Career · official-source review · reviewed 2026-10-04
Check the job and recruiter through the employer's known route before you share sensitive information or pay money.
Verify the company, role, and contact route before sending documents or money.
People who receive a job offer or recruiter message they did not expect.
Use the source document or official route that applies to your situation. This guide does not contact another person or verify external information.
Do not send money, bank details, identity documents, or verification codes.
Open the employer's known website. Search its official careers page.
Contact the employer through a route listed on its official site.
Check whether the interview and offer follow the employer's stated process.
Do not pay a fee to get a job or return money from a check.
A recruiter offers a remote job and asks the applicant to buy equipment from a named vendor. The applicant contacts the employer through its official careers site first.
Use your own source and details. The example is not a record about a real person or organization.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission · reviewed 2026-10-04
What this source supports: Check a recruiter and company independently. Treat requests for money or sensitive information before a verified hire as warning signs.
Source limit: An email domain, profile, or job listing alone does not prove that a recruiter is genuine. Confirm through the employer's known official route.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission · reviewed 2026-10-04
What this source supports: Do not engage with unexpected job texts. Do not pay money to get a job or deposit a check and return part of it.
Source limit: A message pattern is a warning, not proof about a named employer. Verify through a route you find independently.
These sources support the statements above. They do not show that every person needs this guide. They do not show a specific result.
An email address or profile does not prove identity. The FTC describes common job scams, but a checklist cannot verify an individual recruiter.
An email domain, profile, or job listing alone does not prove that a recruiter is genuine. Confirm through the employer's known official route.
Use current instructions from the responsible organization. This guide is a planning aid, not an official decision or a substitute for qualified advice.
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APP 1
Review the employer and role through a route you find independently.
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Open Check a Recruiter Through the EmployerAPP 2
Keep a dated note of the role, official route, and employer response.
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Open Record a Recruiter VerificationThe Apps run in this browser. They do not send or save entries. Copy, download, or print only when you choose.
This guide uses short, direct instructions as an ASD-STE100-style writing target. It is not a formal certification.