There are many people online looking for real money and they immediately invite friends. Without knowing about the site you should avoid sending links to your friends.
Before you join any freelancer or GPT sites. You should have enough clues to figure out a fraud site. No problem if you are not so techy guy. Just scroll down the page, keep your eyes and mind open.
How to avoid scam sites?
How to determine fake sites?
Suppose you came to know a freelancer site or a site that claims to pay for working from home and you just join and start inviting friends to earn referral credits. And your friends reply back “Don’t you know it’s fake?”, now you can not say and all your effort ends with no result.
Scam sites – shout!
Really? Yes, you do not need to be an expert and you can find it yourself. Because such sites themselves say a lot. You can easily notice its appearance and lack of updates. Reading to the about or help page reveals much more.
Simple steps you can follow to find scam sites
There are many more ways to find a site/program is fraud or not. The easy ways are addressed below, so a normal user can understand.
As the above image shows, you need to read it. How does it claim? If there are claims and testimony, the link should appear and more detail should be read on another page.
There are many more steps to know if the site is legal. See below points, any internet visitor can find these quickly and save time by avoiding such sites.
Logo
Can not say about the logo because in most cases it does not matter. But a good logo is required.
Pages
It is important. If all page h3nks point to the same page (parts of the home page) more sure to be a fake site/program. A site generally has well-managed pages that show some information in each.
Contact page
This is one page you should always look for on a job site. If they only have an email address it does not make it fake. Usually, the contact page carries all ways to make contact if you have to be clear about privacy or regarding the legal inquiry.
About
Jobs are not clear, the About page has all the information about the site and some companies provide employee and developer details there. Also, the homepage mostly has overviews of all(testimony, workers, jobs available, most active members).
Social links ready
Check if social sites are ready. Social icons that appear in the footer/top are linked to respected pages and are not misplaced with some others or empty.
Proof of payment
This is not required now. If a site is genuine the team provides all information and no payment proof. If the site shows images of payment proof then it is sure new and run by a small group of people. Also, they would have tiny tasks and not regular jobs, so they do not claim to pay large in this case. You also investigate images. The last time I saw the image of payment proof was the Google Adsense program, not the earning report from this site.
HTTPS
It provides information and builds trust. Whenever you get a site that is involved in money transferring (send/receive) HTTPS should be noticed for a secured transaction. Chrome does not provide information but Mozilla Firefox will show company details when you click on it.
How the site handles your actions & information
Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimer pages you should look for sure. A possible T&C page contains all three of these, check it there. The site handles money and without this information, it is not complete at all.