Fake Job Offers: BEWARE!
The UAE Ministry of Interior (MoI) has warned the public against fraudsters who promote fake jobs online in order to cheat people.
The bogus employers allegedly promise jobseekers employment at reputed companies/hospitals/airlines in the country and take money for the visa or processing their application or in the form of a bond/guarantee either directly or through travel agents or exchange. BEWARE, it is FAKE. Do not fall for the trap.
Clues:
1) The fraudsters allegedly post jobs online with too good to be true salaries and unbelievable benefits.
2) Then without interview provide an offer letter which includes the names and logos of the employer with or without fake UAE Embassy stamp.
3) The fake job offer will provide a mobile number (starting from 009715 5 or 009715 0) and not a landline (009714 ) and a fake UAE Embassy stamp which is not done in the UAE. Every company must have a landline starting from 009714.
4) Then you will receive an offer letter asking you to pay the visa processing fee - This is not a process followed here. The employer and a travel agency cannot be connected. Travel companies cannot arrange an employment visa. Only the employer can. Travel company arranges tickets and visit visa only. The travel agency or exchange is for cheating employees with too good to be true offers.
Target Candidate:
Their target is you, especially if you are from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma...etc.
Please do not trust online job advertisements or emails if there is no face to face interview or if they ask you for any fee whatsoever either to the fake employer or the travel company or the exchange.
Written by:
Nikhat Sardar Khan | Kochhar & Co Inc. Legal Consultants (Dubai Branch)
