Comments on: 10 Signs That Freelance Job Might be a Scam http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/ from a real writer Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:02:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: ogglywoggly http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-1647 ogglywoggly Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:10:29 +0000 http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-1647 This was really unfortunate what happened with you, but the best way would have been to stop after the 50th article. It has happened with me once also when one freelancer told me he would be making weekly payments. but vanished after taking 23 articles. He had also refused to tell me his phone number. This was really unfortunate what happened with you, but the best way would have been to stop after the 50th article. It has happened with me once also when one freelancer told me he would be making weekly payments. but vanished after taking 23 articles. He had also refused to tell me his phone number.

]]> By: Lisa http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-936 Lisa Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:18:14 +0000 http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-936 Misspellings and typos are the most common forms of scam. It seems like people never take time to proofread what they write before they post it online these days. It's annoying and it makes it difficult to find a decent job because you're thinking that the employer who posted that ad is rather fake, not real and professional. Misspellings and typos are the most common forms of scam. It seems like people never take time to proofread what they write before they post it online these days. It’s annoying and it makes it difficult to find a decent job because you’re thinking that the employer who posted that ad is rather fake, not real and professional.

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]]> By: Payam Fazli http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-850 Payam Fazli Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:57:32 +0000 http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-850 Please delete my previous comment, I shouldn't have posted it without removing my own email address link in the SCAM message. ( bylaw@yahoo.com) now if anyone clicks on the link it will have the same effect as the SCAM sender wants. Sorry actually over here it's around 4 am and I was too tired to notice that in the first place. Thanks in advance. Please delete my previous comment, I shouldn’t have posted it without removing my own email address link in the SCAM message. ( bylaw@yahoo.com) now if anyone clicks on the link it will have the same effect as the SCAM sender wants. Sorry actually over here it’s around 4 am and I was too tired to notice that in the first place. Thanks in advance.

]]> By: Payam Fazli http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-849 Payam Fazli Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:47:01 +0000 http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-849 Another sign that suggests the freelance job might be a SCAM is that they tell you that you have only 24hrs or 48 hrs to claim the job or otherwise they will fill-in someone else. Like this one I got today: Hello, We would like to know if you would be interested in working from home in your spare time writing short articles for us. You will be paid $25.00 - $45.00 per hour writing these articles. We will also pay you $12.00 - $50.00 per hour for posing in blogs, and up to $450 for each fiction or non fiction story we ask you to write. Press here if you are interested: http://extenti.com/tr.php?56565+bylaw@yahoo.com You have a 48-hour window to claim a position before we fill it. Press here to begin and learn more: http://extenti.com/tr.php?56565+bylaw@yahoo.com All my best, Freelance Home Writers Network ----- To not receive future emails use this link: http://extenti.com/tr.php?56566+bylaw@yahoo.com To be removed via U.S. Mail please send all inquiries to: 20816 S Dixie Highway Suite #135 Miami FL 33189 -------------------------------------------------- The truth is as soon as you click on ANY of those links, even on the link which supposedly should remove you from their list, you actually proved to them that you are using that email address. They will give out your email address to all other partner spam-senders. I'm not sure if you exactly know what this is all about, but the fact is many of the SPAMS are just sent over the internet merely to find email addresses that are being used by users. They earn money by trading these email addresses selling them to actual SPAM senders. Another sign that suggests the freelance job might be a SCAM is that they tell you that you have only 24hrs or 48 hrs to claim the job or otherwise they will fill-in someone else. Like this one I got today:
Hello,

We would like to know if you would be interested in working from home in your spare time writing short articles for us. You will be paid $25.00 - $45.00 per hour writing these articles.

We will also pay you $12.00 - $50.00 per hour for posing in blogs, and up to $450 for each fiction or non fiction story we ask you to write.

Press here if you are interested:
http://extenti.com/tr.php?56565+bylaw@yahoo.com

You have a 48-hour window to claim a position before we fill it.

Press here to begin and learn more:
http://extenti.com/tr.php?56565+bylaw@yahoo.com

All my best,

Freelance Home Writers Network

—–

To not receive future emails use this link:
http://extenti.com/tr.php?56566+bylaw@yahoo.com

To be removed via U.S. Mail please send all inquiries to:
20816 S Dixie Highway
Suite #135
Miami FL 33189
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The truth is as soon as you click on ANY of those links, even on the link which supposedly should remove you from their list, you actually proved to them that you are using that email address. They will give out your email address to all other partner spam-senders. I’m not sure if you exactly know what this is all about, but the fact is many of the SPAMS are just sent over the internet merely to find email addresses that are being used by users. They earn money by trading these email addresses selling them to actual SPAM senders.

]]> By: Freelancers should just say no to assignments, gigs that aren’t a good fit « WordCount/by Michelle Vranizan Rafter http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-836 Freelancers should just say no to assignments, gigs that aren’t a good fit « WordCount/by Michelle Vranizan Rafter Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:42:43 +0000 http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-836 [...] scam. Here’s advice from Kathryn Vercillo, a freelance writer who blogs at Real Words, on the top 10 signs a freelance writing gig might be a scam. No. 1 - when a gig sounds too good to be true it usually [...] [...] scam. Here’s advice from Kathryn Vercillo, a freelance writer who blogs at Real Words, on the top 10 signs a freelance writing gig might be a scam. No. 1 - when a gig sounds too good to be true it usually [...]

]]> By: Joe Norton http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-785 Joe Norton Wed, 28 May 2008 18:32:33 +0000 http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-785 It's a shame freelancers have to be so wary of scamming employers. I don't mean to toot my own horn... but toot toot, I work with a new high paying freelance job site which focuses exactly on this issue of trust and accountability. We screen and verifiy the identity of our workers. If you're interested you can find your way to the website through my blog (I just don't want to be "That Guy" that puts URL's everywhere.) Happy freelancing! It’s a shame freelancers have to be so wary of scamming employers. I don’t mean to toot my own horn… but toot toot, I work with a new high paying freelance job site which focuses exactly on this issue of trust and accountability.

We screen and verifiy the identity of our workers. If you’re interested you can find your way to the website through my blog (I just don’t want to be “That Guy” that puts URL’s everywhere.)

Happy freelancing!

]]> By: Columbus http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-784 Columbus Sun, 25 May 2008 08:37:36 +0000 http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-784 To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can. To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

]]> By: SanAntonio http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-781 SanAntonio Fri, 23 May 2008 01:12:16 +0000 http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-781 Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly. Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

]]> By: thursdaybram.com » Blog Archive » The Business of Freelance Writing Carnival, Edition 12 http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-509 thursdaybram.com » Blog Archive » The Business of Freelance Writing Carnival, Edition 12 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:23:57 +0000 http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/#comment-509 [...] presents <a href=”http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/” >10 Signs That Freelance Job Might be a Scam | Real Words</a> posted at <a [...] [...] presents <a href=”http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/03/06/10-signs-that-freelance-job-might-be-a-scam/” >10 Signs That Freelance Job Might be a Scam | Real Words</a> posted at <a [...]

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