Craiglist ads
By Althea | May 19, 2008
Every morning, I check job listings on Craiglist PH. Offers vary from wanted maids to exotic dancers/models. I’m usually on the lookout for VA job offers and most often than not, get disappointed by the offers. Some are just too good to be true while some are scams.
I could very well go ahead and post those I’ve applied for that turned out to be a mere marketing tactic. For example, I got curious by this series of posts which urgently needed VA’s or admin assistants. The ad said a $5-8 per hour remuneration. Nice, I thought. Turns out it was a lure to this “internship program” website, which to be honest, I never really bothered to follow through. It was beginning to be annoying. And the emails never stop once you’ve signed up. Not worth your time and efforts.
Another that caught my interest were posts that warned Filipino writers to be careful about scams. Personally, I haven’t applied for any writing position so far, although I’ve been considering it. Reading about their warnings really enlightened me with what’s going on.
One ad read as such:
Alert To ALL Philippine Writers
Reply to: job-617750402@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-03-25, 2:32PM PHTPlease be advised from answering posted jobs of ” Writer, Internet Marketing Writer, Blogger, Journalist, copywriter, SEO writer, article writer” you often find in this section.
Most of these posters are plain and simple scammers.
They will require you to send them a sample of your work. Then they will email you to write them 3 or 4 additional articles.
After that,they WILL NOT PAY YOU and you will no longer hear from them.
I’ve been a victim of such scam.
In addition, please don’t reply to posted writing jobs promising you $150 monthly. That’s preposterous. Usually, these posters come from other countries whose writer’s compesation is $25/ PER HOUR.
They have the guts to shamelessly demand 10 well-written articles a day for a measly &150/month?
Shun them.
Honest and legitimate companies that need writers pay an advance $50 as deposit fee. I know. I have around 5 companies that I submit articles and they gave advance payments of $50.
If an individual or a company refuse to give an advance payment, shun them.
On the average, a good writer can only write 3-well written articles. You should charge $18-$20 per article. That’s the writer’s fee nowadays.
Anything less than this is NOT ACCEPTABLE and a painful INSULT TO US AS WRITERS.
Tell them to post their jobs elsewhere and here in the Philippines.
From a concerned Filipina writer.
After that, a series of “Hear ye, hear ye” posts supported this claim. Apparently it’s true. Consider yourself warned.
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