#JobOpportunity #LegalConcerns #FraudulentJobOffer
Hey everyone! 👋 I recently received a job offer that seems a bit questionable to me, and I could really use your advice on this. The proposed salary is significantly higher than what I currently make, but some red flags have popped up that are making me hesitant.
The contractor mentioned that I would need to conduct meetings with customers impersonating a team member located in the USA. 🤔 This raised concerns about the legality of the job, especially since I’m not from the US. Should I be worried about potential legal implications?
I’m unsure about how to proceed next. Here are some options I’m considering:
– Asking for more details to clarify the situation
– Seeking legal advice to understand the legality of the job offer
– Consider reporting the suspicious activity to the authorities
– Ultimately, deciding whether to continue with the job or not
What do you think I should do in this situation? Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated! Let’s discuss and help each other out. 💬 #JobOfferAdvice #LegalInsights
No legitimate company would put that in writing.
Also, did you copy/paste the letter? The overall language seems off as well.
This company is either scamming you or their customers. You do not want to get involved.
Possibly very illegal, for instance if it is a gov background check. People on our teams always go thru background checks, usually they do the rapid one to get you started (which is more like a credit check) then the longer multi month one, and access is more tiered as you go.
Bypassing the process isn’t Kosher. You are probably isolated from the SocialSecurity fraud aspects by the subcontractor middleman, but, there are usage access forms you are going to pass through during logins usually, the fine details of those would usually make this fraudulent.
Not a lawyer – 20+ year developer
You are either being scammed or they want you to be the scammer. Put it down and walk away.
Yeah, no. And it is a security clearance and not just a background check – really bad. Or if they are required to use US based employees and they are not (not clear from the post) also very bad. They are asking you to impersonate another person, and presumably not identify yourself to the client – this is fraud. They are framing it as “protecting your personal information” – like, why would you want or need to do that.
This is one to take a pass on.
This may be reportable under whistleblower type laws.
Conduct meetings to do…what exactly?
Scam.
Possible scam here is they have OP sign on and maybe even conduct a fake meeting, then hit him with messages about criminal conduct and try to get him to pay fees to them to make it go away.
Just block and move on
I would contact law enforcement or the FBI and show them what you showed us! Two reasons: as an applicant, you have already given them enough information about you, that they may potentially steal your identity to conduct their activities; so you may be getting set up to be charged with a crime of some sort. Secondly, it’s obvious that they’re going around appropriate security clearances for “some” reason; this means not only that they’re operating within a highly protected/restricted environment, but that they are intentionally enlisting you to perform some task covertly, and paying a considerable sum for it.
The wording is very suspect and seems to be a foreign version of English, too. I’m not sure what job or company you believe you were applying for, but this looks extremely fishy/nefarious, and NOT like anything legitimate or remotely legal. For your own protection, you should report it and be sure your complaint is investigated & followed up.
“kindly”, “the NDA sign document”, saying you can be project manager after 1 month, high paying, putting in writing that you’re going to be doing sketchy shit.
This was written by a scammer whose primary language is not English. My guess is your first “paycheck” will be a fraudulent check that will be for a higher amount than you expect, they’ll ask you to send the extra amount somewhere else for whatever reason, then after a month your bank will discover the check was fraudulent, reverse the deposit, and you’ll be left on the hook for the real money that you sent. It’s a classic scam.
You should proceed by blocking this person everywhere and moving on with your life. If you provided them with any sensitive information about yourself be on the lookout for identity theft.
>I’ve reviewed your introduction video, and our team has decided to bring you on hire.
Does this mean you never had a live voice or video call with this person? It’s a scam and they’re looking for someone who can look authentic on a voice/video call. And you have no way to be sure who is “hiring” you. I’ve hired people on verified Upwork/Fiver type sites and anything over $1k payment you would have a conversation about the deliverables etc.
Yea first paragraph says Scam
You think they’re paying a low six figure salary with this vague of a posting?
You know this is wrong, but the promised salary seems alluring.
Almost certainly this is an offshore fraud effort wanting to use you as their patsy to steal from “customers.” Unless you’re feeling all CSI and want to engage them to catch them in the act, just turn it down and keep working for legitimate employers.
99 times out of 100, anyone using the word “kindly” is a scammer from a non english speaking country
Hard pass. No idea if it’s legal, but no legitimate company is going to do that, and definitely not put it in writing
Any chance this company would have you working on a US government contract? If so then this would be extremely interesting to the inspector general of whichever agency their contract is with.
Also, no, don’t take that job.
If anyone says kindly, it’s a scam.
RUN!!!
I wonder why scammers always use the word “kindly?” Like, is that word commonly taught in English classes overseas or are AI chatbots prone to spitting that word out? Is there a word in another language that’s very common in that language, but English translator sites keep translating that word into “kindly?”
Because native English speakers almost never use the word “kindly.”
I got red flags as soon as I read “kindly”. No one says that here in that context. “Thank you kindly.” Sure. But this way? Nah. That’s all I needed to read. Everything else sounds like a scam and they are trying to get you to impersonate someone within a legitimate company.
Is this Boeing?
This is a standard job scam. No legit job will 1)have such a poor written letter 2)hire you sight unseen for $150k a year 3)pay you $150k for a starting remote job and 4)”kindly”
Lolol they lost me at “kindly”. They want you to impersonate somebody else because they need you to pretend to be the person that victim was talking with over text or email. It works out great because most of the crime activities will point to you not them.
I’ve heard of people working multiple remote jobs simultaneously, this sounds like some sort of scam where a single person in the US lends their face / info to multiple companies across the country and hires offshore people as subcontractors to handle the actual workload.
That’s what I’m gathering from this little bit, just speculation.
>kindly
If they’re using the word “kindly” its a scam.
This sentence alone has several red flags, as a primary English speaker:
“Thanks so much for sharing the record kindly. I’ve reviewed your introduction video, and our team has decided to bring you on hire.”
Nobody talks like that except Indian scammers. IN MY EXPEREINCE.
(Not a lawyer but I worked in fraud prevention)
This is a scam and the person is using something like ChatGPT to try and write professional emails.
They may even be recruiting you to scam other people.
You won’t see the money – there’s no promotion – and you may even end up talking to other scammers, getting fake checks from them, and then being overdrawn when you “cut the deal” with your employer.
As in: you get a 10k deal, earn commission – send them 7k – after the check bounces you’re negative that balance.
Edit: also – the reason why people say “kindly” is a tell for scamming is because it pretty much is a tell that someone used Google translate for something in another language that’s a friendly but professional greeting.