My wife is considering ultimately starting a small consulting business, and in order to get into the industry a bit, she is considering doing small paid "gigs" in her field, which is translation and voice work, conducted through telecommuting/internet.
Some of these gigs, found online, are with businesses in distant countries. We are in the U.S. My question is: how can one best ascertain whether a business 8,000 miles away (for example) is a trustworthy entity--as opposed to, at worst, some sort of identity phishing scam? Is there any general approach that one should take in these cases?
