Beware of recruitment fraud, Unilever warns
If you are asked for payment of any kind from a recruiter, contact your local police department.
ACCORDING to Unilever, there has recently been a number of cases where individuals are contacting job seekers claiming to represent Unilever, offering them roles and then inevitably asking for payments to cover a range of expenses and administration costs.
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“Unilever or organisations acting on our behalf will never ask for payment at any stage in the recruitment process. This is a long-established, sophisticated fraud used by criminal gangs which has impacted job seekers looking for roles many reputable organisations,” said Unilever.
To avoid falling victim to recruitment fraud:
- Do not to respond to unsolicited offers from people you are unfamiliar with.
- Do not disclose personal or financial details to anyone you do not know.
- Check any documents for poor grammar and spelling as this is often a warning sign of fraud.
- Beware of employers or agents using webmail email addresses such as @Yahoo or @Hotmail
- Hover over email addresses to check the sender’s details.
“If you are asked for payment of any kind from a recruiter, contact your local police department as this is very likely to be fraud,” the organisation stated.
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