Employment/Job scams involve scammers advertising fake jobs trying to make you pay money in advance or to get your personal details (to abuse) or to trick you to click a link to a webpage infected with a virus or malware.
The fake jobs are offered through e-mail (spam) or advertised on websites. They usually involve jobs that require little effort for high returns to get your attention. For example; work from home for just a couple hours a day!
Possible signs of a Job scam:
- If you have to pay before getting the job.
- If it’s too good to be true, it usually is.
- Unprofessional written ads and/or spelling mistakes.
- Do real companies recruite by sending e-mail (spam)?!
If you’re not sure if it’s real, search for the headline or company name on this site and in Google. See some Job scam examples on this website!
More information about job scams:
- https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0243-job-scams
- https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-of-scams/jobs-investment/jobs-employment
- https://www.scamalert.sg/types-of-scams/job-scam