With cyber-crime bigger than ever and scammers using more and more sophisticated methods to make money, you need to be careful even when you are searching for a new job. Here are a few things to bear in mind when using a job board….
- Do your own research around a company who has registered a vacancy and only apply to the job if you are happy that they are legitimate.
- Never transfer money to a company or get involved in currency exchange.
- Be careful about work from home schemes as these are generally an easy way to scam people as they will ask for money upfront.
- Do not provide your credit card number, bank account number, sort code, National ID number, passport number or any other personal information until you are 100% that the prospective employer is real.
- Be especially vigilant of re-shipping scams where you will be asked to receive packages and re-send them on.
- Be especially vigilant of money laundering scams and job descriptions that demonstrate them. Job descriptions may ask for people to process payments and transfer money. They can quite often stand out due to the use of broken language.
We hope that you have managed to avoid any dealings with fraudsters but if you have unfortunately been a victim of online fraud, you need to report this to your local police. We do our utmost to remove any obvious scammers from our websites to protect our jobseekers. If you are in doubt about a job that you have seen online, please feel free to get in touch with us and we will do our best to help.