Online Jobs Scam And Its protection In India

Today the demand of online jobs has increased very significantly among the jobless people from all around the India. People are looking for a definite online job source where they can trust. But the main problem is- most of online part-time (online) job provider companies are scams. It is really very tough to distinguish between legitimate jobs and scam jobs for a common person.

Tips to distinguish between legitimate jobs and scam jobs;

1. If you see someone offering overnight profitable policy (like-earn Rs 50,000 from your home only spending two or three hour daily), which is the first sign of scamming.
2. Scam people never provides a valid business address and legal documents.
3. Some of them using free email service like yahoo,Gmail to contact people, while they have a business website. I.e- contact email- xyz@gmail.com.
4. You can't chat with any phone member of a scam company.
5. Scam people always try to show their genuineness using some unnatural words such as- we are 100% genuine. 
6. Most importantly, most of the online jobs which offering big earnings for a low effort are simply scam!

Now, what to do after being scammed?

If you don't have a legal proof that you really purchased a service or a job scheme, then, you can't do anything but a FIR at your local police station,

So, it is your duty to get a proper document as a proof of your purchased services.

What Indian government saying? 

According to Consumer protection Act. you have the right-

• to be protected against the marketing of goods and services.
• to be informed about the quality, quantity, potency, purity, standard and price of goods so as to protect the consumer against unfair trade practices.
• to be assured, wherever possible of access to variety of goods and services at competitive price.
• to be Heard.
• to seek redressal against unfair trade practices or unscrupulous exploitation of consumers.
• to acquire the knowledge and skill to be an informed consumer throughout life.

(Whenever you purchase a part-time job scheme from a company as a customer, then the Consumer protection Act. will be applicable for you.)

To know more about consumer protection visit- Consumer protection Act.

On behalf of the first two Act. you definitely can ask for a document of your purchased services/jobs from company. If a company unable to provide a legal document, then please don't purchase any jobs or services from them.  

Your safety is on your hand. Please don't be attracted to eye caching offers on the internet- you will be scammed.

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