The fraudulent pages search of work have increased in the last year under U.S. economic recession and growing unemployment reaching double digits in some states.
If you trust some announcements that are often found on the Internet, it seems incredible that millions of people are still without jobs and struggling economy.
"Earn $ 100 per hour plus incentives!" Promises one. "How about $ 85,172 a month sound?" Asks another ad.
The problem is, of course, the vast majority of these claims are untrue and his only goal is to direct the surfer to other web sites or in the worst case, get your personal information or money.
Taking advantage of desperate and unemployed personal situations that would make almost anything to get back to work, these ads promise contracts and salaries of senior management without an actual job back.
Last summer, the Federal Trade Commission warned of a wave of cases, including one against the Job Safety company that cheated people seeking work in the cleaning sector.
Job Safety charging users $ 98 for an imaginary and presumably necessary "registration number" and promised to find a job, of course, did not exist.
Susan Joyce, an expert in human resources and managing the job search page Job-Hunt.org said that the scams have surged in recent months.
"I have seen a dramatic increase in the number of false job ads since the recession began, particularly this summer and fall," said Joyce told Efe.
Some of these ads are so surreal that it is easy to notice the deception, but others are more subtle and may even convince some seasoned surfer or with little experience in online job searching.
Experts recommend to pay attention to features such as the amount of money offered, the wording of the announcement-with grammatical errors, for example-and the job description of the course.
Most describe the false claims made in a manner so vague that virtually anyone could deal a ploy to attract more Internet users.
Companies should not ask for personal information like bank account numbers or credit card. Many companies are demanding this information to transfer the payroll, but it always happens after signing the contract.
Susan Joyce recommends also pay special attention to the contact information provided by the prospective employer.
"One of the typical characteristics of the thymus is the use of email addresses of services such as Hotmail.com contact form," he says.
The announcement does not usually include telephone, internet domain or physical address of the company.
The first thing to do, Joyce adds, is to find the name of the company in Google and gather all information possible about the prospective employer: where they are, who they are and if your name appears in other listed companies such as Hoovers.com. It should also be called directly to the Human Resources department of the company to confirm the existence of the vacancy.
Job-Hunt.org making these and other precautions routinely dismissed as untrue and about a third of the advertisements it receives.
Interestingly, many of the larger job search sites like Monster or CareerBuilder.com not do the same and some of them, specifically the Canadian version of Monster "has been recently used by scammers to place false job offers.
In every case, Joyce recommends that Internet users in search of employment to trust your sixth sense.
"If something tells you that the situation is not correct, follow your instincts and leave that job opportunity. It can be as smart."
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