What's with employers scammers using secure messengers for hiring these days?
What's with employers scammers using secure messengers for hiring these days?
My GF has two nibbles on her resume, and both want her to communicate through either Signal or Telegram.
Edit: they requested banking info right off the bat. Said they use it to "confirm you have a checking account" to verify eligibility. Blocked them on Signal, reported to Indeed, for whatever that's worth.
What field is this in? Sounds like a scam. My partner and I have easily done 10+ software development interviews in the last 3 months and never seen anything like it.
I would say scam too. They either call with a real phone or send an email.
Unless it's for a position where that's the standard, e.g. certain investigative journalism roles, I'd call it a red flag and have the scam sirens blaring. Although as a cybersec professional I'd be VERY curious to see where it goes and what their deal is. I'd MAYBE expect some security roles to request E2E encrypted email comms at a certain point in the hiring process depending on the project, there shouldn't be anything discussed pre-onboarding that necessitates using Signal.
Data entry for financial services. It feels scammy to me too, but she's thinking "the times, they are a'changin'"
The scams, they have been consistently using telegram for years.
Giving someone your checking account # and bank allows them to withdrawal. This is a scam.
Scam. Wife had the same thing happen, then they asked for banking info.
Ding! Ding! Winner! Yep, they did the same. She was hopeful, but sketch and red flags won out. Too bad they have her info from her resume, and supposedly 10k applicants...
Sorry, hopefully she finds something legit soon and the scammers didn't get enough to do any real harm.
100% scam, nobody uses Signal and Telegram for business unless they are covering up banking fraud.
"Sir or ma'am I assure you it's safe to send me your banking information. It's over Signal, so it's secure. I promise no one can steal it because its encrypted. That's why we're not using emails, emails are not secure. We need this information immediately, do not delay."