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Beware of Fraudulent Employers

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What are fraudulent employers?

 Fraudulent employers are very sneaky bosses who go out hunting for innocent individuals, giving them the false hope of earning wages of which they are often desperately in need. There are numerous methods that perpetrators of such schemes use to lure victims. These include promises such as easy hire, easy work, high wages for unskilled labor, flexible hours, a small number of hours paired with a lot of free time, or other attractive offers.

Types of Scams
  • Payment forward scam
  • Application fee scam
  • Phishing Scam: an e-mail fraud in which an employer sends out a legitimate-looking email in an attempt to gather personal and financial information from recipients.
  • Mystery shopper scam: this type of scam uses fraudulent offers, fake checks and wire transfers to persuade unsuspecting consumers into sending money to fraudsters 


How do you spot a scam?
  • Catchy job titles
  • Required payments
  • Lack of employment details
  • Fake website
  • Unsolicited e-mails
  • Personal information request
  • Guaranteed job offers
  • Specific words or phrases include:“Nobody will find out” and/or “Off the books”


Protect Yourself
  • Do not be lulled into a false sense of security by official-sounding corporate names. 
  • Do not wire money to strangers or to firms that have supposedly hired you. 
  • Don’t pay a company to hire you, not even if such payment is presented as your buying necessary training materials.
  • Do not volunteer information
  • Remember that anyone can place a newspaper or online ad. 


So be very careful next time you answer an ad for a job

Merquisha Auguste
Amina Adalat

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  1. mahiraApril 17, 2014 at 7:28 PM

    Thanks for information intership....I always have wonder. What is.....u kind of answer all my questions thanks

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