Nearly 1 in 2 people in Singapore have encountered fake job scams: AsiaOne survey
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When contacted by a job recruiter via Telegram, a woman thought that she had found herself a quick and easy way to earn some extra cash. However, she had fallen for a fake job scam and unwittingly roped her friends into it as well. Speaking to AsiaOne, theNearly 1 in 2 people in Singapore have encountered fake job scams: AsiaOne survey
When contacted by a job recruiter via Telegram, a woman thought that she had found herself a quick and easy way to earn some extra cash. However, she had fallen for a fake job scam and unwittingly roped her friends into it as well. Speaking to AsiaOne, the 21-year-old student, who wished to be known as Lee, said that she was approached by a recruiter via Telegram for a marketing job in May which involved posting housing units for sale on various social media on behalf of a real estate company. Thinking it was a good opportunity, she said yes and even got a few friends to join her. A few days after being accepted, Lee and her friends were told to open a new bank account for the company to transfer «marketing funds» to, which would be used to promote their listings on social media. Then, they were asked to give their usernames and passwords to the recruiter. «[Once we gave them the information,] they changed the e-mail, phone number and password of the account. So we basically had no access to it,» said Lee. Read more