Fake job alert! Check out these signs to spot a fake recruiter

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

data entry job, while working from home” — you must have seen a message similar to this pop up in your WhatsApp chat not that long ago. In some cases, people claiming to be representatives of companies contact you from international phone numbers and seek your attention with exciting offers, sometimes assuring you payment in dollars for simple tasks. However, the moment you send your bank account details for the money transfer, you end up losing a huge chunk of your hard-earned savings. Only then will it dawn on you that it was nothing but a well-planned cybercrime. According to a report by The Times of India, “Over 30,000 people were defrauded of Rs 200 crore after being offered work-from-home jobs with major e-commerce websites.” In the present-day digital landscape, it has become absolutely effortless to search and apply for job vacancies, right? Having said that, in the hopes of landing the job of our dreams, sometimes we become oblivious to potential signs of fake job offers. While it is not new to encounter false job postings online, their occurrence sure has multiplied in recent times. But the question is how to differentiate between an authentic and a fake offer? How do we know that we are not accidentally declining an incredible job opportunity?

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We have listed a few signs that you can check out to prevent yourself from getting phished. 1) You received a job offer out of nowhere – Receiving a job offer from a company you never applied to is in itself a clear warning sign. Sure, recruiters can easily find the contact details of job seekers online, but being offered a position without having to go through several