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多倫多新移民女子求職沃爾瑪工作 被騙光所有積蓄
“15000元不是一筆小數目，那是我所有的積蓄。我有好幾天隻能坐在那裏哭泣。”多倫多居民Davanshi Poddar說。
Poddar於2022年搬到多倫多，去年在找工作時，她在Instagram上看到了一份招聘啟事。“廣告說沃爾瑪正在招聘兼職員工，你可以在家工作。”
Poddar說：“他們每小時會發送一份產品清單，我們隻需要在網上把這些產品添加到購物車中，然後發送完成後的截圖。”
隨後，她被告知要用自己的錢購買昂貴的產品，之後會得到報銷。看起來她的錢在一個單獨的賬戶裏還給了她，但事實並非如此，Poddar最終被騙走了1.5萬元。
她說：“在一個新的國家，你會覺得這有問題，但你也想相信這個過程。”
多倫多CTV News聯係了沃爾瑪，一位發言人表示：“我們對此非常重視，很遺憾聽到這件事。我可以確認加拿大沃爾瑪在社交媒體上的招聘廣告會有鏈接到我們的招聘網站。”
“我們也想明確表示，永遠不會向任何人要錢來申請工作。此外，我們鼓勵任何騙局的受害者與警方聯係。”
社交媒體專家表示，一些公司正在利用社交媒體平台來招聘員工，這意味著求職者必須非常小心，以免陷入騙局。
Think Smart公司的Mohit Rajhans說：“很多人隻是在網上看到機會就被騙了。”任何找工作的人都必須仔細研究職位，做充分調查，注意危險信號。
他說：“最直接的危險信號是加入或參與任何工作所需的前期資金。”
工作騙局的跡象包括：要求你提前匯款，要求你用自己的資金支付購物費用，要求你提前提供銀行詳細信息，沒有麵對麵或視頻麵試，工作涉及簡單的日常任務。
根據加拿大反欺詐中心的數據，就業騙局現在是加拿大第四大最常見的騙局，加拿大人在2023年因就業騙局損失了2700多萬元。
'It was all my savings': Ontario woman loses $15K to fake Walmart job scam
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-woman-loses-15-000-to-fake-walmart-job-scam-1.6853204
Pat ForanCTV News Toronto A woman who recently moved to Canada from India was searching for a job when she got caught in an online job scam and lost $15,000.
"$15,000 is not a small amount, it was all my savings. There were days when I would just sit and cry,” said Toronto resident Davanshi Poddar.
Poddar moved to Toronto in 2022 and was searching for a job last year when she saw an employment posting on Instagram.
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"There was an ad stating that Walmart was looking for part-time employees and you could work from home,” said Poddar.
Recognizing Walmart she assumed the job posting was legitimate, applied and was hired. Poddar was told the job involved promoting Walmart products online.
"They would send a list of products every hour and we just had to go there and add these products to a cart and send a screenshot that it was done,” said Poddar.
Over time she was told to use her own money to buy expensive products and that she would later be reimbursed. While it appeared her money was being given back to her in a separate account, it never was and Poddar was eventually scammed out of $15,000.
“Being in a new country you have questions in mind, but you also want to trust the process,” said Poddar.
CTV News Toronto reached out to Walmart and a spokesperson said, “We take concerns of this nature very seriously. We’re sorry to hear about this incident. I can confirm Walmart Canada’s recruitment ads on social media link to our careers site(opens in a new tab).”
“We also want to make it clear we would never ask anyone for money to apply for a job. Additionally, we encourage anyone who is the victim of a scam to contact police.”
Social media experts say complicating matters is the fact that some companies are using social media platforms to find employees, meaning applicants have to be extremely careful they don't get caught in a scam.
Mohit Rajhans with Think Smart Inc. said, “There are many people who are being scammed just by looking at opportunities online."
Rajhans said anyone looking for a job has to research the position carefully, do their due diligence and watch out for red flags.
“The immediate red flag would be the amount of money that's required to join or be part of any job upfront,” said Rajhans.
Signs of a job scam include being asked to send money in advance, you're told to cover purchases with your funds, you're asked to provide your bank details upfront, there is no in-person or video interview and the job involves easy mundane tasks.
According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, the job scam is now the fourth most popular scam in Canada and Canadians lost more than $27 million to employment scams in 2023.
