Watch for Employment Scams
Published December 19, 2024
According to the Better Business Bureau, employment scams linked to illegitimate job offers cost consumers billions of dollars each year and are the top riskiest scams for people ages 18-44.
Here’s how it works:
Employment scams take advantage of your eagerness to work. Job scammers can be very sophisticated, claiming to be real employers and even providing convincing offer letters. Their objective is to deceive you into thinking you are being considered or offered a legitimate position. In reality, they want to trick you into giving them money or divulging personal information.
What to watch for:
What you can do:
If you believe you have been scammed or your Kinecta account has been compromised, contact us immediately at 800.854.9846. A representative can help you take the appropriate steps to protect your account.
You can also report the incident:
Learn more at Kinecta’s Security Center.
According to the Better Business Bureau, employment scams linked to illegitimate job offers cost consumers billions of dollars each year and are the top riskiest scams for people ages 18-44.
Here’s how it works:
Employment scams take advantage of your eagerness to work. Job scammers can be very sophisticated, claiming to be real employers and even providing convincing offer letters. Their objective is to deceive you into thinking you are being considered or offered a legitimate position. In reality, they want to trick you into giving them money or divulging personal information.
What to watch for:
- A guarantee of a job without getting an application from you first, meeting you or doing an interview
- Ads, emails or callers that promise to pay a lot of money for jobs that don’t seem to require much effort, skill or experience
- Requiring you to pay a fee, purchase materials or office supplies, cover shipping costs or training fees and similar requests to secure the job
- Recruiters who only want to communicate via messaging apps (WhatsApp)
- Emails that come from Gmail, Yahoo or other generic providers and not the company's web domain
- Requests to purchase gift cards, wire funds, provide credit card numbers and share your banking information
- A check for a large amount is mailed to you and you are instructed to deposit it into your account, keep part of the money and then send the remainder to another person — in reality, the check will bounce and your account will be overdrawn.
What you can do:
If you believe you have been scammed or your Kinecta account has been compromised, contact us immediately at 800.854.9846. A representative can help you take the appropriate steps to protect your account.
You can also report the incident:
Learn more at Kinecta’s Security Center.