Online Job Hunting

Beware and Be Aware

By: Govy

There are a lot of phony job opportunities that has spread on the web…victimizing hopeful job seekers. By creating phony job ads, scammers hope to fool job hunters into sending them personal information (called phishing).

Scammers post their ads on legitimate job sites to be more attractive and real. Phony job ads often use familiar-looking or convincing company logos and verbiage. They even provide links to fake Web sites and these sites usually charge fees for their services which they will never render.

Typically, after a few days the thieves close down the scam and disappear for a while and starts the same routine to look for new victims.

Photo credit here