Overview

• On July 9, Verbraucherzentrale Sachsen issued an urgent warning after detecting a rise in professionally forged job listings across online platforms.
• Scammers advertise unrealistically high pay for minimal work and omit essential employer information to lure applicants.
• Fraudulent recruiters send unsolicited job offers via messenger apps to harvest personal data for later financial or identity fraud.
• Instant job confirmations and ambiguous video-identification requests are common red flags of these deceptive hiring practices.
• Job seekers are advised to withhold sensitive data, avoid unverified video-ident procedures and notify police about any suspected scams.