Are you looking to earn money on the internet and scared of taking actions due to internet scams. Then this article is for you. Keep reading this internet home based business tips for more information on how to identify a legitimate online business.First of all, you need to bear in mind that there is risk in every thing in life. Even in the brick and mortar world people do get scammed, robbed, business go bankrupt or are we going to stop driving because people get accident every, many mothers have died in child birth and yet that has not stopped many from getting pregnant. I can go on and on but that is the reality, there is risk in everything we do. However, that does not mean you should allow yourself to be victim of internet scams. This is meant to prepare you to accept the fact that there is risk in everything we do and above all we should not be hindered by fear to take positive actions.Below are some internet home based business tips to help you identify fraudulent sites.Before you buy anything from a site the first thing you would want to do is contact to see if they will respond. I have seen a lot of well established sites that do not respond to mails and yet they are legitimate. In some cases, you can have a wrong debit on your card and want to do some rectification and your several mails will not be responded to. It pays to contact them first and see if they respond.Find out how long the company has been in existence. Some companies make this available on there site on the “about us” section. A company that has been in business for over three years is more likely to be around than one that just started a few months ago. You can also use Whois to find out real information about the site.Google the company official website and check out the information that shows up. If you can’t find information or link relating to the site within the first and second page of your result then you need to have a rethink.Find a forum related to your niche and sign up with them and ask questions about the company. There is high chance that somebody will know the company and give you some information on his experience whether good or bad.Check out the page rank of a site. This will tell you how established a site is before you start signing up start signing up for the offer. A page rank begins from 0 to 10 where 0 page rank is the lowest and 10 is the highest. I would recommend dealing with sites with page rank 3. Search the search engine for page rank tool and start from there.If you follow this internet home based business tips, it can go a long way in identify internet scam companies.To Your Success,John Benjamin