How to Evaluate "Online Job" - Scam or Real?

How to Evaluate "Online Job" - Scam or Real?

Here's a transcript of an actual online job offer last week. I didn't hide any sordid details. But someone did ask me to check it out. Instead of saying scam or not, YOU decide.

Note that I destroyed the URLS below so they don't actually work.

James Botham sent you a message about the job Data Entry job:
Data Entry job jamesbotham

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$$$ THIS IS EASY DATA TYPING JOB $$$
How to start work?
Step 1:
Download the software from this link----
12.124.107.147/lepricon/owdl/ocrworker.php/ttt2_/ttt2_ocrwxxorker.XXX (this link goes outside odesk.com)
Step 2:

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User ID: A=031

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Write this user id on the downloaded software
then start typing the code simultaneously
NO NEED ANY PASSWORD
Step 3:
Working hour: 8pm to 10AM(Night time is the best time to work)
Step 4:TARGET and RATE: 

1k=$6
40k=$240 for individual
100k=$620 for TEAM
Any Question/Query if you have then ===
Visit this blog-site for Details information of this project:
http://our-technologybd.blogspot.com/2010/07/dataxxx-entry-project-7ocr.html (this link goes outside odesk.com)
so don't send me unnecessary message/questions to disturb; just visit this site to satisfy your questions

Use this link to see your previous all score/state:
http://21xx2.124.107.147/lepricon/index.php?A=PUBLICSTATS&REF=ttt2&KEY=hY3e2A (this link goes outside odesk.com)

Here's my reply to my VA Student, check out your own responses to see if you see what I see.

Dear VA Student:

Okay evaluate natin ito ha.

#1. No contract.

#2. What's the main website?  http://our-technologybd.blogspot.com/2010/07/datxxxa-entry-project-7ocr.html

#3. What did they use to create the website? 

http://our-technologybdxx.blogspot.com/2010/07/data-entry-project-7ocr.html
http://our-technologybdxx.blogspot.com

blogspot.com

#4. What is blogspot?

#5. How much does it take to create a blogspot?  Hint (How much is air?)

#6. Do YOU know how to create one?

#7. It requires you to start doing 10,000 words before paying.

#8. What's the guarantee that he'll pay when he can't even afford:

a. Graphic designer

b. A .COM domain name. ($10/year)

#9. Even if it's all legit (for example a friend of a friend says James above pays "naman"), here's my input as an expert: You're actually doing criminal work by inputting captchas (those words). The output you create is sold to criminals who use it to spam websites and blog comment sections. :)  That's why you need to work at NIGHT -since WHEN does the time of data entry important? 

[It gets technical from here on but I try to be simple]

This captcha is being generated by a forum/blog/site in the US. You experience this when you create a new account in any site or post something with the HTTP in Facebook's wall.

However the hacker/spammer is using a computer program to access that site. It's not just one site and it's not just one program. There can be millions of sites being visited by this spammer/hacker. All using computer programs that insert "illegal substance here" or "visit triple x site here" in the forums and sites that they visit.   

But these programs don't have human eyes. They don't understand the captcha. Enter YOU - you enter the captcha by using your human eyes and brain. They call it "data entry". It's more like "accessory to the crime".  

After you type the captcha, it gets sent out to the original site that is actually asking for it.  The spammer program can now enter the comment or create a new account in the website it is attacking. It's called an attack because after you enter a captcha to create a new user somewhere in the internet, that site is flooded with 300 comments all of them useless and points to some fake or illegal website.

Wonderful isn't it?

#10. So, what's your decision?

So if you want more insights on Virtual Assistants (VA), attend the Manila VA Seminar (featuring a VA you can actually interview) on Oct 29 - click here. or download the whole seminar -to learn at your own pace.  But hurry because we'll have a November 3 / Wednesday webinar where you can interview another VA online and me also. Click here.

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Manila Seminar :How to Work From Home as a Virtual Assistant Seminar

Manila: you too can learn how to Work From Home as a Virtual Assistant!

Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/supagroova/

For once in your life, do you want to actually see some money coming out
from your salary, and not just going into office related expenses like rent,
dining out and fare? 

Have you been dreaming of keeping your kids nearby as you work from home?

Are you worried what the yayas might be doing to them while you're
away for most of the day?

