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If you know the real thing, you will not fall for the fake. This is a simple principle that bankers use to fish out fake notes. It will help us here. When a bank teller is oriented into their role, they are exposed to numerous authentic notes. That way, they develop a sense of what the real thing looks and feels like.
One way to stay safe online is to learn to identify a genuine online work site. This is one avenue that scammers have used to target unsuspecting job seekers.
While most work scams are aimed at those who want to work fully remotely, some still target regular job seekers. Genuine work sites have clearly defined systems and processes of operation from setting up your account to bidding for jobs to getting paid. They also have measures that protect site users from defrauding one another.
These freelance sites have a good reputation for securing the interests of both the freelance worker as well as the company / employer.
Upwork allows clients to interview, hire and work with freelancers and freelance agencies through the company's platform. The client posts a description of their job and a price range they are willing to pay for a freelancer to complete it. The client may invite specific freelancers to apply for their jobs, or else post the job for any freelancer who is interested to apply. The Upwork platform includes a real-time chat feature that either clients or freelancers can use to message prospects.
Freelancer is a marketplace where employers and employees are able to find each other. The site allows employers to post work for site members who place bids in a competitive tender process. Freelancer takes a 10% fee, which can be reduced with a paid monthly membership, with a minimum fee of $5. The company has offices in Manila, Philippines; Sydney, Australia; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Buenos Aires, Argentina; London, United Kingdom; and Jakarta, Indonesia.
Fiverr is an online marketplace for freelance services. The company provides a platform for freelancers to offer services to customers worldwide. Fiverr serves to allow listing and applying for small one-off jobs, or gigs, online Fiverr serves as e-commerce platform for freelancers and companies to sell their services by using their gigs.
Guru.com is a freelance marketplace founded in 1998. It allows companies to find freelance workers for commissioned work.
Toptal is a global remote company that provides a freelancing platform, connecting businesses with software engineers, designers, finance experts, product managers, and project managers. The company has no headquarters.
Hive Work (also known as HiveMicro) is an online micro-working site where you can earn money for completing short, repetitive tasks. The tasks involve things like identifying the content of images, separating out “real life” videos from animations, drawing boxes around certain image elements, identifying movies and TV shows, and transcription.
These are cleverly presented scams that exploit genuine job seekers by promising an income through clicking at numerous advertisements. Or in some instances, clicking at the same adverts severally. The goal is to generate traffic to certain sites and create the impression of true organic traffic.
Scamadviser has a full article that breaks down paay to click (PTC) work scams for you. Also, there is a related article on more employment scams.
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Sources: Wikipedia, Homeworkingclub
