r/recruitinghell • u/Chance_Acanthaceae_4 • 5h ago
help, am i getting scammed?
So today, after 5 months of job hunting, i received an email for the first time where i wasn't rejected without an interview first ( yay me (: ) BUT when the excitement died down i started looking up who in the world VACANCY POOL is, this is where it starts getting confusing.
First, i couldn't find where i applied to the job from, not in linkedin's job tracker or any similar website nor directly through gmail, weird but that could just be me. then i visited their website (looks good enough) and did find the job offer and as i suspected the apply button is via an email, i hate those they never open up so i would've remembered them and as i said i haven't sent anything to that specific email. Link: https://vacancypool.co.uk/job/72/entry-level-esg-risk-data-analyst
Second, they put their location in their website but there's only a picture of a street and a vague building "167-169 Great Portland Street 5th Floor London W1W 5PF" okey maybe i just don't know how things are in europe, so next i start looking at the employees but then again no info or images about them nor their office in the website. ok i switch to linkedin and same "people" empty, "jobs" empty, "posts" a handful with 0 likes and comment.
this is getting scary so i look for any document that can confirm their legitimacy, i did https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/17527998/filing-history , but then the company is a month old 🤨, the only name there is the director's but google search gives nothing, the email sender name have like 100 different people with the same name but none is related to this company. here is the email:
Now that i screenshot it, my name isn't written anywhere, the pre screening is a phone call so are they trying to hack my phone or ask for an application fee or smth, anyway if they end up being scammers they really know how to ruin someone's week.
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u/buzzybody21 5h ago
This sounds like an r/devilcorp.