Safety guide
Protect yourself from scam listings
Real work pays you; you don't pay for it. These signs repeat in nearly every fraudulent listing — one of them is enough to stop.
Signs to stop at immediately
- A request for money in exchange for the job. Training fees, insurance, clothing, or a “proof of seriousness”. No legitimate company asks you for money to hire you.
- A request for bank details early on. An account or card number, or a verification code, before any contract. Payroll details are asked for after hiring, and by HR.
- The whole interview on WhatsApp. A real company has an email on its own domain and an address you can visit.
- A salary that doesn't match the market. Double the going rate for simple work, from home, with no experience — that's bait, not an offer.
- Urgency and time pressure. “The places run out today” is a way of stopping you from thinking and asking.
- A listing with no company name. “A major company” and “a leading group” with no name stop you from looking them up.
Before you send your CV
- Search the company name together with the word “scam” or “experience”.
- Check that the email is on the company's own domain, not a free one.
- Don't put your national ID number or a photo of your ID in your CV.
- Make the first interview at the company's office, or on a formal video call.
If you see a suspicious listing here
At the bottom of every listing there's a “Report this listing” button. The report reaches us straight away and we review it, and it needs no account.