Dear readers: We at Dominica News Online (DNO) have been receiving queries about the legitimacy of various job ads that have been posted in our Free Classifieds section.
Please note that although we scrutinize certain submissions more than others in order to determine the genuineness, not all companies are quick in responding to our requests and neither are we sufficiently equipped in terms of man-power to research every ad sent in.
However, in all fairness, we are asking the general public to be vigilant as to the nature of certain job ads. If a job promises a large sum of money for little work, or the job sounds too good to be true, most times it is because that is the case. Since DNO is an online newspaper and we are based in the global village of the World Wide Web, we also taste the fruits of development. Developed countries are constantly rigged with scams, cons and get-rich-quick gimmicks, to which many fall prey due to the difficult economic situations tapping on their doors. So we are urging you to be careful not to pay any sums of money to persons who are claiming can provide training for a small fee; or requesting that you have to first pay a deposit to receive payment for labour done, or whatever the case may be.
DNO is a company thriving through ethics and the loyal readership of people like you. We totally condemn such despicable practices, and because we cannot survey everything, again, we are imploring the public to carefully consider or prove all things before getting involved. As the proverb goes, please look before you leap.
Thank you for your continued visits to the site and enjoy your reading. Do not forget also to patronize the companies who sponsor the site through the ads. These are the people who help us to provide free readership. Again, I thank you.
Glenda Samuel
Sales and Office Manager
@richie….really? mind sharing?
Yes, it is true that most things that seem too good to be true are not, But it is false to say that “ANY opportunity that seems to good to be true is not legit @ all”.
In the early 90’s I must have tried over 10 of these type of opportunities that would come under the “too good to be true” category and maybe about 50% of them were Scams, the other 50% were mostly legit and only failed because I did not put in enough or the right effort. I would usually ditch them if I didn’t see any results quickly enough and move on to the next “too good to be true” opportunity.
Back in those days the Internet did not really exist , but I would look for these opportunities in the classified ads or would receive them via mail order.
By about the mid 90’s I had spent (wasted) thousands of $$$$ dollars, but I eventually found an opportunity that worked for me and I am now making approx US$1.2M per year gross.
So for me , I have no regrets about trying these so called “get rich quick” schemes.
Well any opportunity that seems to good to be true is not legit @ all. People just have to use their common sense, judgment, wisdom to realize when something is a scam or actual opportunity.
Now there are many scams on the Internet so we all have to be aware and avoid them so we don’t get sucked into them!!!