Fake Job Offers
Very high salaries, employers you can’t verify, advance payments, contracts that don’t add up.
Check warning signs →Safe Migration
Check before you move.
Safer migration starts before you travel. Check the employer, the recruitment process, the contract, the destination and your documents before you commit to anything.
Before you commit
Pause. Verify. Protect.
A real opportunity can handle being checked. Pressure, secrecy and unexplained payments are warning signs, not reasons to hurry.
- Verify the employer through independent official channels.
- Read the contract, salary, duties, location and working conditions carefully.
- Confirm the recruiter’s identity and relationship to the employer.
- Understand visa, travel and document arrangements before departure.
- Keep copies of contracts, passport pages and key contacts with someone you trust.
Pause · Verify · ProtectCheck before you move.
- Find the employer yourself
- Verify the recruiter independently
- Never pay to get a job
- Keep every message and document
A four-step check
Four simple steps that can stop a bad recruitment.
Pause
Do not let urgency or fear of losing the offer prevent verification.
Collect
Keep the offer, the contract, the recruiter’s details, payment requests and every message.
Verify
Check the company, the job, the location, the visa process and the recruiter on your own.
Seek guidance
If doubts remain, ask a trusted authority, migration actor or protection organisation.
Common risk areas
Know how unsafe offers usually look.
These pages explain specific warning signs in more detail.
Cyber-Employment Scams
Recruiters who impersonate others online, pressure on messaging apps, demands for digital payments.
Verify digital recruitment →Human Trafficking
Deception, coercion, confiscated documents, forced labour and other exploitation.
Understand indicators →Immediate safety matters more than evidence collection.
If someone is in immediate danger, put safety first and contact the local authorities or a protection service you trust. Don’t post private locations, ID documents or sensitive case details in public.
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