The internet is littered with these pretend “work at home” sites that do nothing but relieve people of their hard earned money. The people who create these sites are very clever and the sites can appear to be legit.

The best way to avoid these sites is to know what to look for and what some of the common scams are. Womanwork.net has a list of some of the latest scams. See our post at Womanwork.net called Google Work from Home Scams

One of the cardinal rules is that you shouldn’t have to spend money to make money. Any site that wants you to pay money is bogus. Once these sites get your credit card number or access to your bank account, they will continue to keep taking money from you.

If a site advertises that they have discovered a new technique that no one else knows about – don’t believe. If the technique works so well they wouldn’t be letting you in it. No one let’s you in on their money making secret out of the kindness of their heart. That is not to say people are not charitable but if it is truly charity then you should not have to pay for it.

There are organizations out there that function as watchdogs and help for people who want to be self-employed. These sites do not want to make money from you. They exist to offer help to those trying to navigate the waters of self-employment.

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has reports providing information on over two million organizations. The BBB is a good resource to see if there is any information about the company you are looking at as well as news and alerts.

The Small Business Training Network (SBA) – This group offers free training courses, workshops and knowledge resources designed to help people wanting to have their own business

The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) – This organization helps the self-employed. They have all sorts of information to help people who work at home and/or have a small business.

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Child models are required in different industries like education, baby and child accessories, clothing, music, pets, swimwear, child fashion, health and medicine, toys, and much more. So there is always a requirement for child models although it might not be as often as it is in professional advertising. Today, the industry even requires children for modeling on the ramp. So there are several changes that have gone about making the modeling industry different but parent who have aspiring child models need to be extremely cautious because there are several fake agencies out there who just want to rip you off.

The question is how you can distinguish between a real agency and a fake one. After all, no one would say that their agency is a fake and most agencies looking for children for modeling work almost in a similar fashion. Here are some things that you need to remember:

A legitimate or real agency will never ask you for money or any type of advance payment. The norm is that agencies will check the portfolio of all child models and send it ahead to an advertising agency or directly to the client for an audition. If you child gets through the audition and gets an assignment then you will need to pay the modeling agency a mutually agreed percentage. If the agency is a fake modeling agency then they will charge you money in advance for creating a portfolio or for modeling classes or even to get an audition. Never fall for that trap!

The second most important fact is that agencies don’t conduct modeling classes nor do they try and sell modeling classes. A fake agency will try to impress you by saying that they will get your child into a modeling class so that they are better prepared for the audition and the probability of getting through is also higher. You need to understand that companies looking for children for modeling work don’t require your child to have any previous modeling background or education. All they need is a child who is smart, cute, charming, and who can carry a big and innocent smile. So if an agency tells you that they will enroll your child in their modeling classes, and then put your foot down. This is definitely not the modeling agency that you are looking for.

Last but not the least, a legitimate modeling agency will not try and sell you photos. If you get photographs of your child clicked at an agency then pay directly to the photographer instead of the agency.

Are you looking for work for child models ? You can now upload child or young model profiles and also find postings for children for modeling.

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I have been an internet professional for almost a decade now, and along the way, I have certainly seen my share of online scams. One of the most common type of scam actually targets website owners, like myself. And they can be very tricky to spot!  You would think that those of us who work on the web would be immune to online scammers, but we all get burned a few times too.

Same Domain Name – Different TLD Scam - Let’s say you own the domain BigBlueWidgets.Info – you get this email from a company that says they have gotten rights to sell you BigBlueWidgets.com (a much more attractive suffix or TLD) for only $99.99!

Well, chance are that domain is available to everybody, and you can go to your normal registrar and obtain it for the normal price which should be about $10 or less!  These guys must have software that looks for owners of the less popular TLD (Suffixes), and then spits out constant emails that the .com is available. Of course, if they do suck somebody in, they make a huge profit. However, you can also thank them for doing you a big favor of letting you know that the .com is available to register in case you didn’t know!

Letters That Your Domain Will Expire – Of course, you want to make sure that you are keeping your domains active. But that should be through your normal registrar. Sometimes you may get an email from another registrar that lets you know your domains will expire, and that offer to let your extend them – for a price that is often much higher than your normal domain registration company!

Of course, you just need to login to your normal registration company to check on your domains. The 3rd party company is just scraping up lists of domains that are about to expire and trying to steal businesses from other companies.

Help Others Avoid Internet Scams

If you can clue us into other website domain name scams, we’d love to see your comments!

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