The following are three things you can do to avoid online fraud. You can spend time investing in legitimate writing opportunities.
Never "write for free": One of the most common online freelance work fraud is the "lighting sample" fraud. The way this works is that the company requires you to write the original content for "making the original sentence ability judge".
Do not fall for it. A legitimate company never expects you to write for free or write specs as you are called in the industry. If they want to write original samples for you, they expect to pay it perfectly.
So if a company is expecting content for free, even if it is "a sample just to judge your writing ability", please keep saying "No, thank you."
You never pay the lead of work: Writing another general online freelance work scam is payment for job lead fraud. Normally you need to pay membership or subscription fee to join the site and obtain job information. This is a red flag, a red flag, a red flag!
I am a freelance writer since 1993, but I am paying zero jobs for exactly - zero. I do not care how good the offer sounds or how low the rate is. Usually you will be asked to apply for a test period of 3, 5 or 7 days with "$ 1.95 or $ 2.95".
Your surprise, after a week or a month, your card / check will be charged a "full membership" fee of $ 47 or $ 97. And kicker - this will be a monthly regular reward. Also, it is absolutely impossible to collect money as calls and e-mails are returned or returned.
If this happens, it is best for you to cancel (yes, cancel) your account and you can report it to the law firm and the Better Business Bureau.
If you do not cancel your account, there is a risk that you will charge and stop the card once a month. The reason is that if you sign up for what you think is a low cost trial for 3, 5, 7 days, in a small place it is a "troublesome" word that gives the thief the right to reclaim you.
Do not pay online freelance writing work more than ever. You avoid this problem altogether.
Please do your research: When examining freelance writing opportunities online, the Internet is your best friend. Please do your homework before investing in any opportunity, free or low cost. Freelance writers are notorious for fraud and con artists.
Even in nominal research, online freelance writing fraud case will be revealed from the actual opportunity of freelance writing.
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