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Other Authors: Drywall Panel Hoist. Many work at home options available online are in the field of data entry. Advertisers for such jobs do not seem too picky about the people they hire, they claim that you can be a complete computer newbie, type just ten words per minute and have not skills whatsoever, and you’d still qualify for their job offer. Well, behind such an abundance of programs, hundreds of data entry scams lurk; nevertheless, one has to admit that plenty of companies get a wrong or incorrect classification because of a misleading form of advertising. How can a freelancer distinguish between real work opportunities and data entry scams?

First of all, in order to make it clear what we could refer to when speaking about data entry scams, we need to admit that the concept can be used in relative contexts and pretty subjectively. For instance, lots of people consider that data entry involves typing a few words here and there, and money will instantly start flowing into their pockets. When they discover a superior amount of work is required, they reevaluate the money-vs.-work situation and experience the feeling of being tricked.

This is one situation when the term scam is used loosely for situations that are not at all tricky.

From this perspective, data entry scams could be misleading. Lots of freelancers avoid businesses that use a certain form of advertising that is usually specific to scammers. A good idea to check such issues is to look for programs that strictly involve data entry, which is the case with Survey Scout for instance.

Otherwise, the largest number of so-called data entry scams are connected with affiliate marketing. While some job advertisements hide scams others are really serious business offers. Only a closer look into the matter will allow one to make the difference!

Let us give us an example of some of the most common data entry scams. You read a common job ad for a typing position; there is no experience or skill required. You can get access to it and learn how to make money by paying a $20 fee and get a package; after you download the document you learn that the job consists in copy-pasting the same ad in job boards and asking other people to pay a fee to get access to it. This is surely a scam and you ought to know better than fall for it. Furthermore, the line between being scammed and becoming a scammer gets pretty thin under such circumstances!