Since we launched 3 months back, we received total of 13 data entry jobs posted with us. 90% of these jobs are SCAM jobs! What we did to them? REMOVED it. However, these jobs is getting actively around you. You will find it in forums, newspapers and poster around the walls.

Previously, we shared a guide on How To Tell If a Part Time Job Is a Scam and now, we come out the following guide to identify a scam data entry job.

How they set u up?

The so-called data entry outsourcing firms tell you that they provide data entry outsourcing work to firms who do not have administrative staff on hand. Most of their clients are well-known big local companies. They claim to have more work then they can handle and need data entry workers to help them with typing, word processing, data entry and data entry reviews.

The Scam is starting by

In order to process your application, this data entry outsourcing firm will require you, the applicant, to pay an application processing fee that can range from RM25 to RM250. Other scammers might tell you that the fee will cover specific data entry programs that you must use to complete the work.

Cold Hard Truth

Real data entry outsourcing firms do not charge “application fees.” According to our research, the major firms that providing data entry outsourcing work provide software free of charge or allow you to use programs that you have on hand, such as MS Word or WordPerfect.

If you are told that a processing fee or any other fee is required before you may start working, simply ask that any "fees" be subtracted from the amount you have coming. Then, they will most probably tell you that you are messing up their company accounts.

The top warning signs?

• You need to pay them to start working for them.
• You don’t need to do any real work, only recruit others / tell others.

You should NEVER have to pay your employer to work for them! Here is a true story

first, we must pay RM150 for the service charge, consultation fee and also we have to signed for an agreement. The next day, They called and informed us that we have to wait another 7 days to go to collect the assignment. A week later, they called us..guess what? they said that the company had management problems and they couldn’t hire us to work with them.

That was taken from real examples of Malaysians getting conned available on consumer.com.my.

The 8 most common work-at-home scams according to a US based article are

• Envelope stuffing.
• Email Processors.
• Home Typists (also Order Taker/Application Taker).
• Craft/Electronic Assembly.
• Lists of companies that hire home-based workers.
• Reading books for pay