The work-from-home world is full of schemes that take money from parents who can least afford to lose it. This is our no-scam promise: what RemoteGlide will and won’t do, how we check work before we write about it, and what to do when something looks wrong.
Why we made a no-scam promise
Search for work from home and many of the top results are pyramid schemes, paid “training” or lists of jobs that disappeared years ago. Parents at home are a favourite target, because they often need flexible income, have less time to check things and may be returning to work without a recent reference. We made this no-scam promise so you can trust that anything on RemoteGlide has been checked by people who aren’t paid to sell it to you.
Our no-scam promise: we will never recommend
- Anything that asks you to pay to start, buy a “starter kit” or pay for training before you’ve earned anything
- Pyramid schemes, MLMs or “join my team” offers where income depends on recruiting others
- “Get rich quick”, “earn £500 a day” or guaranteed-income claims
- Job listings copied from other sites, or work we haven’t checked is real
- “Task” or “rating” apps that ask you to deposit money or crypto to unlock your earnings
- Parcel reshipping or “payment processing” jobs, which often use your address or bank account to move stolen money
- Trading, forex or crypto “opportunities” sold as a way to earn from home
- Paid “job placement” services that promise interviews or a guaranteed job for a fee
- Any course or coach whose main income comes from selling the dream rather than the skill
We will always
- Give realistic pay ranges, including the low end, and how long it takes to get paid
- Tell you the downsides of each type of work
- Say plainly when a type of work is fading because of AI or automation
- Label affiliate links and ads, and never let them decide what we recommend
- Show the tax year and the date we last checked the figures in every tool
How we check work before we write about it
Before a platform or type of work appears in one of our guides, we ask the same questions:
- Who pays whom? Genuine work pays you. If money has to flow from you first, it fails our no-scam promise.
- Is the company real? We look for a registered business, a physical address and a track record. In Ireland we check the Companies Registration Office, in the UK Companies House, and in the US the relevant state register.
- What do the terms say? We read the fees, payout rules and minimum payout thresholds, because that’s where many “free” platforms hide the catch.
- What do real users say? We look for patterns in complaints, not one angry review.
- Can you start for free? If a platform is genuine, signing up should cost nothing.
Red flags we screen for
- Pay that’s far higher than the work justifies
- Interviews held only by text or chat app, often with a “recruiter” using a personal email address
- Pressure to decide today, or to keep the offer secret
- Cheques or money sent to you “by mistake” with a request to send some back
- Requests for bank details, ID documents or remote access to your computer before any contract
What genuine work from home looks like
Real remote jobs and freelance work are less exciting than the adverts, and that’s a good sign. Employers interview you properly, usually by video call, and send a written contract before you start. Freelance platforms let you sign up for free and take a fee only when you’re paid. Pay is in line with similar office jobs, and nobody asks you to recruit friends. If an offer doesn’t look like this, our no-scam promise says we won’t recommend it.
If a friend has joined a scheme
Many parents meet MLMs through a friend, and it can feel awkward to say no. You don’t need to argue. Ask how much they’ve earned after costs, how much they spent on stock and training, and how many people below them are making money. Most MLMs publish an income disclosure statement, and it usually shows that most members earn very little. If they’re losing money, our guides to genuine work are a kind next step to share.
What the no-scam promise means for affiliate links and ads
We may earn a small commission from some links in future. Our no-scam promise comes first: a platform or course has to pass the checks above before we mention it, and paying us doesn’t change what we say about it. Affiliate links are always labelled, and if we ever show ads, we’ll ask Google to block ad categories such as get-rich-quick schemes.
Where the no-scam promise applies
It covers every part of RemoteGlide: our guides, our free tools, our sister-site links, any newsletter we send in future and anything we share on social media. If something on the site breaks the no-scam promise, it’s a mistake, and we want to hear about it. The short version is the line on our homepage: if it asks you to pay to start, you won’t find it here.
When we get it wrong
Platforms change, and scammers copy real company names. If we’ve recommended something that has since changed for the worse, we’ll update or remove it as soon as we know, and we’ll say so on the page. Part of our no-scam promise is admitting mistakes quickly.
Check an offer yourself
Not sure about something you’ve been sent? Our free work-from-home scam checker takes about two minutes and gives you a risk score with the warning signs explained. Our guide to 7 work-from-home scams targeting parents shows the most common tricks in detail.
Report a scam to the authorities
If you’ve lost money, contact your bank first, then report it:
- Ireland: your local Garda station, and the CCPC for consumer issues
- UK: Report Fraud, the national fraud reporting service, and Citizens Advice for help with next steps
- US: the Federal Trade Commission at ReportFraud.ftc.gov
Found something that looks like a scam? Tell us and we’ll look into it for our Scam Alerts section. Every report helps us keep the no-scam promise for the next parent.