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Job scam

๐ŸŽฏ ๐’๐‚๐€๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐‘๐’ ๐“๐€๐‘๐†๐„๐“ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐Œ๐ˆ๐†๐‘๐€๐๐“ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐„๐’

๐Ÿ“ฅ ๐€ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฆ ๐œ๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐›๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ โ€œ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿโ€ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐š.

After contacting the page, they were immediately asked for:

๐Ÿ”น Name
๐Ÿ”น Age
๐Ÿ”น WhatsApp number

โš ๏ธ These are classic data harvesting red flags a fake company name, no real phone number, no formal job application, no resume request just an instant grab for personal info followed by banking information request.

๐ŸŒ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐‚๐€๐๐€๐ƒ๐€ โ€“ ๐“๐‡๐„๐’๐„ ๐’๐‚๐€๐Œ๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐†๐‹๐Ž๐๐€๐‹

Scammers adapt these ads to target various immigrant groups around the world. The format is reused again and again only the nationality, flag, and language change.

Real-world examples reported so far include:

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada โ€“ โ€œFilipino caregiverโ€ and โ€œremote adminโ€ scams
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK โ€“ โ€œIndian staffโ€ job offers sent by WhatsApp
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช UAE โ€“ โ€œBangladeshi office workersโ€ with fake offer letters
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria โ€“ โ€œInternational job placementโ€ scams asking for money
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA โ€“ โ€œFlexible work-from-homeโ€ scams targeting migrants

๐Ÿ”ฌ ๐‡๐Ž๐– ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐’๐‚๐€๐Œ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š๐’:

๐Ÿค‘ Promises high hourly pay for low-skill remote work
โŒ›๏ธ Claims you can start โ€œimmediatelyโ€ with no experience
๐Ÿ’ฌ Only uses Messenger or WhatsApp to avoid detection
๐Ÿšฉ Offers โ€œall visas acceptedโ€ โ€” a lie used to hook immigrants
๐Ÿคฑ Uses comforting language: โ€œmoms, caregivers, part-time, from homeโ€

These scammers often later demand:

๐Ÿ’ฐ โ€œProcessingโ€ or โ€œtrainingโ€ fees
๐Ÿ†” Personal documents
๐Ÿ’ฌ Or pull you into money mule or laundering schemes

๐Ÿ”’ ๐‡๐Ž๐– ๐“๐Ž ๐๐‘๐Ž๐“๐„๐‚๐“ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘๐’๐„๐‹๐…:

๐Ÿšซ Never send personal info to strangers via Messenger or WhatsApp
๐Ÿ”Ž Always verify company names, domains, and government registrations
๐Ÿ’ธ Real employers do not charge fees to apply
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ผ Use official job boards and legitimate recruiters