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There has recently been a significant rise in jobs scams, with fraudsters often impersonating recruitment companies or consultants.
Whilst job scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated, the best way to help prevent yourself from becoming a victim of a job scam is to educate yourself on things to look out for during your job search. We have set out warning signs to help you spot a potential job scam.
Below is a list of warning signs that could indicate you have been contacted by scammer posing as a recruitment consultant:
A purported Morgan Hunt consultant requesting you to:
Online contact from a purported recruitment consultant with:
There has also been a rise in cases of fraudsters cloning the sites of legitimate recruitment consultancies in an attempt to steal money and/or the personal details of job seekers and hiring managers.
To check the legitimacy of a site, we could encourage you to verify the SSL certificate. In most browsers this can be done by clicking the padlock on the far left of the URL. If it doesn’t have one, this could be a sign of a scam website.
If you are unsure if a Morgan Hunt advertisement or communication is legitimate and/or you have been requested to attend an in person meeting, please contact your local Morgan Hunt branch or email info@morganhunt.com who will assist you as far as possible to verify the information you have received.
Morgan Hunt email addresses take the format of name.surname@morganhunt.com.If you are contacted by someone whose email address varies from this format, please do not respond.
Take a screen grab or note of the fraudster’s details and report them to Action Fraud (see Resources below)
If you have given them any money, contact your bank immediately and let them know.
Warn the operators of the website/social media site through which you were contacted and let them know that their site is being used by fraudsters.
For more information on recruitment scams and how to report them, check out these dedicated pages:
To let Morgan Hunt know about a potential scam using our name, please get in touch with your local office here. See here for more information if required regarding the Morgan Hunt Privacy Policy.