Carolyn, Yes there are scams out there; having said that RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH! Call the company; find out if the person sending you emails is who they say they are; Contact the Australian or Malaysian consul in D.C. and find out if they are familiar at all with this company. Contact the FBI. All this points to the legitimacy of a business. And it is the governments job to find out if something is a scam for many reason the least of which is identity theft. I will only say I have first hand experience. If you signed hiring paperwork then where are your job details? I have been working 45 years so I know what I'm talking about. The other problem today is the threat of terrorism and ISIS to our way of life. Some scams are in fact a ploy to get you to do certain things and if it is in the guise of a job and its terrorists then we are f**ked. Trust this ex-military Army nurse; they have all kinds of tricks up their sleeves. Don't fall for it! And one very valid point was made throughout these conversations; MEET the HR Director and some of the people you will be working with. Don't just believe some bs you read in a random email. Have a wonderful week.

That happened to me. I responded to an opening a hospital in NC. It was so believable because the recruiter had a website called Nitelines. He also did his homework and called the art department and got names of individuals that I knew. So, I signed a book of paper work. He told me all the interviewing is done over the phone. He hired me and offered me a pretty salary. I was so excited. I stopped receiving phone calls and no phone calls in return. I spent $200 on MMR shots at the Clinic. I gave up another job interview because I thought I was hired.. After a few months, I learned that it was a scam.

Look the company up online and check the reviews! That's what I do if I've never heard of it.

There is no way you can catch them but you just have to think twice about

Google Roc Oil Company. If an address and telephone number are indicated and it is not long-distance, call them directly and query HR about the title/position, just to ascertain that it is genuine. In most cases, it is a scam but the key word is "vigilant", do your homework. I make it a habit that before I hit "submit" or even fill out any paperwork online for a position, I google the company. If they contacted me first (I keep of list of companies I submit to), I just don't reply because it's usually a fishing expedition on their part, especially if the position title is something that is not on my resume, i.e., Accounts Payable Clerk (my resume indicates Senior Executive Assistant/Office Manager over a 20 year span), accounting is a small part of my responsibilities only, not a head-liner.

This is a scam! I received an e-mail from a different company that I had applied for through ZipRecruiter. From what I hear, alot of these fake ones get through ZipRecruiter, even though they say they try to check them out before posting them. Well, it was the same kind of job, work at home until they get the office set up in my town (they never actually named my exact town), then I could work in the actual building. They would send a laptop and a check and I could keep $100.00. I would have to buy the software from their vendors and pay them with the rest of the money. Well, the check would be deposited in my bank and it would be fake and I would be stuck with paying it back to the bank. They asked me which bank I use because they always want you to use Wells Fargo or Bank of America. I don't bank with either of those places, so they said that they would have to check if my bank was on their list. Apparently, it's not. I kept asking them questions about benefits, etc. because I had a bad gut feeling about all of it. I told them before I would agree, I would have to check into more information about all of it they could call me back in a few days. Of course, they never did. I checked out the BBB and found the company on their website and the same thing had happened to Someone in Cincinnati, OH. I had also checked out the lady on LinkedIn and she seemed legit too. I never heard back from them, so go with your gut feeling and don't do it. It's a scam!

Carolyn, Take my advice never ever believe what anyone says or tells you on the computer because girl it is 100% a scam just to get something from you. because a few days ago I received some kind of mail envelope that was addressed to me, so I opened it up where they had a cashiers check made out to me and guess how much it was for it was $2,450 it said pay it to me so at first I was kind of tripping out because to me that is so much money.so what happen was 3 days later I took it to my bank and ask the guy to find out if it,s real or not so than he goes into the office with his supervisor, and like 45 mins he comes out asking me if there was anything else that came with the cashiers check so I gave him this paper on what they wanted me to do next with the check. so as I now waited out there for another 20 mins the supervisor came out and explained to me that the check is a fraud and that they are going to hold on to the cashiers check, so when I left I really felt like the weigh had been lifted off my shoulders so no matter they will try to entice to make you think it,s real but don,t fall for it please because you are the one who is going lose so do it the legal way and have a wonderful day!

Hello, some of these jobs that are out there in the internet are scams and most of the time they are pyramid schemes. If they ask you to recruit or pay a startup fee, then forget it.!!!!!!!!

Yes, most definitely. Do not give them your personal or bank information!!!!

Have they asked for money, bank account info, sent checks to cash, anything like that ? If it looks too good , probably shady. Look it up on Snopes.