Job Seekers Hit by Recruiter Scam Emails
Individuals seeking remote employment are experiencing increasingly sophisticated scams. These scams often involve unsolicited emails, fake job postings, and requests for personal information or software installations, leaving applicants feeling vulnerable and exploited. The common thread is the promise of easy, well-paying remote work to lure victims.
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“I applied to a job that I was more than qualified for. They sent me an email saying they liked my resume and to let them know if I was still interested. I said I was and they sent me this. My spidey senses are…”
“I went directly to website and applied to job.It's a big hospital.So every so often I check hospitals because I used to work for them.I'm not in clinical care. I did get an email back to asking what my salary range was.I gave a difference of $10,000. And they replied back, okay? We were forward at 2H. R. This was last Friday, I replied back. Thanks, keep in touch.How long do I wait to reach out again? submitted by /u/Accomplished_Safe465 [link] [comments]”
“I am currently looking for a new executive/VP role and have found a lot of jobs on LinkedIn posted as "confidential" or listing "Integral Creative Solutions" as the search firm. The listing says "Integral Creative Solutions (ICS) is a retained executive search and staffing firm that partners with high-growth and enterprise organizations to identify, attract, and place the senior leadership talent that drives their next stage of scale. On behalf of a confidential client,”
“yea this shit is gross. also the ones that list as remote then its like oopsie Hybrid....or they don't have that ut a recruiter calls you and says oh actually its mandatory in office 3-4 days a week. girl bye”
I list myself in office, but I’m really remote. Would that fly??
“I complained to them about that job list/posting directly to them around ~2015? And their response was basically 'we're aware" ; lmao.”
I'd apply just to be petty, then tell them I only do remote.
“Would never work anywhere that contradicts itself with a deceptive job ad. This means you can not trust the company.”
“its for a "senior copywriter" job. You should know how to read, scan all the details including the small print..........”
“There was a job listing I saw the other day that listed itself as remote for $240-$320k compensation, and there was indeed a role available for that amount, but it was for their hybrid position. They set the headline of the LinkedIn ad to the pay range for the hybrid position, and offered about $60k less for full remote. Scum”
“Report it, and LinkedIn will ban that account, which the droid will replace with another.”
“I feel like it’s almost counter-productive. Anything fully remote is going to get bombarded. It’s like signing up for spam calls to get your number out there.”
“”Applicant location listed to match corporate address for visibility. Applicant requires a remote work location””
“Exactly. It’s bait and switch but for job postings and there should be laws against this nonsense”
Can we work here as a free time gig, along with our main job?
Apply, let the whole process be done and decline at the end.
“Good info, but beside email as a unique identifier, the rest lowkey not a good way to scrape. People changed phone number from time to time.”
“The tax audit line sounds like corporate fan fiction. LinkedIn can review a report, but a verified real role with sane dates is not something an ex employee can magically delete from the control room. I would stop editing the profile, keep screenshots and emails, and send one boring payment demand with the invoice, due date, and late fee or collection step. Also change Present only if it is actually inaccurate, not as a hostage release ritual.”
“what's happening??? im an 18 yo girl and i know absolutely nothing about this 😭 but im assuming these voicemails are from truck drivers based off the transcript? can anyone verify if this is some weird scam or if these calls are genuine?? the first two are from the same number if it helps in any way submitted by /u/stilettoed [link] [comments]”
The scam warning is probably the most valuable advice in this thread.
“Mindlance is a real company I worked for them as a contractor for 2 years but their recruiting processes are so fucking weird I remember being so sketched out until my work equipment showed up.”
“I will never understand how I can see a job with 100+ applicants, I'm extremely qualified and never get an interview, then they just post the job again after it closes. They can't be real.”
“Yeah. A job interview conducted through text. They have a word for that SCAM I hope you didn’t provide them with lots of personal information because your identity is about to get stolen”
“edit: Thank you all for your help! This is very much appreciated. I've been looking for remote work on Handshake and found a data entry job that looked pretty promising, only thing was that they required you to send your resume to an email listed on Handshake. I emailed them and got two emails pop up in my junk folder that was a reply from them saying they would like to schedule an interview and to text this one guy. Texted the guy, and he's been talking about what I would have to do if”
Ap executive? Sounds like a scam. Is this a legit in person job?
