By now everybody knows to ignore the 'Nigerian 419 types scams' emails that state either you have won a big sum of money from a lottery you did not even buy or someone in a foreign country needs financial help in order to go through a surgery for an incurable decease. Earlier days people did not know they are just being taken for a ride where most have lost money and even traveled overseas in order to claim their prize.
However now it has evolved to a level that can affect blogs too. Basically what these scammers do is purchase your ad space or your text links and then send you a cheque for a higher price than which was agreed and then their trick is to ask for refund.
Therefore please use your common sense before giving out your advertising space even though your blog depends on the money you make out of blogging.
The most important thing you have to do when dealing with direct advertisers is that you know your buyer thoroughly. No one can deny if you inquire for their URL and anchor text of the target site, and name of the company or individual behind the site and research prior to coming to an agreement. If genuine they will cooperate.
Make sure you make payments through a reliable direct payment method order to avoid the cheques being bounced or do not get cleared at all because by the time you realize that the cheque is fake they will be long gone with your refund.
Albeit direct advertising is more money, stick to reliable advertising sources such as Google AdSense if possible.
You have to be very careful who you deal with because there are no laws made against blog scammers as yet.
You can also find out how you can avoid being scammed while using blog automation programs by visiting www.blogwarriorelite.com
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