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Online services exist to help verify claims made by money-making opportunities found on social networking sites. Many of these offers, particularly "work from home" jobs, are often scams that require upfront payments under various pretenses, such as training costs. To assess the legitimacy of a company, searching phrases like "Company X scams" can lead to reviews and customer experiences that highlight common fraudulent practices. Resources like BeenVerified can assist with background checks, though they may not work with pseudonyms. Additionally, websites like Scam Watch and Article Alley provide tips and information on identifying legitimate work-at-home opportunities and recognizing scams.
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I'm on various social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook,...) and from time to time I come across messages offering different ways to make or save money.

My question: Is there an Online service that can verify their claims - a "Products & Services" overview ?
 
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BenVitale said:
I'm on various social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook,...) and from time to time I come across messages offering different ways to make or save money.

My question: Is there an Online service that can verify their claims - a "Products & Services" overview ?
Assume they are all scams.
 
BenVitale said:
I'm on various social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook,...) and from time to time I come across messages offering different ways to make or save money.

My question: Is there an Online service that can verify their claims - a "Products & Services" overview ?
Evo said:
Assume they are all scams.

Definitely. The "Work from home" jobs are the worst. They will play a nice song and dance about you making money but the first (and only) transaction is always sending money to them. Of course they give reasons for it like, you have to take a training course, etc. But you have to ask yourself if this would be reasonable if you were working in a regular office. The best way to save your money is to not sent it to them in the first place.

As far as checking a site, I would Google the phrase "Company X scams" and see where that leads. I'm sure that most of these sites have a lot of dissatisfied customers. Read their horror stories and you will see how common these scams are.
 
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Thanks to both of you for the feedback.

Since I posted my question, I spend lots of time on the net searching for info, and found...

I googled "been verified" and found Looking for free people search and background checks? http://www.beenverified.com/

But it can't verify people who don't use their real names, but screennames

And, ...

Scam Watch : http://www.imreportcard.com/

Tips For Finding The Best Work At Home Sites : http://www.articlealley.com/article_1644341_15.html

Click "Scams" under Topics (on the left): http://www.articlealley.com/tags-318.html
 
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