Freelance Writing Scams

It's hard enough to make a living being a freelance writer. There is a growing problem when trying to acquire work online. There are many scams that are targeting writer looking for work via freelance job listings and craig's list as well as many other online resources. These scammers post none existing jobs and when you email a resume to them the email you a link to sign up and then you have to deal with your email being spammed like crazy with all sorts of bogus offers.