Hi! I've been following the account for a while and I love the work you do! I recently found some scammy activity while currently searching for a new job you might want to check out. Recently I've been finding job listings that quite literally don't exist. They are all listings for real companies like Lowe's or Aldi but when you actually check the official sites for them, these specific listings do not show up. All of these job listings seem to be hosted on the same site, BeBee. I went on a bit of a dive and have found not a lot of people have talked about it (Most recent I can find is from last year on reddit with like, 40 upvotes). There's a lot of general scummy stuff about it. Even on sign up people say their emails get flooded with spam/phishing stuff, you are often required to pay a subscription to see listings/apply to listings, and deleting accounts is apparently a nightmare.
Sorry if this probably isn't worded well or is just kind of clunky but this seems like the type of thing that should get attention. Again, love all the work that you do!
Gooood morning Anon!
Thank you for your kind words, YOU don't know how much I appreciate reading asks like this. (shh don't tell the other anons but here's a meme just for u.)
Sadly the 'now hiring' scams aren't exactly new, they've been going on here on tumblr for a while now, and I've actually mentioned them in my Scams to Bee Aware of post as seen here:
Unfortunately, going out in real life to places that interest you is the best option, as scammers can post fake job listings and phone numbers to businesses and that can wind up causing people to put money into things like supplies or equipment and they never actually get the job. :(
If you can't go and find places in real life due to personal reasons, you can try verified and trusted job websites like ziprecruiter or indeed.com.
If you wouldn't go to a random website to buy a house or have some complete and random stranger who posted a chauffeur/cab driver ad on tumblr dot com drive you around, I honestly wouldn't go looking for a job on this hellsite either. ^^;
Thank you again for your message and I hope you have a beeutiful day!
-Bee
