subject: Fake Jobs [print this page] The past several years have seen the rise of fake job offers. People who need a second job, or have been laid off, are the primary targets for this. However, in these cases you often are required to either give them a full resume or some starting money.
Don't trust any company or job offer that asks you for money up front. No real, legitimate job will make you pay to apply for it. This manner of scam has cost a lot of people all of their money. Also be wary of jobs that come from overseas.
You will often see home envelope addressing job offers among the ones that can be fraudulent. These workers toil for hours for not that much money. For the most part, costly postage fees are required to even accept the work that they might not even get paid for.
Unfortunately, in today's tough economic times, many people are desperate for employment. This has provided a wide open field for scam artists. In addition to the addressing envelopes at home advertisements, seeking people to construct various craft items is also common. When the opportunity to discuss potential employment on the phone arises, it is a good time to try to determine the authenticity of the offer, that's why it is important to use telephone look up services such as rapid-phone-search.org/ in order to be able to verify the caller is really whom they say.
No matter what job offer you're given, you must always be careful when giving out your personal information. It is true that legitimate companies ask for things like your social security number and previous employment details, but these pieces of information are also was con-artists use to steal your identity, amongst other things. Try only giving out this sort of information on a face-to-face basis only.
Many legitimate companies use the Internet when seeking applicants for various positions. Unfortunately, scam artists are using this means to steal information or money from those seeking work. The information from a resume' will provide your entire history. In the hands of the wrong person this can be disastrous.
A legitimate company, making a job offer, has their own company logo and information. It is important that anyone seeking employment, which is offered on line, check out the company and make sure it is authentic prior to submitting a resume'.
If you don't have a job, or want to supplement your income as you work, you might want to see if you can identify the person through legitimate government means before you accept a position at their company. Look for companies that provide a bunch of contact information and have a large presence. Investigate whatever possibilities turn up for you. Since it's so hard to trust people today, you have to be suspicious of every job offer you see online, due to the devastating effect identity theft can have.