Are you ready to say goodbye to traffic, smog and sweaty fx/bus mates?

Are you happy to wake up a little bit later because to "go to work",
you just have to turn on the computer?

Are you willing to still to GOOD WORK but for less time?

Are you wishing that you can earn in Dollars/Euros/etc and spend in Pesos?

Are you sick of Office Politics and want to "strike it out" on your
own, but are afraid to?

Well these dreams just might come true, if you qualify to be a Virtual
Assistant (VA) who works from home!

Are you happy to spend more time with friends than with commuting?

Find out - the inner workings and qualifications from someone who's
trained, hired (and fired) VAs.

Plus : After you "graduate" from this course, your details will be
submitted to my local/foreign contacts who are in need of VA services!

This Virtual Assistant Seminar is the Initial Training for VAs:

a. You'll know the requirements so you can be considered a good
"candidate" to be a VA (physical, mental, skills, etc)
b. Websites and Skills and Programs you need to study because you'll
need them as a VA
c. You'll know exactly what I tell my VAs to do, so you'll know the
how easy or complex it is.
d. How to communicate properly with your offsite boss (this is the
most critical skill and attitude as a VA).
e. How to negotiate or justify your "rate" (how much you'll receive or
want to receive as VA).
f.  What two buttons on the keyboard will become your best friend as a VA
g. The correct daily attitude towards your virtual boss to ensure
smooth work flow and happiness for both of you.
h. How to make a SHINY and effective resume for VA employment.
i.  Common misconceptions regarding VAs
j.  Personal positive and negative realizations of existing VAs
(people I've worked with)
k. How to cope with the eventual overwhelm if it happens (work load)
l.  You'll find out how I started in this VA business (as a boss and trainer)

m. At the end of the session you'll be given a long assignment.

Fulfill that within  TWO MONTHS of the training (deadline Oct 13) and

your resume will be submitted to people looking for VA's here or

abroad.

Note: Again this is NOT a technical course. If I discussed ALL
programs in STEP BY STEP fashion, it will take more than a month
non-stop. This is the introductory course that you can build on. If
you can investigate how to use (for example, SKYPE) a program on your
own, then you're going to be fine as a VA. However if you need more
training --more training programs (session 2 and 3) are coming up.

No hiring guarantees, just training.
1. Yes, there's no guarantee that you'll be hired in the end.  That's
based on the NEEDS of the employer and your ATTITUDE and SKILLS.
2. Yes, this is exactly like any other work opportunity.
3. My role is to give you an EDGE over any other applicants and allow you
to just be a VA to one employer and still be happily working at home
-- while earning what you want.
4. Your name will only be submitted to my contacts after attending any
event and doing the assignments. However, you must know that if
employers are looking for experience, it's much better you pass
through the X day online training first before applying.

Free Listing
You pay nothing to have your name/resume submitted to them. Of course
I wil l no longer have control if they opt to reply or not.

See you soon at the:

"How You Can Work From Home as A Virtual Assistant" Seminar
Wednesday, August 11.2010 Rosewood Pointe, Taguig City
1pm - 6pm. Snacks included
How to go to Rosewood: http://www.bit.ly/rosewoodpointe
Regular Fee: P 2,375 (Online Mentoring Club members get your P 1000 discount here)
Walk In Rate : Pay on August 11,2010 is P 2,950

Pay via Credit Card or Paypal Here: http://bit.ly/manilava2010

*Bonus: If you have kids who want to SWIM, bring them along (with a yaya/companion). As long as they have proper swim wear - they can use the heated pool while you're in the seminar.
*Bonus: There's also a playground nearby, a convenience store, a cafe and free wifi  (erratic availablility)

Or simply deposit the corresponding amount to:
BPI Savings bank account 3216-3898-62 name Jose Mario R Hilario.
Corinthian Plaza Branch, Makati City

Then email jomar.hilario@gmail.com your depository branch, name, amount
and date of deposit. Allow 2-3 days for checking and confirmation
please.

Jomar has had 5 years experience training, hiring and firing
experienced and unexperienced Filipino VAs in the Philippines from the
Philippines, now he's spilling to you what happened in those 5
years.


See you on Wednesday, August 11,2010 to learn how to do VAs.
Pay via credit card here.

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