Free tool
Is this job real?
Paste a job posting, recruiter message, or WhatsApp pitch. We’ll flag scam, MLM, and ghost-job patterns in seconds — and tell you what to verify before you hand over your time or details.
What we look for
Upfront fees or “training kits,” requests for bank/ID details before an interview, free-email contacts with no company domain, WhatsApp/Telegram-only hiring, unrealistic pay, MLM “be your own boss” language, and ghost-job signals like evergreen reposts with no real responsibilities.Know the signs
8 red flags of a fake or ghost job.
The checker looks for these patterns — and now so can you. One flag is a reason to slow down; several together is a reason to walk away.
Asks for money
Any “registration fee”, “training kit”, “equipment deposit”, or “processing charge” to start. Real employers pay you — never the reverse.
Wants sensitive data early
Bank details, Aadhaar/SSN, PAN, or a copy of your ID before any real interview or offer. That’s identity-theft bait.
Too good to be true
“Earn ₹80,000/week from home, no experience” or pay wildly above market for trivial work. Unrealistic comp is the oldest tell.
No verifiable company
No real website, no LinkedIn presence, a free email domain (gmail/outlook), or a name you can’t find anywhere.
Offer with no interview
A “selected!” message you never applied for, or an offer after a 5-minute chat. Legitimate hiring doesn’t work that way.
Off-platform & urgent
Pushed onto WhatsApp/Telegram immediately, with pressure to “confirm fast” or “seats are filling.” Urgency is a manipulation tactic.
Weird “tasks”
Reshipping packages, cashing/forwarding cheques, buying gift cards, or crypto “investments.” These are money-laundering or theft schemes.
Ghost job
A posting that’s been live for months and reposted repeatedly — often no real intent to hire (pipeline-building or “always-on” reqs).
How it works
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Paste it
Drop in the job posting, recruiter DM, email, or WhatsApp pitch — whatever you received.
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Get the read
The AI flags scam, MLM, and ghost-job patterns and rates the risk in seconds.
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Verify before you act
You get a short checklist of what to confirm before handing over time, money, or details.
FAQ
Common questions.
- Is the scam checker free?
- Yes — completely free, no sign-up, and nothing is stored. Paste, read the result, move on.
- What’s a “ghost job”?
- A posting with little or no real intent to hire — left up to build a résumé pipeline, satisfy a policy, or look like the company is growing. You apply and never hear back. The checker flags signals of this (e.g., evergreen reposts, vague specifics).
- Can the checker be wrong?
- It’s guidance, not a verdict. It surfaces patterns common to scams and ghost jobs, but a clean result isn’t a guarantee and a flag isn’t proof. Use it alongside your own checks — search the company, verify the recruiter, never pay to work.
- A posting got flagged — what should I do?
- Don’t pay anything or share IDs/bank details. Search the company + “scam”, find the role on the company’s own careers site, and verify the recruiter on LinkedIn. If it’s off-platform and urgent, treat that as a strong warning.
- Do you report scams to anyone?
- No — it’s a private, stateless tool. Report confirmed scams to the platform you saw them on and your local cyber-crime / consumer-protection authority.
Why this exists
Fake postings, “pay-to-start” schemes, and ghost jobs waste the time of millions of job-seekers — and the people most targeted are those who can least afford it. This checker is free and stores nothing. If a role checks out, tailor your résumé to it and apply with confidence.