Jan 31 2009
Tips on how to tell a scam from a legitimate work from home opportunity – Part 4
6) If the company does list an e-mail address, is it an e-mail address from their domain name or is it a free e-mail account like yahoo or gmail? If it’s a free email account, then more than likely they’re a scam as a legitimate company has their own domain name e-mail addresses, although that’s not always a sure sign that they’re legit as anyone can set this up with a little effort.
7) Be careful of sites that mention an affiliation with large nationwide publications like the LA Times, or the USA Today, eluding to the possibility that these publications did an article on them. If they truly have been written about in a publication, they’ll provide you with the link as they’ll obviously be proud of it.
8) Beware of .org domains, anyone can get one of these with no more effort than a .com domain. This does not necessarily mean that a company is not for profit and in the business of helping people for free. Search their site for proof that they’re non-profit like mentioning that they are non-profit and / or have an IRS 501(c)(3) status (indicating they’re non-profit in the eyes of the IRS.)
