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How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by PatrickOkunima(m): 6:14am On Mar 02, 2020
Long gone are the days people had to leave home every morning before having a steady source of income. The world is now a global village. Due to this, the average person can earn very well while working remotely. While lots of people have embraced the idea of working remotely and having a great family and work balance, there are those that are yet to understand the concept of working remotely.

Are you looking to find a real work-from-home-job and avoid scam? If yes, you are on the right page. Read on to discover how to find a real work-from-home job.

1. Don’t Hesitate to Ask Questions

A lot of people make the mistake of not asking questions when they get invited for a job interview. This is probably because they are desperate and do not want to seem nosy. Regardless of how important the jobs seems and how desperate you are, you should always ask questions whenever you feel like. When you ask the right questions, you will have an idea of how legitimate the job is.

Asking questions is good. It, however, is not good enough. You should ask lots of questions concerning what the firm expects from you. You should also be concerned about how much you will be paid and how the firm makes its money. After asking these questions, if you do not get the answers you consider satisfactory, then, something is not right and the job might be a scam.

2. Do Your Research

When looking to apply for any job which requires you to work from home, you will need a lot of research. You have to give a lot of attention to researching the firm you are looking to work with. Does the firm really exists? If it does, what is it really about? What are its services and what reputation does it have?

When looking to find out about a company, one place you should check are online business complaint sites. Furthermore, you should make attempts at getting in touch with people that already work for such firm.

If you are unable to find anything about such company online, if it does not seem like anyone works for the company, then, the job opening might just be a scam.

3. Ensure it is not Too Good to Be True

Working from home does not mean you won’t put in as much time and attention to your job as one that works in a defined office. For a job opening to be legit, it must include a detailed job description. The level of experience needed to get such job, as well as the responsibilities attached with such job have to be clearly stated. This way, you will be certain you are qualified for a job before going on to apply.

Does the job come with details that seem unclear? Does it look like a job that virtually everyone can apply for? Then, you just might be playing into the hands of fraudsters.

4. Do Not Pay before You Get a Job?

Fraudsters are known to prey on people’s desperation. They do this by asking job seekers to pay a fee before getting a job. If you are in dire need of a job, this might seem okay. The truth, however, is you will be making a mistake if you pay a fee before getting a job.

While certain firms will openly ask you to pay before getting a job, some others will ask you to pay for a training. Regardless of what you are paying for, payment for a job is a bad sign.

Wrapping Up!

There are a lot more tips to help you get a real work-at-home job. However, paying attention to the above tips can go a long way in helping you get a god work-at-home job and avoid scams.
https://patrickokunima.com/how-to-find-a-real-work-from-home-job-and-avoid-the-scam/

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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by PatrickOkunima(m): 6:14am On Mar 02, 2020
Feel free to contribute.
Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by PalmOilDealer: 7:52am On Mar 02, 2020
Nice one Mr. Patrick, always on point.

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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by PatrickOkunima(m): 9:37am On Mar 02, 2020
Thanks.
PalmOilDealer:
Nice one Mr. Patrick, always on point.
Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by Otisker(m): 9:52am On Mar 02, 2020
I don't think what you wrote there is enough. With that guide, a person will still end up in a fake money making website. I love your number 3 and 4 though.

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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by propsvilla3: 9:52am On Mar 02, 2020
Ok
Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by Stephendeals: 9:53am On Mar 02, 2020
Most of them will tell you to pay a one-time training or registration fee shocked

99% of Work from Home Job offers flying on the internet are scam... good luck with the one percent

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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by Mistaicey2288: 9:53am On Mar 02, 2020
Cool.. It's just quiet unfortunate that there are lots of Scam job vacancies out there lately. They'll keep sending interview notifications letters to their applicants only for the Applicants to get to the venue and realize the so called firms are not what they portray themselves to be on the internet.. That's why these days i usually advise job seekers go for applications to the known and recognised brands most of the time. For instance, vacancies from companies like NASCO, Cardbury, FanMilk, etc surely can never be scams... Also the ones from State and Federal government are also genuine too....

One can only decide to sometimes apply to other unknown brands after doing some proper background checks and realise it's actually genuine...

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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by berbs: 9:54am On Mar 02, 2020
So, you can as well drop websites where one could register apart from Fiverr and Upwork.

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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by OnpointDesign(m): 9:55am On Mar 02, 2020
cool
I like how you were able to make the picture a part of your signature.

Wish you could show me how it's done.
Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by abukuru(m): 9:55am On Mar 02, 2020
Do not go to dubai and look for job cos 95% u will be scam

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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by Nobody: 9:55am On Mar 02, 2020
Interesting read

By the way, @PatrickOkunima, you don't seem to be on WhatsApp: is that deliberate?
Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by Rollins777(m): 9:55am On Mar 02, 2020
Hope not same scam always advertise by scammers
Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by NigeriaBam: 9:56am On Mar 02, 2020
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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by Petersuenos(m): 9:56am On Mar 02, 2020
In a country like Nigeria it is difficult to find a legit online hustle, why because we are gullible and find joy in scamming ourselves. getting a legit online hustle in Nigeria is like moving a mountain.

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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by tensazangetsu20(m): 9:56am On Mar 02, 2020
berbs:
So, you can as well drop websites where one could register apart from Fiverr and Upwork.
Weworkremotely.com

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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by maxbj(m): 9:57am On Mar 02, 2020
Nice one
Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by slimanyd: 9:57am On Mar 02, 2020
I think the best work from home so far is the E commerce platform


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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by LagBlogger(m): 9:57am On Mar 02, 2020
Timely. A lot of people need this.

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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by LagBlogger(m): 9:58am On Mar 02, 2020
slimanyd:
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Werin be G?
Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by LagBlogger(m): 9:58am On Mar 02, 2020
Petersuenos:
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What is that?
Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by tophumble(m): 9:59am On Mar 02, 2020
Ok

Nice info

This will save a lot of people from scammers

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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by Meedon: 10:00am On Mar 02, 2020
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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by priscaoge(f): 10:00am On Mar 02, 2020
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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by jantofubu(m): 10:02am On Mar 02, 2020
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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by digicreator: 10:04am On Mar 02, 2020
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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by Moscodee1990(m): 10:06am On Mar 02, 2020
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Re: How To Find A Real Work-from-home Job (and Avoid The Scam) by Propsvilla(m): 10:16am On Mar 02, 2020
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