Finding a job through social networks: Convenient, but also easy to get scammed

Finding jobs via social networks is increasingly popular among young people. With just a few clicks, candidates have access to a series of recruitment posts.

Finding a job through social networks - fertile ground for fraud.

The trend of finding jobs online has exploded since the COVID-19 pandemic. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Zalo, TikTok, and even Instagram are becoming popular job search channels for millions of workers.

However, the downside is that they are also exploited to post fake recruitment information. A series of groups and personal channels with a large number of followers but lacking content censorship, have unintentionally become "fertile ground" for scammers to operate in a sophisticated manner, luring their prey with invitations of "easy work, high salary", "no experience required".

Why are social networks easily exploited to scam job seekers?

Social media does not have the same rigorous identity verification mechanisms as mainstream recruitment platforms. Many users, especially students and manual workers, lack the skills to distinguish between real and fake information.

Taking advantage of candidates' lack of knowledge and impatience to find a job, scammers easily appropriate deposits, "training" fees, and even exploit personal information for personal gain.

The victims are often young people, recent graduates, or workers who need a job urgently. Fake "recruiters" often use fake accounts, fancy profile pictures, and claim to be employees of large companies to increase their credibility. There are even cases where they pretend to be acquaintances and send recruitment messages via personal messages to gain the victim's trust.

One typical case is Mr. PHN (35 years old, IT engineer in Hai Phong ), the victim of a sophisticated scam that Tuoi Tre newspaper once reported.

Mr. N. received an interview invitation from someone claiming to be an employee of a large technology company, with a carefully invested social media account in terms of images and information.

The person invited him to an interview via the Signal app and asked him to take the MBTI personality test. He was then directed to access an internal link and perform some actions that were supposed to verify the information. In fact, this was a fake link to steal banking information.

Previously, dozens of students in Ho Chi Minh City were also scammed when registering to become tutors through a social networking site with more than 49,000 members. The students were asked to pay a sum of money to participate in "training" and register their profiles, but then did not receive the promised jobs...

Advice for online job seekers

Social media is a powerful tool to connect job seekers with employers, but it can also become a dangerous trap if users are not vigilant. Therefore, it is necessary to be alert and proactive in protecting yourself in the "maze" of jobs in the 4.0 era.

- Check the employer's information carefully: Find out through the official website, authentic channels such as LinkedIn, VietnamWorks, TopCV...

- Absolutely do not transfer money before signing the contract: Any request to pay "deposit fee", "uniform fee", "training fee" has the potential risk of fraud.

- Be careful with overly attractive offers: Unusually high salaries and jobs that "earn money by sitting around" are suspicious signs.

- Report to authorities: When discovering fraudulent recruitment information, users should report it to the group administrator and the police to prevent it.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tim-viec-qua-mang-xa-hoi-tien-that-nhung-cung-de-bi-lua-20250528161000742.htm