Job scams, fake jobs/recruitment, fake interview invitations are the talk of the day in Nigeria today. Thousands of Nigerians have fall victims of fake job alert and fake job interviews, most persons have been scammed, extorted, doped of money, time, and resources all in the name of seeking for a job opportunity.
Many strategies have been employed by these set of person just to extort money of job applicants across the country.
It not long that a fake Npower screening test site was opened to collect useful personal data from npower applicants, likewise the Nigeria Custom Service fake exam slip printing site was created to extort about #3,500 from NCS applicants.
On a daily basis, scammers flood the internet to make money in the expenses of others not minding the financial status of the person involved. That is why we are writing this post to awaken you to some of scammer’s tricks.
How do you identify a fake job? How will I know that it is job interview?
So many Job applicants are complaining and sharing their experiences in the hands of fake scam companies who send bulk SMS, inviting people for interview only to introduce them to marketing business, asking them to buy money to get the job, some even get killed or kidnapped along the line.
For instance: extorting #5,000 from a graduate who have been unemployed for years, letting him/her waste transport fare, time all in the name of getting a job which is even a fake one.
The painful experience is wasting a whole day all in the name of job interview.
Imagine an applicant paying #3,500 for a federal government free interview/exam; this is very bad and unlawful.
Imagine a graduate scammed of #300,000 to get shell, AGIP, Mobil job among others, promising theme to make up to half a million or more within 1 month. Due to the current situation of the country they fall prey to such enticing words.
In sparkgist.com, we are here to help you identify some fake jobs posted in the internet and offline job adverts.
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If you have any experiences in the hands of these scammers, kindly share some in the comment section below to educate others.
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