Workers need to be wary of recruitment scams
Although in recent times, the authorities have increased propaganda, warnings, and recommendations for people to be vigilant with job introductions and recruitment on social networks, the increasingly sophisticated tricks of scammers have easily caught many people.
Impersonating big brands for recruitment
Taking advantage of the names of big, reputable brands for recruitment is not a new trick, but this trick is becoming more and more complicated, sophisticated and complicated... causing many cases of workers to fall into traps. The tricks of the subjects are often to create fake websites and social networking sites to impersonate businesses, then use these fake websites and social networking sites to post fake information about recruitment of personnel for the purpose of defrauding and appropriating human resource recruitment registration fees of individuals who are looking for jobs.
In addition, impersonators also require candidates to participate in many groups and chats on the Telegram platform to conduct interviews. Next, bad guys ask candidates to download many other applications, create accounts on lottery websites, e-commerce sites... to transfer money online to the accounts of impersonating organizations and individuals.
Recently, Unilever Vietnam ( Unilever Vietnam International Company Limited) has just issued a warning that some individuals have impersonated the company's human resources department to recruit and defraud workers' money. According to Unilever Vietnam, the scammers created accounts on Tiktok, created fake websites of companies to post recruitment information to "fall into" workers.
The fraud method is very methodical. The scammer impersonated a person holding the position of Head of Labor Relations of Unilever Vietnam, posting recruitment information, job brokering and job application on his personal page, then creating a fake website to create trust for workers. Candidates are allowed to submit an online registration form " application for office support staff". After that, the subject called on the candidate to contribute money.
More sophisticatedly, the subject also forged receipts with the company's signature and stamp to create trust. Candidates will receive a receipt after transferring money and wait. Waiting beyond the promised deadline without a response, searching for the personal page of the collector but not finding it, the employee only knew that he had been scammed when coming to Unilever Vietnam to ask for the actual recruitment information.
Currently, major brands all strive to publicly and transparently disclose information related to business activities, recruitment, etc. Therefore, when workers receive any job offers, they need to carefully check information in official business sources.
Candidates can carefully check information in many ways: type directly the domain name of the organization or business they want to apply for in the browser window to access directly, do not access the received link or can call the business's hotline directly to cross-check information before making a decision.
Labor export recruitment fraud
Taking advantage of the increasing demand for jobs of workers, especially young workers, who want to change their lives quickly without having to study, work hard, or have simple procedures. The subjects have used attractive labor recruitment tricks to commit fraud.
Recently, there have been many cases of impersonating the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and Overseas Labor Centers to defraud and illegally collect money from workers wishing to work in Korea and Australia (Australia). The scammers also impersonated documents signed by leaders of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, and the Overseas Labor Center, along with images of the Ministry's leaders working with foreign partners.
To avoid falling into the scam trap, workers need to contact directly local labor agencies for advice and support in accordance with regulations.
Workers only complete procedures through licensed enterprises. This list is available on the website of the Department of Overseas Labor Management: http://dolab.molisa.gov.vn (in the section: list of export-export enterprises).
Carefully check the information of the business and the receiving account: Employees directly pay service fees at the business after signing a contract to send employees to work abroad (not submitted at the business branch); request the service business to issue a receipt or invoice with the following contents: full name of the business, date of issuance of the document, name of the person paying the money, amount and payment content, accounting name, cashier name and stamp of the business (clearly state the full name, title and signature). compared and checked business information to ensure that it is a licensed service business (name, address, tax code, ...).
In case of paying money by bank transfer, employees need to carefully check the information to ensure that the receiving account number and account name are correct for the service business. Workers should note that they should not transact through intermediaries or individuals of unknown identity.
When problems arise related to service businesses, subjects impersonating service business employees, please report to the competent authorities (Department of Overseas Labor Management, Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs...) for guidance and handling.