“Are you an offshore worker who will doing AP for a US based business? If so, this type of hiring explains a lot 🤦🏻♀️”
Well it worked the first time so I figured it would work again haha
“So I'm a 12th pass student and I've taken a one year drop for JEE. My parents suggested me not to completely focus on exam but try part-time online jobs for experience. I want to know if this is legit or a scam. I've attached the company's LinkedIn profile in the pics. Basically, the job is to hire as many delivery boy as possible. I had a meeting with them today where they explained about the job. But they lost me when they said that we have to hire atleast 50 delivery boy to ge”
“As someone who worked for this dude. I can confidently say that he is not a nice person. He was very demanding during the time we worked together. I was working CET hours and he was on AUST. He explicitly told me that the timezones didn’t matter. Onboarding felt super rushed and made me start working without a contract. I already felt uneasy with that, but I still tried. I only lasted a week cause I felt uneasy without a contract and I followed up on it 3x. He didn’t even pay me for those hours”
“Thank you for the reply! That also makes me feel better that you got the same email format (I got messages last week from a scam company and they stopped replying once I said I couldn’t find much information or reviews on them online😅) I’ll definitely write down some things to keep close, thanks again!”
“This is 100% a scam. It takes 2 seconds to change a pdf to a word document and change the font. Nobody is legitimately paying someone to do that! after sending the file they will later deposit the money into the account, they will then ask you to send 124 dollars to generate IMS CODE.”
“I just got this call. I was looking it up as they called me and found this. It sounded extremely fishy.”
“I got contacted by email by the HR manager of a company in LA. She said she found my resume on Indeed and wanted to set up an interview. I didn't apply for the position. I looked up the company and it is a real company. They sent a copy of the job description in the email and it sounded like I fit most of the requirements, except it wanted 3-4 years of experience and I'm a recent grad. Then the interview is set up, but she is going to do a text-based Microsoft Teams meeting. Also, I even”
So, I got this email a couple weeks ago from Brett Argento, who I see is on the PTBC, but I just was wondering if anyone else has gotten an email like…
“I almost got taken in by this one, too! They even had an interview, so it seemed more real. But I got suspicious when they needed to deposit a check in my bank account for equipment. Had my bank stop the check (they said due to incorrect signature, don't know if they made that up just to give me a reason?). Anyway, it's very disheartening.”
“Got a interview request for OptoFidelity Field Application Engineer located in San Jose. Was wondering if this company is a decent company to work for. For context I'm a Canadian trying to break in the US tech sector as a Hardware Engineer, so being able to get my foot in the door is important, but I don't want to be working at a terrible place. https://preview.redd.it/b3bowuynfidh1.png?width=817&format=png&auto=webp&s=18e83481f950385117d1319674c9d897c6ad5414 submitted”
“So this was your first contact with this company? They reach out to you and say "congratulations, you're hired for a random job, here is a check!"?”
“The owner, Greg, had four of us work there setting appointments. We never received a link to get paid and our appointments held. He owes us thousands. Stay away from this man! submitted by /u/Infinite_mind [link] [comments]”
“Don't do it, they will let you go at the drop of a dime. New rules in regarding time they will not share that with you. They will make up excuses to let you go. I have documents of everything and will never give you a legit response as to why they let you go.”
“So I was going through my emails for any info on the couple jobs I have had interviews for or setting up interviews, and I saw an email saying I applied to a job and another email 3 mins later saying they would like to set up an interview. The email and phone number matches the place, their site has the correct job listed, I have seen this position on Indeed many times. I am wondering how I "applied" to this place, whether it was one of the hiring agencies I accidently submitted my res”
“Canada Post did that to me when I applied for a job. I applied for a role at their Head Office and was rejected because I didn't live in the area... Seriously, ffs, I live a 20 minute drive from the Head Office. HR wouldn't let me reapply as their decision was already made based on difference. It's beyond stupid.”
“Eh that's a big red flag. I wouldn't want to work for a company that would do something like that.”
“I received an email from Koutif Therapuetics about a remote job making $27 an hour with flexible hours. No phone numbers to contact. Just a person from HR sending me a "test" and candidtate information. I didn't get them any personal information but it feels scammy. They were going to send me a computer and printer. I asked for a phone number so we could do Teams or Zoom meeting. Nothing so far. It is looks too good to be true, it probably is.”
“they spam people on hackajob with random stacks, i got a java one when i was doing python lol the pay is low because they’re basically bodyshopping you after training and locking you in with clawbacks tbh if you can, keep looking direct. really crap time to land that first dev role tho”
“Hi all, I recently graduated and have been deep into the job search for the last few weeks. I joined a recruitment website called Hackajob and got an invitation from mThree to apply for a junior C++ Dev role (I literally have 0 experience with C++ and they noted this in their invitation). My main holdup is the salary range listed on the job role 5k-35k. I’ve done some research and it looks like you do 2 months of training at minimum wage and are then placed into work for one of their clients. I’”