Job scam detector
Is this job offer real?
Paste the company, the recruiter, or the offer URL. Get a scam-risk score before you respond.
How it works
1
Drop in the offer
Company name, posting URL, or the recruiter who messaged you. Any of the three is enough.
2
Pattern match
We compare against confirmed scam playbooks: ghost offices, equipment fees, mirrored postings, payment-up-front asks.
3
Scored verdict
Color-coded scam-risk score with the specific patterns we matched and the next safe step.
Common job-scam patterns we catch
These are the recurring shapes of fake offers. Any one alone is weak; combinations are strong.
Pay-to-work fees
Equipment, training, or 'verification' fees billed to you before you've worked a day. Real employers don't charge candidates.
Wire-then-buy schemes
You're sent a check or wire, then asked to forward most of it to a 'vendor'. The original payment always bounces.
Salary too high for the role
Senior-comp numbers attached to a junior or undefined role, especially with vague responsibilities.
Interview only over chat
Hiring decision made entirely over text or chat app, no video, no calendar invite from a company domain.
Company exists, the hiring pipeline doesn't
Real company name being impersonated — checking the real careers page shows no such role.
Urgent start date pressure
'You need to onboard by Monday' as a way to skip due diligence.
Quick FAQ
Any offer that intends to extract money, personal documents, or unpaid labor under the pretense of employment.
Often, yes. Many scams reuse the same company shell or known-bad domains.
We score them too. A real company can run a chaotic hiring process — we surface that and explain what we saw.
Yes. We flag any role where income depends primarily on recruiting others.
Score the offer before you reply.
Sixty seconds now beats weeks of cleanup later.