Legit data entry jobs?

I have listed some tail signs for typical Data Entry Scams:

Affiliate Marketing - Sometimes data entry scams are really affiliate marketing business opportunities. Often these are labeled “non-traditional data entry.” And while affiliate marketing is a legit home business, what makes these scams are the misleading advertising, promises of big earnings and fees for information available for free. Affiliate marketing is not a quick and easy way to make money. You must build a website, bring in traffic and generate sales. No one can sell you a legit turnkey operation that can do this.

Along these same lines are work-at-home opportunities that require you to post ads to online forums. These and some affiliate marketing may very well be pyramid schemes because they only or mostly pay based on recruitment of more ad posters.

Classes, Business Kits, Training, Certification, etc. – Often the non-traditional data entry (or really affiliate marketing) “opportunities” are only tutorials about affiliate marketing, which may or may not be helpful. Other data entry scams may sell classes, training or certification that will supposedly help you get a job or that the company says is required to work for it. While some specialized data entry jobs, like medical or legal transcription or medical coding do require special training, most do not. Investigate carefully any training or certification you elect to do.

Transcription Jobs - Transcription is one form of data entry. Data entry scams dressed up to look like transcription jobs will often require paid training or a fee for a list of employers. There could be tests or administrative costs. One scam is to require applicants to take a test (which is not uncommon for legit data entry jobs) but everyone or nearly everyone fails. But for a fee, remedial training will get you a “job.” Don’t fall for it! See Legitimate Transcription Jobs

Medical Coding and Transcription – Data entry scams that tout medical coding jobs often require that you pay for bogus certification or training. These will also sometimes offer turnkey business opportunities. These are not legit. See Legitimate Medical Transcription Jobs

Data Entry - Yes, There are legitimate data entry jobs, but they don’t pay much. Any data entry job that does pay a lot is most certainly a scam. See Legitimate Data Entry Jobs

Process Rebates Scam - The pitch in these work at home scams is that you make money just by filling out online forms; everything you need is provided. This is your classic bait-and-switch scam. You send $150-$200 or more for a program that will allow you to “process rebates at home.” At best, what you get is information, which could be had for free elsewhere, about setting up an Internet business. At worst you are hooked into a work at home scam where you use your money to process rebates but are never reimbursed.