Opportunities always arise out of other people’s misfortunes. One problem the Internet has is the high number of scammers who show up when people are in a time of crisis. Certainly the high number of people who are unemployed right now would be considered a crisis situation in the United States economy. Desperate people will often do desperate things!

One thing I would caution you on is do not jump into any opportunity to make money that sounds too good to be true.

Usually it is!

To avoid getting scammed on the Internet today you need to deal in opportunities that are proven! Let me give you one example.

Google AdSense is an affiliate program that will pay you commissions to promote their advertisers. They even offer training on how to do this. Google pays out millions of dollars in commissions every year to their affiliates. This is a proven opportunity that you can trust as a way to make money and that you will get paid for your efforts. Google is not going to scam you out of anything.

If you are reading a sales page for a business opportunity and it contains words like “we do all the work”, “work one hour day and get rich”, and so on, you need to be very cautious before you invest any money.

If it were so much easier to make money online than it is to make it in a traditional business more people would be doing it. The reality is to avoid getting scammed online you must expect to work hard and deal only with proven business opportunities.