Fraud & Safety

Search confidently, verify carefully.

Job scams follow patterns. Knowing them takes a few minutes and protects you for the whole search.

A real job never costs you money

Legitimate employers do not charge for interviews, training, equipment, background checks or placement. If a fee appears anywhere in the process, stop.

Treat any money request as a red flag

Requests to buy gift cards, forward a payment, cover 'onboarding software' or accept a cheque and send part of it onward are common scam patterns.

Keep financial details private until you are hired

Bank details, card numbers and national identifiers belong in a signed employment process with a verified employer, never in a chat or an early-stage form.

Verify before you engage

Check the company independently, look for the same role on its own careers page, and be wary of addresses on free email domains or messaging-app-only interviews.

Be careful when pressure appears

An offer with no interview, an unusually high salary for little experience, or a demand to decide within hours are all signs to slow down.

Report what you see

Tell us about suspicious listings or messages so we can look into them, and report the incident to the platform it came from and your local authorities.

What Huntly can and cannot do

Huntly helps you discover and evaluate opportunities. It reads listings, scores how closely they match your experience and prepares your applications.

Huntly does not verify employers and cannot guarantee that an external company, recruiter or job listing is legitimate. Listings originate outside Huntly, and the final judgement about who you engage with is yours. Use the checks on this page before you share personal information or money.

If you think you have been targeted

  • Stop communicating and do not send any further information or payment.
  • Contact your bank immediately if you shared financial details or transferred money.
  • Keep screenshots and message threads as a record.
  • Report it to your local authorities and to the platform where you found the role.
  • Tell us through Contact Us so we can review the listing.

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