Scam alert: someone was impersonating my company to post jobs on a UK online job portal Thread poster: Claudia Kozeny-Pelling
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Unfortunately, it seems to be fairly easy for people to post fake job ads on online job portals. (Not sure if I can name the portal here, but it's one of the biggest UK ones.)
I run a one-woman translation / content writing company (Translate Digital Marketing) and received two job applications today. I was a bit puzzled, as I don't employ staff and certainly didn't recruit. Turns out they saw a job ad for translators using my company's name (though not quite the correct location).<... See more Unfortunately, it seems to be fairly easy for people to post fake job ads on online job portals. (Not sure if I can name the portal here, but it's one of the biggest UK ones.)
I run a one-woman translation / content writing company (Translate Digital Marketing) and received two job applications today. I was a bit puzzled, as I don't employ staff and certainly didn't recruit. Turns out they saw a job ad for translators using my company's name (though not quite the correct location).
I've flagged up the fake ad with the job portal and informed the applicants.
Please be aware that it's best to apply directly to companies rather than rely on online job portals! The information you find there could well be fake.
If you should see an ad using my company's name elsewhere, please let me know. I definitely don't recruit and want to make sure other translators don't fall into a trap. Thanks! ▲ Collapse
| | | | Adieu 
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| Are you certain this is fraud? | Sep 2, 2022 |
Your business name is built out of very generic words. Others elsewhere could be using the same name legitimately.
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Over the years, I have received several job applications and I always thought that this was kind of an ingenious way of sending their CVs, now I’m starting to wonder if someone has also posted fake job ads under my name…
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Adieu wrote:
Your business name is built out of very generic words. Others elsewhere could be using the same name legitimately.
Hi @Adieu, I'm very sure - they pretended to be "Translate Digital Marketing Ltd", and there's only one of those in the Companies House directory (my entry). Also, the ad itself looked suspicious. It was badly phrased and spelled and there was no information about the company itself.
I received a couple of applications directly from people who had seen the ad and wanted to ask questions about the "role", too.
Finally, I haven't found anyone else who uses this trading name online. They pretended to be from London but I can't find anyone there.
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| I've now written a blog post about what business owners and applicants can do about fake job ads | Sep 7, 2022 |
I've now posted a summary of what happened and what company owners and job seekers can do if they've been affected by a fake job ad / scam. https://translatedigitalmarketing.com/false-advertisements-fake-job-ads/
Sadly, they are very common, as I've found out. You don't need more than a mobile number to create a fake job ad in many cases.
... See more I've now posted a summary of what happened and what company owners and job seekers can do if they've been affected by a fake job ad / scam. https://translatedigitalmarketing.com/false-advertisements-fake-job-ads/
Sadly, they are very common, as I've found out. You don't need more than a mobile number to create a fake job ad in many cases.
I'll update the post when I have new info. Still waiting for some job portals to come back to me.
[Edited at 2022-09-07 10:00 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | Adieu
Ukrainian to English
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| So what do you think the goal of this is? | Sep 8, 2022 |
Subcontracting actual jobs in your name to dine and dash on free labor?
Translator spam directory for offering other stuff under another name later?
Stealing resumes to pick the best ones, impersonate them, apply to legitimate companies with their credentials, to hopefully get jobs and then submit trash raw MT as paid work until caught?
Or what?
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Adieu wrote:
Subcontracting actual jobs in your name to dine and dash on free labor?
Translator spam directory for offering other stuff under another name later?
Stealing resumes to pick the best ones, impersonate them, apply to legitimate companies with their credentials, to hopefully get jobs and then submit trash raw MT as paid work until caught?
Or what?
Hi @Adieu, your guess is as good as mine! Could be any of them.
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