Check a job offer for scam warning signs
Paste a job message from WhatsApp, SMS or email. We look for the signs of a fake offer. It is the same check as in the JobCatch app, running here in your browser.
Nothing you paste is saved or sent: this page's security policy blocks it from making any network request at all. This checks English and Hinglish text for common warning signs. It cannot confirm that an offer is genuine.
Already paid, or shared an OTP? Call 1930, the national cybercrime helpline, straight away, tell your bank, and report it at cybercrime.gov.in. The sooner it is reported, the better the chance the money can be frozen.
What it looks for
- Registration fees: It asks for money before you start. No real employer charges a registration, training, security or processing fee.
- Task scams: It promises easy daily money for small tasks. These pay a little at first, then ask for a deposit you never get back.
- OTP and bank details: It asks for an OTP, PIN or bank details. No recruiter needs these. Never share them.
- Penalty threats: It threatens a penalty, a blacklist or legal action unless you pay. Job portals and companies do not fine candidates.
- WhatsApp-only recruiters: It moves the conversation to WhatsApp or Telegram. Most job scams do this, because those accounts are hard to trace.
- Selected without interview: It offers a job with no interview, or guarantees selection. Real hiring has a process.
- Pressure to act now: It pushes you to act quickly. Pressure is how a scammer stops you from checking.
- Gmail recruiters: The contact is a free email address such as Gmail, not a company address. Small firms do this too, so check that the company exists.
- Shortened links: It uses a shortened link that hides where it goes.
It never says "safe"
No warning signs means none were found, not that the offer is real. Before you share documents, find the same job on the company's own website, through an address you type yourself.