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Indicators to check if an email from an employer/recruiter is a fraud/scam mail by Veejay Bhatia, Accounts, Finance & Administration Manager, French Firm dealing in Oil & Gas, Dubai UAE

Indicators to check if an email from an employer/recruiter is a fraud/scam mail

By : Veejay Bhatia, Accounts, Finance & Administration Manager, French Firm dealing in Oil & Gas, Dubai UAE
Industry : Recruitment Agency Functional Area : Talent Management
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Indicators to check if an email from an employer/recruiter is a fraud/scam mail


Sometimes, false job postings are listed online, and non-existing job offers are sent via email to illegally collect personal information and/or money from unsuspecting job seekers.

Here are few Indicators to check if an email from an employer/recruiter is a fraud/scam mail:


  1. If you have not heard the name of the company before, search on Yahoo, Google or MSN to see if the company has a genuine website. Also check if other people have reported that the employer has been involved in job scams previously.
  2. If the mail asks for your personal, non-work related information such as Credit Card numbers or Bank information over phone or email
  3. If the mailer has used free email IDs to contact you or as 'reply to' email IDs. For example, if you get a job offer from XYZ Petroleum Company, and their email ID is
    xyzpetroleum@gmail.com or xyzpetroleum@yahoo.com then it is most probably a fake company. Real companies use their own domain name on their email, and do not use free email providers.
  4. If the 'reply to' email ID is different from the 'from' email ID
  5. If the contact telephone numbers are mobile phone numbers
  6. If the mailer asks for money-transfers, or payment for any employment/recruitment related purpose, such as immigration and visa processing, travel etc
  7. If it offers jobs without a face to face interview
  8. If the mail offers jobs you have not applied for
  9. If it offers unrealistic amounts of remunerations/benefits

Before responding to such emails, a discreet enquiry and verification of the legitimacy of the employer is a must


 Top Comment : Gargi Sinha   | 12 07 2009 05:16:59 +0000
Its a great post Mr.Bhatia. This will help candidates a lot in dealing with the fraud recruitment letters from an organisation. Thanks for sharing....
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  Commented by  Thomas C Philip, General Manager, Alliance Group    | 12 11 2009 04:45:43 +0000
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Very informative and detailed post. Great job.
  Commented by  Darshana Sawant, HR Manager, Leading IT services company    | 12 10 2009 14:45:18 +0000
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Nice post MR. Veejay...really informative and useful....
  Commented by  kawaljit kaur aka priya, B.Com student, ssic-vikram university    | 12 10 2009 12:13:53 +0000
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thnx to author for pointing out intracacies related to fake emails that we often tend to ignore.such practices are ubiquitous in small cities where people can be easily lured into scams  akin to their lack of awareness .this information should be infact imparted through more prevalent mode ,so that its coverage can be increased and reach  more and more people.
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informative & useful
  Commented by  manjari jha, Training & Development, BPOzitions HR services    | 12 08 2009 05:50:07 +0000
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Quite informative post. Thanks for sharing!
  Commented by  pruthviraja pande, Professor, Bangalore University    | 12 07 2009 11:23:14 +0000
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Great Bhatiaji, it is the high time, the established recruiters themselves are struggling and giving false promises to the enrollments now a days, it is truly a great service especially to the new job seekers. truly commendable
  Commented by  Nitin M Aras, Head/VP/GM-Tech. Support, Wintech Taparia Limited    | 12 07 2009 09:40:36 +0000
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Nice information.Veejay....helping all those who are fresh adn going to apply for jobs.

Good one
  Commented by  Makrand Bhave, Marketing & MICE, WIZCRAFT INternational    | 12 07 2009 05:40:45 +0000
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Hmm good that this was posted on this forum as we have a lot of students who are eagerly participating here. This is a good lesson and a nice eye opener!! Well done Mr. Bhatia :)
  Commented by  Mohammad Adeel Khan, Sales Executive/Officer, Standard Chartered    | 12 07 2009 05:36:44 +0000
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i agree to Mr Veejay Bhatia.i have been received a lots of fraud mail related to overseas jobs.i aware for this.THANKS for SHARING.
  Commented by  Gargi Sinha, Senior Consultant, Hewitt Associates    | 12 07 2009 05:16:59 +0000
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Its a great post Mr.Bhatia. This will help candidates a lot in dealing with the fraud recruitment letters from an organisation. Thanks for sharing....
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