The assertion you can get paid for simply posting links is actually one of the older variants of work-from-home scams and has existed for well over 7 years. The scam works by luring a visitor into signing up for a work from home “kit” that teaches the user how to post links on the Internet and get paid.
Often these scams claim you are posting links on behalf of Google or Fortune 500 companies, and can often assert you can get paid up to $45 per link you post.
In reality these jobs do not – and will never – exist. The act of “posting links” actually derives loosely to the practice of affiliate marketing, in which a key strategy involves backlinking to your affiliate offers in order to gain visitors and potential customers. However affiliate marketing can be a particularly difficult and often complicated trade in which to make good money and simply posting links on the Internet isn’t going to make you any money.
These sites essentially grossly exaggerate and warp the truth about Internet marketing to make it sound like all you need to do is post links and get paid, when in reality that could not be further from the truth.
Needless to say, when you sign up you get sent near worthless marketing information and you are unlikely to recoup the registration costs.
