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Scams aimed at people looking for work or extra income — fake recruiters, task scams, and pay-to-get-paid traps. (34 scam types.)
Fake employers advertise salaried positions but switch candidates to an unpaid commission-only model after hiring, often after the candidate has already resigned from a previous role.
Fake Wi-Fi hotspots mimicking real ones to intercept logins, steal data, and serve phishing pages.
An employee receives an urgent message appearing to come from their manager or company executive asking them to purchase gift cards on the company's behalf and share the codes. The request is fraudulent.
Job offers made conditional on purchasing a mandatory certification, training programme, or licence that is worthless or non-existent.
Criminals recruit victims as 'package managers' or home-based couriers, using them to receive, repackage, and reship fraudulently purchased goods to conceal the crime trail.
Fraudulent job offers in the crypto industry that steal funds, harvest credentials, or install malware through the hiring process.
Fraudulent data annotation platforms promise pay-per-task income but withhold accumulated earnings until a minimum threshold that resets or is unachievable, or require fee payments before withdrawal.
Operations that sell worthless academic or professional credentials without genuine coursework, recognised accreditation, or any educational value.
Operations that sell worthless or fabricated academic credentials without genuine coursework, accreditation, or educational value.
Official-looking contracts and offer letters used to legitimise fees, data theft, or mule activity.
Imposters impersonating official government recruitment agencies to charge fees for civil service or public-sector roles.
Bogus internship offers that harvest personal data or charge upfront training and placement fees in exchange for experience that never materialises.
Bogus interviews via chat used to collect personal data or push equipment/onboarding fees.
Attackers impersonate internal IT support to trick employees into resetting passwords, sharing credentials, or installing remote-access tools.
Fraudulent mystery shopper job offers that use a prize or lottery element to justify sending fake cheques or requesting advance payments.
Fraudulent online courses and coding bootcamps that collect large tuition fees but deliver little or no real education, and disappear before students can access support or refunds.
Scammers recruit 'parcel processors' to receive and forward packages at home — using them unknowingly as money mules to move goods purchased with stolen payment cards.
Fraudsters advertise non-existent PO boxes or mail-handling addresses, collect rental fees, and never provide any postal service — leaving victims without mail access.
Imposters posing as recruiters or HR to harvest personal data, fees, or to enlist money mules.
Bogus 'personal' or 'virtual assistant' roles used for fake-cheque, errand, or mule schemes.
Fake scholarship programmes that charge an application or processing fee to students for awards that do not exist or were never available to applicants.
Scammers impersonate legitimate search and social media quality evaluation programmes, charging fake application or certification fees or collecting identity documents without ever providing paid work.
Fraudulent messages impersonating tax authorities to demand payments or personal information from students over non-existent tax debts or refunds.
Fraudulent translation agencies recruit linguists with attractive per-word rates, then charge upfront fees for software, certification, or testing before vanishing or providing no actual work.
Fraudulent job offers, agencies, or services that charge for work permits or visas that are never obtained, or that are forgeries.
Multi-level marketing pitches that generate income primarily from recruiting fees rather than selling real products.
Any 'job' that requires you to pay first — for access, processing, or release of your earnings.
Schemes where participants earn money solely by recruiting new members, with no real product or service — mathematically guaranteed to collapse, leaving the vast majority of participants at a loss.
'Jobs' that use you to reship goods bought with stolen cards or move criminal money.
Companies that charge large upfront fees promising guaranteed federal loan cancellation — money that cannot be recovered once paid and services that are either free or impossible.
Fraudulent services that charge upfront fees to 'forgive', reduce, or manage student loan debt — help that is free through official channels.
Fraudulent education consultants and visa agents who take fees for overseas study placements, visa processing, or accommodation that never materialise.
Unsolicited Telegram messages offering easy paid tasks that lead into deposit-based task scams.
Random WhatsApp messages offering remote work that funnel victims into task or fee scams.