While there is a federal minimum wage, many remote opportunities are contract work which can get around that. Some offers are from “legitimate” companies but are not worth your time. You could also be coaxed into installing malicious software, which could damage your computer or harvest personal information.

It’s also a massive sign the job isn’t legit, and there is a good chance any money you send will be gone for good. This could be a “recruiter” asking for a finders fee, a company asking for an “administrative fee” to cover your onboarding or any other excuse that will get you to cut a check. Then there’s the possibility of a scammer asking for some kind of fee in order to set the job up. But what about the job opportunities in between? Can a legitimate-looking offer be a scam, and what do you have to lose if it all goes wrong? You could earn up to $500 an hour working from home! Except you couldn’t, those are obviously shifty. At the other end of the spectrum are those job opportunities bots post on social media sites. So if you’ve applied for a remote job on Google’s official site, received an interview offer through a legitimate email address, and gone through the company’s process - congratulations, the job is legit. While they headhunt for specific, most available positions, go to people who apply. If a large company like Meta, Google, or Microsoft is advertising the job, it probably has its internal job board and recruitment site. While there are obvious benefits to working remotely and great opportunities out there, there are also a lot of scams. While remote work has always been a thing, advances in technology coupled with societal changes that came out of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic have made it more common than ever.

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