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Legit Remote: how to get a remote job (and spot fake listings)
Seven lessons on how to get a remote job: pick your lane, search where employers post, read ads like a checker, verify employers before you share documents, spot task scams and money-making schemes, and agree remote terms in writing. Country panels for Australia, the UK and the US.
About this course
how to get a remote job (and spot fake listings).
Starter · About 1 hour of learning · 7 lessons · 14 quick checks · 1 download
Who it's for
People looking for genuine remote or home-based work in Australia, the UK, the US and elsewhere.
How it works
7 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time.
Sources we rely on
22 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.
By the end you can
- Choose a remote-work lane and explain what it means for your rights
- Run a focused remote-job search and keep a log of every lead
- Sort job ads using the red flags official scam agencies publish
- Verify an employer and share personal information in safe stages
- Recognise task scams and money-making schemes, and know what to do if you’ve paid
Downloads
- Remote job offer checker .xlsxA 12-point offer checker that gives a verdict, a search log, an application tracker and Priya’s worked example.
Rules by country
Learning time
About 1 hour of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.
Sources
Check the originals.
Drafted with AI assistance and run through automated quality and source checks. How these courses are made. Spotted an error or out-of-date rule? Send a correction.
Education only. We make no earnings or income claims: results depend on your skills, effort, market and many other factors, and most new ventures earn little at first. We don't teach investing, crypto trading, network marketing or dropshipping schemes, and we don't use affiliate links.
- Jobs and employment scams · Scamwatch, National Anti-Scam Centre (ACCC, Australia)
- Job scams · Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Advice (US)
- How to spot and avoid task scams (14 August 2025) · Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Advice (US)
- PSA I-060424-PSA: Scammers defraud individuals via work-from-home scams (4 June 2024) · FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (US)
- A-Z of cyber crime and fraud (recruitment scams) · Report Fraud, City of London Police (UK)
- Report Fraud: the place to report, prevent and learn about cyber crime and fraud · Report Fraud, City of London Police (UK)
- Independent contractors · Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia)
- Sham contracting · Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia)
- Flexible working arrangements · Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia)
- Employment status · GOV.UK
- Flexible working · GOV.UK
- Independent contractor (self-employed) or employee? · Internal Revenue Service (US)
- Misclassification of employees as independent contractors under the FLSA · US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
- FTC announces final rule banning fake reviews and testimonials (14 August 2024) · Federal Trade Commission (US)
- Online reviews for products and services · ACCC (Australia)
- Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, Schedule 20, paragraph 13 (fake reviews) · legislation.gov.uk (UK)
- ABN Lookup · Australian Business Register (Australian Government)
- Find and update company information · Companies House (UK)
- Bogus business opportunities · Federal Trade Commission, Business Guidance (US)
- Multi-level marketing businesses and pyramid schemes · Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Advice (US)
- FTC announces crackdown on deceptive AI claims and schemes (Operation AI Comply, 25 September 2024) · Federal Trade Commission (US)
- Investment scams · Scamwatch, National Anti-Scam Centre (ACCC, Australia)
Publisher
Who publishes this course.
Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.
How it's made: drafted with AI assistance from published official, regulator and platform guidance, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. The course guide is an AI presenter and is labelled as one. Read how these courses are made.
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