Fake Offer Letters: How To Avoid The Scam

Everyday people looking for jobs submit their emails and phone numbers on a lot of websites and apps. Even if you haven’t submitted your email or phone number on any app or website, chances are still high that you may get a job offer letter that looks genuine and interesting to you. If you have received one such job letter which seems too good to be true then it is most likely a fake offer letter. But how can you be sure about it? Read on to find out how to avoid the fake offer letter scam.

Check content of the letter closely

Most of the times scammer will make grammar mistakes or punctuation mistakes. Official offer letters are proof read a multiple times before being sent out so if you find such mistakes in an offer letter, it is fake.

Demand of money for appointment

If the letter demands money before you can be appointed then it is a red flag too. No company demands money via offer letters for appointments so do not pay any money based on offer letter.

Check the email address

If you received it by email, most of the times, these kind of letters will be automatically filtered out by your email provider and moved to your spam folder but if that is not the case or if you believe an email in spam folder with an offer letter to be true, check the email address carefully. It will likely be from @domain name which will be different from the official domain name of the company.

Vefiry directly with the company

If above ways are not enough to conclude that an offer letter you received is fake or not then simply verify it directly with the company. Most of the companies nowadays have a website and an email address, directly send an email to that address with the offer letter and they will confirm. Also if the company is on social media and has a verified handle there, you can check with them about the offer letter on that social media platform too.

Remember to be extra cautious when you feel suspicious about an offer letter to avoid falling in to the hands of scamsters sending out fake offer letters. If you have received a fake offer letter and have confirmed it is fake, you can send it to support@reviewitindia.com so that we can also spread awareness about it and help fellow Indians to avoid falling into the scam.