There are many scams that are being presented to many unaware users everyday. For many people who have not had many experiences on the Internet will have some difficulty in spotting the real programs from the ones that are Scams.
There are many ways to avoid and detect Internet scams, but it surely does need some experience too. As it works in real life too, "Experience is the best teacher". I myself have had some experiences with Scams. I once found out about an online company that promised me that I would get paid to surf, but to my disappointment I not only found that they do not pay, but I also found out that a software that I was suppossed to download in order to earn was spyware (was some kind of a trojan horse).
Now, probably I know many of you must have heard about some online schemes that promise the user really huge benefits. What I feel about this is that programs that promise too much are usually scams. What I recommend all of you to do when you have any doubts about any online scheme or program that you would like to join, is to do a google search or as some people say it "google it". Most of the time (at-least whenever I did it) it always showed me if it was trustworthy. For example, when I was first going to join helium, I did a google search and I saw that Helium is trustworthy. Just like that I have done it with many other programs that I have joined and been happy ever since I did so.
Some of the scams that are on the Internet are really obvious but some are very difficult to "grasp". The ones that really easy to grasp are the ones that clearly shows that it's too unbelievable. But the ones that are difficult to find out need to tried out. For example, I did try out a program that promised me to pay me to search but I had 30$ and I still haven't been paid. It's been two months now but I'm still waiting. I did search about this program on google but there wasn't much complaints when I joined the program. So, what I'm trying to say is that not always will the "google search method" work. But it's better than not having any way to find out something about an online program.
But that not the only way to detect scam, one more way I know is with the help of an Anti-virus software called "McAfee". I think you all would have probably heard about this Software. It's as famous as Norton but it has many more features like wireless network protection, site adviser and so on. When you install this software (unfortunately it is not free, but it's worth it) you will also have McAfee site adviser integrated with Internet Explorer (Obviously for windows XP). This is something really useful because now any scam sites or sites that are having a high risk level will be indicated by the McAfee site adviser. This is probably done by using a list of sites that the Mcafee company provides, thus, it is something that can be trusted.
From above I hope that all of you have found the above mentioned methods effective in the fight against Internet scams.
By : Gino K.
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