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Hi all, recently in touch by Spotify recruiter for a Sec Engineer position for remote EU and was told that range was 60-80 out of base salary and equity. Had 2 years of security experience out of my 4 years. Was also told that there is no bonus scheme or no sign in bonus 😕 Not sure how I feel about this tbh.
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Can you please describe the scam so others will be able to spot it easier?
Last week, I was emailed a supposed remote job opportunity from a company named First Title & Escrow. The name of "recruiter" was George Davis, his title is Technical Recruiter. The email contains a link to a Google Form which, what the email stated, would be used as an interview screening assessment. It asked a number of technical questions. No personal information was asked to be entered on the form. A few days had passed since I answered the questions and had submitted the completed form. Earlier this morning, I received an "official offer of employment". I found it very strange and my Spidey senses finally kicked in and I started digging to verify the legitimacy of the offer. After spending some time digging to verify this, it turned out being a fraudulent recruiting campaign impersonating First Title & Escrow. Long story short is never let your guard down and always do your due diligence whenever it seems "too good to be true".
I've had several. Sad thing is, they got my information from the State Career Services (site registration which is required for unemployment). I got several texts offering many generic job titles. When I asked them what they were specifically targeting by contacting me they told me any job I wanted. I'm very disappointed that they were unable to help me get a role as a female NFL quarterback. One even asked me to be his girlfriend and/or friend....
I had another that wanted an interview. Then at the last minute it changed to a WhatsApp interview... So I interviewed and they sent a list of products for me to order. I immediately questioned why I would need 3 different accounting apps... Especially since I've never done accounting. They persisted. I told them I'd be more than happy to purchase the products after the check cleared....
Good luck out there and don't ever spend money to get a job.
I spent about 20 minutes in a teams chat messing with a scam recruiter. It was a nice diversion, but obvious that there was no job and it was a scam.