Sick of internet scams. Help?

Question

Ok, I have searched yahoo for 'money online' and there are tons of questions on it. However, I still have not read a decent answer on the subject. And if you do answer me, please do not try to advertise just to get me as your referral. I want a true answer on how to actually make some money online. Not get rich schemes.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, there is no good way for the average person to make money on line.  In general, almost all money making sites on the web are scams.  Under no circumstances should you give any money making site  your credit card number.  Never sign up for any "free" service that is free for one month and then you have to cancel it to avoid credit card charges. You will find it very hard to cancel.  The phone number they give you to cancel may always be busy, so you can't cancel.  They will often charge your credit card even after you think you have cancelled.  Never give a survey site your bank account number or personal information.

Many sites claim you can make money by filling out surveys or clicking on ads or some other silly method.  They s***w you around answering some surveys and then try to push the "free" offers that you have to charge to your credit card.  One common trick they play is that they let you make 5-10 dollars easily.  But their website rules say you have to earn 40 dollars before they send you a check.  To make the extra money you have to participate in "free" offers.  I have played around on some of these sites and it always come down to them wanting to get your credit card number in the end.  Don't let them.  

You will find many people on the web that claim they made a lot of money at such-and-such a website.  They are usually liars trying to make money.  For instance they will say:  "Go to cashcrap.com/q2347."  The "q2347"  is a signal to the cashcrap site that you are being referred to them by "q2347."  If they sucker money out of you,  "q2347"  gets a kickback.  These coded signals can be hidden by different methods in the link.  Other people will refer you to their own private website or blog for the purpose of trying to get money off you.  The bad spelling and grammar is usually a good tip off of this.

Note that I say there is no good way for the AVERAGE person to make money on the internet.  If you are not average, and have some special skill, you can make money.  If you are good at selling things, try selling things on E-bay.  If you are good at writing, set up a blog or other site and sell ads.  If you are good at computer programming, try setting up a site that uses your skills.  Since I don't know what special skills you have, I have a hard time advising you on this.

However, if you go to a site that claims ANYBODY can make money, it is usually a scam  

Answer 2

Good luck.  I don't know of any, and neither do my friends.  From what I've seen and been told, they're scams.  It's possible there are some out there, but who can tell?  

Why not get a real job, so you know you'll get paid?