Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Beware of Internet Job Fraud



Fraud has become a common practice everywhere be it public or private sector. Fraudulent practice on internet is nothing new. Internet provides the best, easiest and cheapest way to search for the best jobs. But with so many uses the darker side also comes into play. Searching for jobs is a common practice on the Internet and to facilitate this we have countless job portals and sites. There are many fake job sites operating over the net waiting for every opportunity to lure and entrap the job seekers in the net of their own.
There are many ways in which you can avoid yourself in getting entangled in such a fraud. Here in this write-up we offer you some ways in which you can check for the authenticity of the site yourself and in a way prevent from getting engaged into it.
Ways:
  • Language and grammar:
The first thing that you need to look into is the language and grammar, sometimes the content posted on the web will be full of serious grammatical and spelling mistakes and the whole abstract will be incoherent and difficult to understand. Such sites can be easily differentiated from the renowned ones by carefully checking with the points mentioned.
  • The credit card details:
The second thing that has to be taken care of is that you should make sure you don’t give your credit card number as there are many fake sites, which ask for the same. You will have to keep in mind that, reputable organizations seldom or never asks for the credit card number as there is no need for it.
  • Go for testimonials:
Testimonials are good barometers to measure the reliability of a particular site. Any valid site will certainly have a written testimonial that speaks about a site’s good health.

The young job seekers are advised through this article to be cautious of internet job frauds and keep their eyes and ears open while hunting a job and don’t run after a bogus job portal that promises a false fat salary for a particular job and in return gets to know about your personal and financial details, causing you harm later.

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