7 ways to spot work-from-home job scams (and what to do if you fall for it)!

Have you ever stumbled upon an online job that seems a little too good to be true? How can you tell if it's a legitimate job offer or a job scam, especially nowadays when scammers are getting really good?

The good news is you can root out ninety percent of scams by recognizing the following 7 red flags:
1. Vague Job Description
2. Too Good to Be True
3. Unprofessional Emails
4. You're Asked to Pay or Provide Personal Information
5. No Follow Up With Others
6. There are Signs of Website or Email Spoofing
7. The Job Opening Conveys Great Urgency

If you do get scammed, you're not alone, but it is a good idea to report the job listing!

Trustworthy Job Sites:

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[Duminique]

Hey Erin, another thing to consider is scammers use people from Linkin pictures and profiles to deceive you as well.

[williammckinney]

It's hard to be critical when you're still waiting for your Unemployment claim to process, have a negative bank account balance, need groceries, and rent is due. I feel ashamed and disgusted.

[Stussmeister]

Very insightful. I'm currently in the job market, and while I apply to about 3-5 jobs per week, I get a few scam job offers in that same timeframe. I've learned to recognize these as scams due to: Numerous grammatical errors, recruiter doesn't specify which job board they found my info on, job is only partially related to my skills/experience, recruiter mentions a job with a "client" without ever mentioning the company name, recruiter asks for a resume or other personal information.

[robertcurry]

Hey Erin, I am glad to have come across your Y.T. Thumbnail this Tuesday morning for the first time. Thanks for making this important video on the "7 Ways To Spot WFH Job Scams".

That's cool to hear that you are a Freelance VA; I am a Freelance VA as well (in the early stages though). Thanks again, Erin. Have a great rest of your work week. 😊

[aaronjess]

My sister in law got a call from someone that told her she can work from home to make outgoing calls and will get 600 a week, she knew that seemed to good to be true so she looked up the company that she said was called International Society of Female Professionals, and she told me and my wife that it had TONS of people saying that company is a scam, they don't pay their employees, she said they made excuses as to why they can't send their employees money. People like that make me sick

[vodaz]

It's a weekly to monthly occurrence for me. Someone yesterday texted me out of the blue asking for my name (they knew it somehow) and then said they found my application (which I never sent) for some therapeutic company. Inconsistent CAPS and extra spaces all around.

[sunset]

I sent this video to the person I was having a scam 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I did good thank you ❤😂

[Carguidepal]

I am definitely going to increase your views on this video. Good work!

[justanaveragebalkan]

Not every time getting the job after the first interview is a scam but yeah most of the time it is.

I am software developer 7 years of experience, i often get offers if not on the first interview then surely on the second one. My current job was one of these situations, i was on a discord board helping some junior developers, it was good timing, client joined to post a job offering, directly contacted me, i was a bit skeptical, but i agreed on an interview, ended the call with a contact to lead the flutter team on their new pilot application.

Good things can happen, most often don't.

Also, https has nothing remotely close to what you said, but i guess for a regular user it's good enough to at least know you shouldn't visit sites that have no encryption.

[emmanuelesselafful]

Thank you Erin for the great tips. This is a very good starts for fresh VAs like me 😊

[IMar]

I just had to change my bank account number because these people had sent me a check to purchase my computer and stuff. I’m so glad I didn’t wait too long before they tried to take my money.

[angelcharmer]

Thank you for the update on job scams. I am right now looking for work from home jobs, can you please give me list of those reliable companies.
Any job will do,
Thank you!

[rogerl]

I currently work at a major tech company whose recruiters reached out to me in my personal email account. Fortunately they were emailing from a real company domain. As an engineer, I knew how to read the email headers and learn that it was legit. But for someone less technical, they should verify easily by starting a new email and manually type out the address to that person instead. And do some extra checking by calling the company directly. I didn’t want folks to miss out on a possible awesome job because recruiters do reach out to people first sometimes.

[zachdevine]

Ye I got a job offer though Facebook and the part where they were like "your hired!". "Now we need your SSN and address" and everything else I was like... No I think I'ma pass because this is super fishy how they "hired' me within 20 minutes.

[ottoblog]

One tip can be that if they use emojis specially heart simbol in response to you, , , that's a scam.

[andreskaufman]

Is it a scam if they charge you $70 to start “on board” training?

[CeCe_Bride_Of_Jesus_Christ]

I struggle badly with social anxiety and I really want a work from home job but I have NO experience. Plus there's too many scammers out there. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Do you know work from job websites that does not require experience and that do not scam?

[Ella-ikvs]

If they tell me I need to purchase a credit card for data entry job it’s a scam right ?

[theresavidal]

This was a great video. How do you go about freelance work as a VA

[ForEveryone-bvcq]

Jamie houge kid my brother was friends with scamed me he knew i needed a job did nothing after losing hotel job....thanks Jamie