{"id":683,"date":"2025-01-15T22:20:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T22:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/careercenter-s\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=683"},"modified":"2025-01-15T22:20:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T22:20:58","slug":"avoid-job-scams","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/careercenter\/news\/avoid-job-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Job Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Job Posting Disclaimer<\/h2>\n<p>EWU Career Center does its very best to protect students and alumni from job scams on Handshake. However, we make no representations or guarantees about positions listed on our Handshake system.\u00a0\u00a0Eastern Washington University is not responsible for safety, wages, working conditions, or other aspects of off-campus employment.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>It is the responsibility of students and alumni to research the integrity of the organizations to which they are applying.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0We advise you to use caution and common sense when applying for any position with an organization or private party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep yourself safe when communicating with employers online.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Avoid chat-only communication<\/em>. Most\u00a0 legitimate interviews happen over video services or phone. Chat-only communication could be a sign that you\u2019re dealing with a scammer.<\/li>\n<li><em>Confirm the employer\u2019s identity and contact information<\/em>. Official communication from most organizations will come from an organizations email domain (e.g. name@ewu.edu). You should be careful of communications coming from addresses like nike@gmail.com.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techlicious.com\/how-to\/how-to-tell-if-email-has-been-spoofed\/\">You should also watch out for spoofed emails.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Don\u2019t share sensitive personal information over chat or email.<\/em>\u00a0That includes passport or drivers license numbers, banking information, social security numbers, your mom\u2019s maiden name, or anything else someone could use alone or in combination to pretend to be you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>BEWARE of these common scams!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Phishing<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Applicant is directed to a false\u00a0web site asking for personal or sensitive\u00a0information. Scam companies steal the\u00a0identity information.<\/li>\n<li><em>Check Cashing<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Applicant is sent check,\u00a0asked to cash it and wire funds to scam\u00a0company. When the applicant\u2019s bank\u00a0discovers the check is fake, the amount is\u00a0subtracted from applicant\u2019s account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.privacyrights.org\/topics\/7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find out more about avoiding online job scams and protect yourself from identity theft.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job Posting Disclaimer EWU Career Center does its very best to protect students and alumni from job scams on Handshake. However, we make no representations or guarantees about positions listed on our Handshake system.\u00a0\u00a0Eastern Washington University is not responsible for safety, wages, working conditions, or other aspects of off-campus employment.\u00a0\u00a0It is the responsibility of students<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/careercenter\/news\/avoid-job-scams\/\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":433,"featured_media":684,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-683","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"display_featured_image":true,"display_byline":false,"display_date_published":false,"featured_video":"","Links":false,"Resources":false,"subheading":"","featured_image_format":"cover","page_override_title":"","page_hide_sidebar":false,"page_enable_page_nav":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":685,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/683\/revisions\/685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/careercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}