Scammers are now on the increase, advertizing fabricated jobs
on job boards, walls of houses and more to lure unsuspecting job seekers into
parting with their hard earned money, or becoming victims of identity theft.
Whatever
the scammer’s technique is and how they go about their modus operandi, their
goal is always the same. To separate you from your cash, or to obtain your
confidential personal information, that can be used in identity theft.
Nowadays,
scammers are now more creative and crafty in the manner they operate, to the
extent that it is difficult for people to identify a scam and a true job offer.
Here
are the signs you should look out for in order not to become a victim of job
scam.
1. Advance fee fraud
Any job offer
that requires that you pay a fee in advance is probably a scam. Also, an
employer or company that offers to train you for the job in return for money is
not genuine. There is no reputable company or employer that will bluntly ask
for money.
2. Embark on research
If you see an online job advert, it is important that you visit the company’s
website to know the services or product they offer, how they
operate, their
aims and objectives and so on. You can as well search the
company’s name Google to give you an over view of the company.If they do not have a website,or it does not have contact details, then you need to tread
cautiously.
3.
Free email
accounts
Every job that has an email account does have a corporate email
account. Any company that keeps in
contact with her clients from a free email account such as Yahoo, Hotmail,
G-mail, etc is definitely a scam.
4.
Instant job offer
Be it sales business, banking, online business, company job,
institution, organization and many more you must be interviewed or accessed before
you will be offered job. Offers without interviews either through telephone,
written or face-to-face is not genuine. Never, ever accept a job offer that has
come through via email, when you have never had any interview.
5.
Huge salaries
Getting paid a really high salary is not the norm for all job seekers.
Any rightful employer will evaluate your skill set and experience,
before deciding on what you are worth. If the company offers you a salary that
is completely out of your range, and experience, you are probably in the
process of being scammed.
6.
Giving out your
personal data
Before you give out your personal data and apply for any job advert you
see online, on job boards, on TV or anywhere. First of all, do a Google
research about the company to know if it actually exist and to make it is not a
scam. Never part with your social security number or personal information. The
only time you should be handing over personal information such as social
security numbers, is after you have been hired and are setting up payment and
tax information.
7.
Be watchful of
emails with spelling mistakes
Most online fraud is carried out by scammers outside of the United
States, with English often not being their home language, so check the grammar
and spelling carefully when communicating.
8.
sham websites
Scammers often use fake websites to mask themselves as a well known corporate.
You may think that you are on a well-known company’s website, when you are
actually on a counterfeit website. So always check the URL first.
9. hazy job adverts
If you read a job description and at the end of it, you are not really
sure what the job actually entails, educated or uneducated or if it states that
there is no specific skill necessary for the job, be it known that you are
about to be scammed. The majority of jobs will require at least some qualification,
experience or skill.
I hope this tips will help you not to fall victim to scammers.
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