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Beware of Scams and Fake Job Offers! How to Spot Job Scammers and Fraudulent Job Posts
With so many posts about Job Scams and Fake Job Offers making the rounds lately, I thought I could put my 15 years of experience to good use and share a few tips that might help you protect yourself against scammers.
Before we even get started let me make this very clear: if you accepted a fake job offer or were scammed during an interview process, it wasn’t your fault. Scammers scam for a living and, unfortunately, they’re quite good at it.
And, If this didn’t happen to you and you feel the urge of saying something like “well, they didn’t do their research”, I will delete your comment immediately.
If there’s one thing I won’t allow on my profile is victim shaming. Ok?
With that out of the way, and in case you haven’t seen the LinkedIn posts, it looks like there are scammers out there faking offer letters using real company names as a cover. They extend offers very quickly, and then, through an elaborate scam, they ask the “new hire” to buy computers and phones for their “first day” using a fake check.
The scam has been affecting mostly junior talent and job seekers that are looking to make a career or industry shift. And unfortunately, it’s becoming even more widespread than before.
