Not every online job is safe and legitimate. You have to take precautions when you are searching for a job online.
Here are some tips on how to detect scammers online
- Data entry jobs that you have to pay in order to work
Data Entry is one of the easiest tasks you will find in the freelancing world. All you have to do is to type fast and must be accurate. A lot of scammers take advantage of these tasks because there are also a lot of freelancers who lack skills but still want to earn money online. They usually post on many popular freelancing sites and after you send an application they will invite you to continue communicating to another messaging site such as telegram.
Typing Captcha is also one of the scams out there today. They offer money-making opportunities online where in reality is they just want your money. It's more like a pyramiding scam. After you avail, you start to work as a captcha typer, but there's a catch. The captcha typing is limited, it will continue if you invite other people. You cannot earn or get back your capital unless you invite other people.
- They will use your PayPal for transferring illegal money
Yes, It is legitimate work. But the thing is, your payment forms for freelancing will be used for money laundering. I am a victim of this one. But I'm glad that I didn't continue and sign the binding document to start working. My story is I send a lot of applications in onlinejobs.ph. I received an email coming from a client that I applied to last January. She said that she has a music instrument business and the pandemic forces her store to be closed. Now that she is selling them online thru reveb.com and ebay.com, she wants her profit to be converted into a bitcoin. But the problem is she lived in Berlin, Germany, and buying a bitcoin worth 600 euro is subject to taxation. So she wants a Virtual Assistant in the Philippines to buy for her since bitcoin here in the Philippines is tax-free. She requires you to configure your PayPal, links it to your Gcash, send the Gcash to Coins.ph, and convert it into Bitcoin. Sounds easy right?
I was being suspicious from the beginning but hopeful that I am wrong. Because if it's true, I would earn 18k per month in just 1hour of work. We are communicating thru skype, and before I signed the binding contract to start working, I searched her name in onlinejobs.ph in it said that she is a scam. She didn't pay her previous VA that related to reverb. It is very frustrating but thankful at the same time. I just thought that this will be my first Virtual Assistant job.
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