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| Sep 18, 2015 at 16:26 | comment | added | Dan | Great points. I also want to add that a typical scam is where they ask you to cash checks. They'll say "clients" will send you checks in your name, and you're to deposit into your account, then write them, the "company" a check in the same amount made out to them. The idea is they write you bogus checks then when you write them the check, they quickly withdraw it and by the time you get a bounced check notice, it'll be too late to cancel. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 2:40 | comment | added | Móż | With paid training I always ask whether I can pay them back out of my wages. If I can't, that suggests they don't expect me to earn enough for that to be possible. For a small, new business that might not be true, but the other 90% of the time it means scam. The one time I've "paid" for training it was explicitly "we will take 10% of your wages until you've paid off your training. And you have to pay the balance if you quit". | |
| Aug 19, 2015 at 15:04 | comment | added | Trickylastname | If the emails are signed by a person and not by a generic name, such as "Company HR Team", you can try to Google the person in question. If it's not a frequent name you could find at least a social media profile, such as Facebook or Linkedin. If you can't find anything, or the results point somewhere hard to believe (i.e., a European teenager listed as HR staff for a Asian company), it may be wise to be careful. | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 20:18 | comment | added | cdkMoose | @enderland, understood, but thought I should point that out since you were listing things to check, and having to request the address of their website seemed suspicious to me as opposed to giving them creedence | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 20:03 | comment | added | enderland | @cdkMoose the reality is, if it was obvious whether this company was real or not, the OP wouldn't have had to ask... these are all factors they (or anyone else) can use to evaluate. If a company fails every criteria here they probably aren't legit. If they pass all of them, probably are. If it's a mix, that's much much harder unfortunately... | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 20:01 | comment | added | cdkMoose | @enderland, not sure how legit, they have a facebook page, but you must submit a request to get their website? | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 0:52 | comment | added | enderland | @SJuan76 thank you for that, I edited to clarify - it looks like this company might be more legit and at the very least, has a lot more options to followup on! | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 0:50 | history | edited | enderland | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 17, 2015 at 23:31 | comment | added | SJuan76 | The "google it" and "check website" tests may be quite missleading. A small company that only works for other companies in a very specific market may not have the need for a big internet presence; and less if it is not in a first world country (google points to Philippines). Not every company is Google or General Motors. Requiring a physical address (even visiting its offices) and refraining in giving them anything unless everything is clear looks more interesting | |
| Aug 17, 2015 at 22:58 | comment | added | enderland | @NotMe good call, added! | |
| Aug 17, 2015 at 22:57 | history | edited | enderland | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 17, 2015 at 22:57 | comment | added | ChrisLively | More for the smell test: if they ask you to pay them for something like training or sales materials then it's definitely a scam. Also, if they ask for your banking information - possible scam. | |
| Aug 17, 2015 at 22:52 | history | answered | enderland | CC BY-SA 3.0 |