12 ways to beat Internet scammers to their game

9. SCRUTINISE JOB OFFERS REQUIRING PAYMENT OF FEES

There are two variants of employment fraud. The commoner one involves job offers by recruiters that require you to pay an advance fee or make a deposit, without the job ever materialising.

The second one typically offers you the job of a ‘representative’ of an overseas company and your task is to collect customers’ deposits in your account and remit most of it to the company abroad.