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Jobs and employment scams
Scammers offer work so they can steal your money and personal information.
Stop and check any job that requires you to pay money to make money. It could be a scam.
Scammers offer jobs that pay well with low effort. But it’s only the scammer that will make money in the end. Often the job doesn’t exist at all.
Scammers pretend to be hiring on behalf of high-profile companies and online shopping platforms. They also impersonate well-known recruitment agencies. Their goal is to steal your money and identity details.
They often ask for payment so you can start the role and get the income they’ve promised.
Don’t enter any arrangement that asks for up-front payment via bank transfer, PayID or cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin or USDT. It’s rare to get money back that is sent this way.
Stop and check any job that requires you to pay money to make money. It could be a scam.
Scammers offer jobs that pay well with low effort. But it’s only the scammer that will make money in the end. Often the job doesn’t exist at all.
Scammers pretend to be hiring on behalf of high-profile companies and online shopping platforms. They also impersonate well-known recruitment agencies. Their goal is to steal your money and identity details.
They often ask for payment so you can start the role and get the income they’ve promised.
Don’t enter any arrangement that asks for up-front payment via bank transfer, PayID or cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin or USDT. It’s rare to get money back that is sent this way.
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Steps you can take to protect yourself
- Don’t trust a job ad is real just because it appears on a trusted platform or website – scammers post fake ads too. If you come across a scammer, report it to the platform or agency.
- Never send money or give your personal information, credit card, online bank or cryptocurrency account details to anyone you have only met online, through email or over the phone.
- Scammers may deceive you by giving you a small payment for completing a job or task. Never send your own money, you won’t get it back.
- Know who you are dealing with. Contact recruitment agency representatives using phone numbers you have sourced yourself online.
More safeguards
- Don’t be pressured to act quickly. A legitimate offer won’t require you to make a fast decision. If the offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
- Don’t take payment or rewards to recruit other people.
- Be careful about including personal information such as your physical address or date of birth in your resume.
- Never send your passport or identity documents to an employer or recruitment firm, unless you are certain they are genuine.
