Beware of Immigrant Recruitment Fraud

Beware, immigrant recruitment fraud is on the increase.

Canada is currently experiencing a labour shortage in some regions, and in many industries. As a result of this shortage, some Canadian companies are now recruiting from outside of Canada. This action is attracting thousands of job applications from individuals around the world who would love to work in Canada.

This scramble to work in Canada is also leading to an increase in immigrant recruitment fraud.

Be on Your Guard...

As eager job applicants, some of you may be contacted by individuals or organizations pretending to offer employment opportunities in Canada, and requesting personal information or money in order to process, and/or speed up your application. All you can expect is to become another victim of fraud.

Banks and many other reputable companies have become the target of "phishing" (attempted fraud techniques where fake messages are sent using their company details).

A closer examination of these e-mail messages will reveal that they are not genuine messages from the business. However, please do not click on any links to try and verify a message's authenticity... this is one of the methods used to start harvesting your information for more fraud attempts and spamming. A safer method is to check the e-mail headers to see the source code and underlying details of the transmitted message.

Important: Make sure your e-mails spam filters are activated, to help catch fake messages.

Recruitment Policies for Reputable Companies

ImmigrantEmploymentGuide.com and the companies listed on this website do not ask for money or payments from applicants to secure a job, or towards travel expenses, visas or work permits. The recruitment policy at these companies is to meet in person with the candidate for an interview before any official job offer is made.

All e-mail correspondence relating to employment with these reputable companies will never be sent either from, or to, a free web-based e-mail account, such as hotmail.com. If you receive an email that does not instruct you to send your application/resume to a company's official email address (such as sender@theircompanyname.com), treat it as a fraudulent employment offer and don't reply to it. To verify doubtful job offers, follow up with the company by phone first, calling their official numbers, verified through reputable sources.

Links to authorized listings on our site will take you directly to that company's website, where they will provide clear instructions on where, or how to post your resume. Note: sometimes we show ads on our site, which are third party listings, published in accordance with our website policies.

Don't Get Scammed

When you are desperate for a job, it's so easy for you to become a victim of fraud, because these job offers are so attractive, and so well written that it is very difficult to ignore them, or see them as fraud. But please be on your guard about the offers you get, to ensure you don't get scammed.