2012/02/29

How to Avoid Online Scams on Internet

Knowing Online Scams on Online Business

Online fraud or a scam online on the Internet is already rampant. Many internet users who are became victims of online fraud.

Here are some tips for you that are not easily fooled by an online scam but also not to miss a lucrative opportunity.
  1. Act in cyberspace (online) as the "real world" (offline).
    In the real world, when you walk in the dark alleys and quiet and then suddenly there are people offering Rolex watches worth USD 100 thousand of course you would suspect, wouldn't you?
    So also on the Internet. Use your instincts and common sense to judge the truth of a information. Rule of thumb is if the offer is so incredible to be believed it seems really inappropriate to believe.
  2. Learn about the workings of the business opportunity.
    Every business opportunity offers of cooperation, the scheme of business, business opportunity, certainly has a way of working.
    Affirm to yourself that you are entitled to the information you need prior to work anything. Being a little critical.
  3. Calculate the business!
    If you are lucky enough to be able to get in the way of work or system of the program, do a simulation to calculate or "reality check".
    For example, you promised for 40 million per month income, from where the money is coming? From selling advertising space (eg Google AdSense)? selling the product? recruiting the members? From reselling? Is there going to be fooled people just like you in the process of running the program? (If yes, then you'll want to look for your friends are equally be fooled, don't you?) Do not just focus on the earnings of capital ... How much should you spend? Both the initial expenses, advertising expenses and your time is used. How realistic is the count?
  4. Imagine if you become a party providing a business opportunity.
    Does it makes sense or not? Try pretending to be a party that makes the business program, not about profit? Every business opportunity should be "win-win solution" for all parties.
    Case in point:
    At the end of 2009, PayPal held a promotion that gives $ 1 per friend you invite to join PayPal.
    Did it make sense?
    The motivation from PayPal is clear which is getting a lot of new customers and promote superior products that can be purchased using PayPal.
    PayPal has two choices:
    1. Advertisements and billboards in newspapers, blogs, TV, billboards, and so on which can spend up to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
    2. Shift the cost of advertising and marketing directly to loved customers and hopefully they will become loyal buyers ...it automatically covers the initial costs (and those costs would have been budgeted by PayPal).
    I wonder which is more profitable? From this simulation we can conclude that the program makes sense.
    For those who call the program as a scam in addition to harming themselves (because they could not profit) is also harmful to others, for slander against PayPal and inhibit others to achieve a profit.
  5. Make sure the information from a trusted source.
    Who is it? Of course that suits it person's reputation. If you got the information from someone who is poor we can be sure any advice for getting rich it will not make you richer.
    If you got the information from a millionaire whatever he said could make you richer. Even just mimic the words, style, and behavior can make you richer. (Certainly not the behavior of buying luxury goods) You do not need to limit the friendship. Please make friends with anyone. But when you got the information, consider the credibility of the person.
Hopefully these tips are useful to keep you from fraud online.