Bogus Job Vacancy Ads

A post on TheStar website highlighted his experience at a job interview in Singapore.

"I see the resurfacing of advertisements for non-existent overseas postings by a foreign company. A very simple job description is given. The salary and job positions seem very attractive.

A few years ago, I attended such an interview with a Singapore company, purportedly for a vacancy in a Pacific island. The interview was held at a hotel room.

The interviewee will be asked to fill up a simple form and to wait for the result. Later, a phone call will inform the interviewee of his success, but he will have pay the air fare to the Pacific island, which cost a few thousand ringgit, to a middleman.

The reason? This is to prove the applicant’s sincerity in wanting the job. It is claimed that in the past, some applicants who were not sincere returned after the company paid their air fare.

Is there some form of vetting or checks in place to weed out bogus job vacancy ads meant to cheat unsuspecting victims?

Just like “Scratch & Win” schemes and bogus pyramid schemes, the job scam has to be exposed.

We do not want foreigners to dupe our people.

PG,
George Town."

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