The truth is that there are a lot of different ways to make money online and there are many people out there willing to help you figure out if their way is best for you, for a price of course. The fact that most people will charge you for information shouldn’t be the issue, as that is a common practice today offline as well as online, but the fact that some people don’t deliver on their promise should be the issue and this is where you will feel like you were scammed out of your hard earned money.

You pay for courses that teach you how to become an accountant or manager or anything else that you want to be in life, so paying to learn how to make money online is just par for course. But courses on how to make money online are often exaggerated because making money online isn’t conventional and most people who are trying to learn how think that they can make lots of money very quickly because of all the farfetched advertisements out there.

Online companies know this fact and they try to catch your attention with their own advertisements to beat out the other companies. So you will see ads that promise you the world if you learn from them. So one of the issues becomes how to tell ‘too good to be true’ advertisements and companies over real advertisements and companies.

The first thing you should do is avoid companies that promise the world. Anything that seems too good to be true most likely is and no one will be making thousands on their first day of working online. It can take time to figure out what works best for you and money can take some time to come in while doing so. Working online is an ongoing learning process and while the rewards are great you will not receive them instantly and you have to put the work in. So avoid places that tell you that you only have to put in one hour a day to make thousands a week.

The second thing you should always do with a company whether it be online or offline is check out their status with the Better Business Bureau. If you find that there are lots of complaints about them than avoid them as people generally only write complaints and go through the complaint process when they are very upset with the company, and even one issue is too much when it comes to customer service.

The third thing you want to do is look for a refund policy. If they offer a refund up to 60 days then you may be looking at a company that can really help you out. Make sure there is no hidden clauses anywhere and carefully read the wording of the guarantee. Sometimes the 60 day guarantee may only be eligible if you have done certain things to try to make it work.

Lastly, make sure they have a good customer support area. If they don’t, avoid them. Customer support is there for you to ask questions and to voice concerns as well as to get your refund if they don't deliver what they promised you. If they don’t answer you within a day, or two at most, you'll know they have poor customer support and your chances of dealing with good staff and honesty have dramatically dropped because of this. They don’t have to deal with you so they don’t really care about you.

Keep in mind these three things the next time you go to pay for anything including a course on how to make money online in any area, and your chances of being scammed will be nil to none.