A job scam is often an email or phone call from a scammer who pretends to be a potential employer. They are often disguised as recruiters for legitimate companies and organisations. They use the offer of a job to get access to your personal information. Online employment portals are a common place for scammers to look for victims.
Modus Operandi by scammers
Fraudsters often pose as job consultants, set up fake websites, and temporary ‘offices’, and ask candidates to deposit registration fees. Job seekers search many job sites while pretending to be independent employment advisors in order to gain access to their databases. Then they send out mailers in bulk, and even if they manage to con the job searchers. A security deposit, interview fee, or other fees are frequently requested over email as a condition of setting up an interview. Then the scammers just disappear with the money in hand, while others may even perform a brief online or telephone interview. “The other type of job scam involves sending the victim a well-written offer letter. Due to their ignorance and desperation, the victim is unable to recognize the letter’s phoney facts and succumbs to the con artist’s demands,” Raj Das, Global Co-Founder and CEO of Hirect India, said
Data Around Fraud
According to Das, millennials are often considered internet literate and tech-savvy.
“We presume that they are fully versed in the nuances of the digital world. But the research done by Hirect…
