SIBU: With an increasing number of people turning to the Internet to find employment, it is vital to be aware of dishonest parties who are only out to get your personal information and money.
According to an article on jobstore.com, scammers can go as far as to create fake employment or recruitment websites.
It said that even verified and popular job-search sites like LinkedIn Jobs or Google Jobs are not completely immune to fake advertisements.
These kinds of job sites work by collecting listings from company websites, recruiting agencies, newspapers, or companies that upload job offers directly on the platform, allowing scammers easy access.
In this regard, Sibu police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the public must always check every job offer to avoid falling victim to fraud.
“Always remember that “I want to work, but why do we need to pay?”
“In addition, the public must be cautious with non-existent companies and check the companies listed on the Malaysian Companies Commission (MCC) website so as not to be deceived by job offers,” he said.
Recently, the Sibu Commercial Crime Investigation Division (CCID) received a police report from a software programmer who lost RM14,000 to an online job scam.
“The 20-something victim claimed that he received a text from an alleged HR recruiter from Lazada about a part-time job vacancy in the digital media marketing department with a promise of 30 per cent commission per task.
“The suspect later included the victim in two Telegram groups, and the victim was convinced that everyone received high commissions for each task given,” Zulkipli said.
On Feb 2, the victim transferred a sum of RM14,000 into two accounts via five transactions to carry out the tasks.
He said the victim realised that he was scammed after he did not receive any commission from the company.
For further inquiries or advice, the public can contact the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) at 997, the CCID Scam Response Centre at 03-26101559 or 03-26101599, or follow the Facebook pages of @CyberCrimeAlertRMP and @JSJKPDRM.
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