There is a growing resurgence of Internet scams that target online job seekers in order to gain personal and financial information. If you are interested in employment opportunities with ITT, please be aware that we post all employment opportunities on our corporate website (
www.itt.com). ITT does not solicit and/or target job seekers through Craigslist, so if you have responded to such an advertisement, please have no further communication with those who have contacted you and reach out to ITT at cybertips@itt.com. If you have submitted personal information that you believe may be at risk, you should contact your bank and local law enforcement immediately and report the incident.
In order to safeguard your job search, below are some typical signs of employment scams. By reviewing this information, you will be better equipped to determine the legitimacy of a posting.
Signs that a job post could be a scam:
- It has a generic, over-used or vague job title. For example, “Admin Assistant” and “Customer Service Rep” are frequently used in fraudulent posts.
- It fails to list a specific location for the job.
- It lists a salary or hourly wage that seems “too good to be true” or very specific (e.g. $13.64 - 34.23 per hour).
- The position is listed as a government job.
- The job is posted with a title that does not match the description.
- The posting contains strange sentences or misspellings.
- The description has a lot of exclamation points and promises high income in one week.
- The description boldly states "No Experience Necessary" but has a promise of high pay.
- There is no contact information. A quality job post will tell you who to e-mail or give you a valid company Web site.
- The ad contains a link that redirects you to another site or takes you to a job membership site and asks you to register.
- A response to your e-mail inquiry comes from an individual in a foreign country, looking to hire people in the United States to handle accounts payable or receivables.
- The same auto response is generated to all of your e-mails.
Other precautions:
- Never disclose your personal financial information to anyone via e-mail. Most legitimate employers will never ask for this information over the phone or web.
- Beware of job offers that contain “trust exercises.” Legitimate employment processes do not require you to receive money and then spend it through purchasing items, donating to a cause, etc.
- Beware of employment processes that use pressure tactics via text messaging.
- Beware of employment processes that do not include a Human Resources contact.