In a brief video information launched on Thursday October 13, the Residence Workplace warned residents to not fall for pretend on-line job advertisements and recommended methods to identify such bogus advertisements on-line.

“Are you aware that hundreds of persons are victims of on-line job scams?” The Ministry’s Twitter thread started.

Whereas on-line job scams have been round in India for some time, current incidents have proven that they’ve grown in sophistication and affect. In opposition to this background, what are the indications issued by the ministry? What clues did it miss? How do on-line job scammers work? And what must you do you probably have been scammed?