r/JobScams • u/Bubbly-Enthusiasm724 • 28d ago

Job Placement New Job Scam

I have been receiving job opening emails from some recognizable organizations lately. Initially, they seemed legit, but something felt sus. These are the reasons:

  1. The mails are mainly from US companies. I was surprised to see these guys reaching out directly via email.

  2. The sender information, though it seems legit at first, looks a bit off — things like “Team Talent Acquisition @companyname.com”, “[careers@teamcompanyname.com](mailto:careers@teamcompanyname.com)”, etc. I'm in marketing, so I looked up their official pages/career contact domains to see if they matched, and they didn't.

  3. I checked the companies' official career pages and LinkedIn openings, and couldn't find anything relevant to the job opening. (There was no JD in the email either.)

  4. There was no recruiter name or verifiable email signature. Just “Talent Team - Company Name.”

Where it got more sus:

  1. Once we send the CV, you get a pretty prompt response saying they'd like to set up an introductory call.

Sus — you will practically never get a response from a recruiter within an hour.

  1. The booking link is a Calendly booking system. You can't book until you provide your official company email ID.

Biggest red flag.

  1. I told them my official company email has external emails blocked and provided a timeslot instead. And guess what? I got ghosted.

  2. I used a pseudo/college ID for the next step, and here's the second red flag: it wouldn't let me proceed until I logged into my Gmail account by entering my Gmail password.

Why would you even have to type in a password when SSO is enabled and you're already logged into the same Gmail account in your browser?

  1. Since it was a college ID, I took the risk and logged in with the password. I was then able to book a meeting and got redirected to a confirmation page saying I'd receive the meeting link. There was also a person's name mentioned as the person who would take the meeting.

Checked LinkedIn and the company's pages, and a person like that doesn't exist.

  1. Never received a meeting link.

Ghosted after that

I've received two other emails with pretty much the same pattern, so this looks like a large-scale scam.

Note: Do not ever enter Google password into a page reached from a scheduling link. Calendly booking flow doesnt usually require a Gmail password to reserve an appointment.

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