With money tight and jobs scarce, students look to the Internet for ways to make some extra cash.
With the difficulty of finding part-time jobs and open work-study positions on campus, Temple students are turning to alternative money-making ventures, such as text-message Q-and-As, answering surveys, reading paid e-mails, playing games and selling products online.
But with many websites that offer ways to get rich quick, it can be difficult to know which are legitimate. Rachel Brown, the director of the Career Center, said she and her team of counselors can offer advice on how to recognize a scam.
“One of the things we advise students to watch out for is a pyramid scheme and what cost or fees are associated,” Brown said.
Sophomore psychology major Mike Althouse is one of the many students wary of being scammed.
“I know I did something like that before [take surveys online] and I don’t think I got money from it,” he said. “I’m sure a lot of money-making sites have catches, for example, following through with additional requests, et cetera.”
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