Augusta
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Scammers are everywhere online and have devise means of trying to scam even the unemployed. These frsudsters hack job sites and harvest contact info and personal details of job seekers from their submitted résumés that they post on legit job websites
They can do this on sites such as Indeed, Monster and snd even CareerBuilder. They will go ahead to email, call or even text the person posing as the recruiters to give job with high-salary or even promise to offer work-at-home jobs
All of these to get more information from the unemployed to use against them or to persuade them to send money for fake fees of employment or money for fake home-office setups. You need to be wary of a scam like this as an unemployed
So how can you stay safe from a scam like this
Always use a separate email address for job hunting, so that fraudsters don't have your real email address
Always set up a free Google Voice phone number that rings on your phone, avoid using your real number so that scammers can get your private number
When you get a sudden job offer, quickly call the company’s human resources department to find out how true it is
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They can do this on sites such as Indeed, Monster and snd even CareerBuilder. They will go ahead to email, call or even text the person posing as the recruiters to give job with high-salary or even promise to offer work-at-home jobs
All of these to get more information from the unemployed to use against them or to persuade them to send money for fake fees of employment or money for fake home-office setups. You need to be wary of a scam like this as an unemployed
So how can you stay safe from a scam like this
Always use a separate email address for job hunting, so that fraudsters don't have your real email address
Always set up a free Google Voice phone number that rings on your phone, avoid using your real number so that scammers can get your private number
When you get a sudden job offer, quickly call the company’s human resources department to find out how true it is
Add yours
