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We explored the BEST WEBSITE to Visit. The POWER PREMIUM PLATINUM PERFECT METHOD WORKSHOP opportunity (scam).

Federal Trade Commission

It has a website called “Job Scams.”

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams

Flexjobs (www.flexjobs.com)

Flexjobs is a website that focuses on remote job opportunities.

Flexjobs has articles about the remote career field, including:

• Article Title: 15 Common Job Search Scams and How to Protect Yourself
• By: Brie Weiler Reynolds
• https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/common-job-search-scams-how-to-protect-yourself-v2/

 

• Article: How to Avoid Work-From-Home Job Scams: 6 Tips
• By: Rachel Jay,
• https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/how-to-find-a-real-online-job-and-avoid-the-scams-v2/

 

• Article: Beware of This Increasingly Common Job Scam Using FlexJobs’ Name
• By: Sara Sutton
• https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/beware-increasingly-common-job-scam-using-flexjobs-name/

Google Search (or another search engine)

You can use Google (or another search engine) to research an organization.

You can search using the organization’s name and words like “scam” or “ratings.”

Better Business Bureau

The Better Business Bureau will rate organizations

You can sometimes learn more about an organization by checking the Better Business Bureau ratings:

Better Business article about scams

Article title: BBB Study: Looking for a job? Be careful! Job scams increased during the pandemic

https://www.bbb.org/article/investigations/24596-bbb-investigation-job-scams

On this same web page with the article, you can download a PDF called “BBB Job Scams.”

The link is “Read the full study. Download the PDF.”

https://www.bbb.org/content/dam/0734-st-louis/job-scams/JOB%20SCAMS%20STUDY%20v5.pdf

Better Business Bureau has a scam center to look for known scams:

Called BBB Scam Tracker

https://www.bbb.org/scamtracker

You can also go to Better Business Bureau and search to see if the organization is in their database and find out the organization’s rating at

www.bbb.org

You can do a keyword search – type in the name and location of the organization if you know.

YouTube Video

YouTube Title: How to Spot a Work-From-Home Scam

YouTube Channel: Clark Howard: Save More, Spend Less

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAJ5SC_5lqk

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