How can I tell if a job might be fraudulent?
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<li>You are asked to provide personal information, such as Social Security Number, bank account or credit card numbers, copies of your passport and/or license, and other personal and financial documentation.</li>
<li>You are contacted by an employer that you did not apply to and are asked to provide personal information.</li>
<li>You are offered a job without engaging in a phone, video, or in-person interview with the employer.</li>
<li>The posting includes many spelling and grammatical errors.</li>
<li>You are asked to provide a photo of yourself.</li>
<li>You experience repeated difficulties in attempting to identify or contact the recruiter [i.e. the number provided always leads to a generic voicemail system].</li>
<li>The contact's email address does not match up to the company's website domain [i.e. a well-known company sends an email from a Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo, or Gmail account such as jane.does@gmail.com instead of jane.does@perkinswill.com].</li>
<li>You are promised a large amount of money in return for little work.</li>
<li>You are asked to wire or transfer money from one account to another.</li>
<li>You receive an unexpected check in the mail prior to having formalized an offer or even meeting with the employer.</li>
<li>The job description is vague or unclear, and the focus is more on the money you will make.</li>
<li>It sounds too good to be true - because it usually is!</li>
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