5 Easy Ways To Detect A Scam Job Advert
It has become normal for job openings to be found online and even shared on social media by family and friends.
With availability of job offers being one of the major aspirations of teeming youth, fraudsters have found job adverts a major scheme to defraud unsuspecting victims.
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Detecting a fraudulent job offer can equally be difficult, especially for job seekers who are desperate to get themselves engaged with any job. Five (5) easy ways to detect fraudulent job adverts are:
1. The easiest way to determine a fraudulent job offer is when you are asked any amount of money before a job application will be accepted or attended to, especially in the name of protocol. The scammer definitely has a thousand reasons the protocol did not work.
2. Another easy way to determine a fraudulent job offer is when you are asked to pay money to have the chance to attend an interview or land the job mostly in the name of protocol connections. Again, fraudsters will definitely have a thousand reasons to convince a victim why the protocol failed. Whether you believe it or not, your money is surely gone with the winds.
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3. A job advert that does not have any physical or online address verification of the institution is a scam. There are two main types of company location. Namely
a. Those with physical location or
b. Online address (Website)
Any company that does not disclose either their physical address or website for verification and monies being demanded to disclose such information is a scam.
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4. Another way to detect a fraudulent job offer is when the agents or advertisers are encouraging you or applicants to keep whatever process they are going through as a secret. The motive, therefore, is to capitalize on the secrecy of the victim instead of the victim getting early exit advice from people if they had opened up to people.
5. Also, when you are given the job right away without you applying for the job, then the job is a scam, especially when you are asked to pay money for it.
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