I have seen so many Nairalanders complaining and lamenting their ordeal
in the hands of fake scam companies who invite people for interview only to
introduce them to fake
drug marketing business.
I'm doing this not only because these companies waste people's time,
energy and T-fair going to such interviews, but also because most of these
scammers extort money from hapless job seekers thereby making their suffering
times two.
Imagine a scammer extorting #10,500 from a graduate who have been
unemployed for years, not to talk of the transport fare wasted going to such
fruitless interviews or job chat as they usually call it.
Some people even borrow money to pay these sheep in wolves clothing, who
promise them heaven on earth. Some will tell you that you will make half a
million within 1 month and all that. If you're not careful, you will take a
loan that you will not be able to repay thus causing embarrassment and lack of
rest of mind. An unemployed person should have only himself to worry about, not
having debts also.
So I believe that if we are properly guided, we will not fall into the
hands of these scammers.
Having said that, there are ways by which one can identify a fake or scam
interview invitation and there fore avoid such waste of time and money. The
good thing is that most of their messages come in the same format, so you will
know its fake!
1. The message does not bear a company name: most of these scammers won't
include their names on the message you will receive. All you will see are the
address, the time and date and a phone number. A genuine company will not hide
its identity from a potential employee.
2. The message will say "interview/job briefing": whatever job
briefing means I don't know!
3. You will see a code or reference: something like "HR=0056"
or "REF=002". This is an indication of the code number of the person
who invited you to the "job briefing".
4. It will contain a phone number: this is the number of your referer.
Most genuine companies don't give phone numbers.
5. You will see HR Admin in the message instead of company name
6. If you call their number, they will be reluctant to give info on the
company.
And pls, ignore those people sharing job flyers on the streets, and those
ones they paste on walls. Those are scammers and some ritualists too. And also
most of these so called agencies are avenues for duping unsuspecting job
seekers. Pls shine your eyes well well.
I will post the names of some of these fake companies/ agencies later.
Pls if you have any experiences inthe hands of these scammers kindly
share it here so that others can learn and avoid them too. Thank you
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