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Spotting Work-from-Home Job Scams

Warning: ByteLaunch will never reach out to you unsolicited to offer work.

In today's digital age, work-from-home job scams have become increasingly sophisticated. These scams often start with an innocent-looking text message and quickly move to encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp, making them harder to track and report.

How These Scams Typically Work

  1. Initial Contact: You receive an unsolicited SMS, LinkedIn message, or see a suspicious LinkedIn job ad about an "amazing" remote job opportunity with high pay for minimal work.
  2. Moving Off-Platform: The scammer quickly asks you to continue the conversation on WhatsApp, Telegram, or another messaging app.
  3. Too-Good-To-Be-True Offers: They promise unrealistic hourly rates ($50-1000/hour) for simple tasks like data entry or online reviews.
  4. Upfront Payment Requests: Eventually, they ask for money for a "deposit," "training materials," "software licenses," or "processing fees."
  5. Cryptocurrency Involvement: Many scams involve cryptocurrency payments, either asking you to pay in crypto or promising to pay you in crypto.

Red Flags to Watch For

  • Unsolicited job offers - Real employers don't randomly text people offering jobs
  • Requests to move to encrypted messaging apps - Legitimate companies use professional communication channels
  • Extremely high pay for simple tasks - If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is
  • Upfront payment requirements - Real jobs pay you, not the other way around
  • Poor grammar and spelling - Professional companies have professional communications
  • Cryptocurrency payment methods - Most legitimate companies don't pay in crypto
  • LinkedIn job postings or ads claiming to be from ByteLaunch - We do not use LinkedIn to post jobs

How ByteLaunch Operates

Our Legitimate Hiring Practices:

  • ✓ If we are hiring, you can read about it on our website, www.bytelaunch.com, and nowhere else
  • ✓ We do NOT use LinkedIn, LinkedIn Ads, or LinkedIn job postings to recruit
  • ✓ We never ask candidates to pay for anything during the hiring process
  • ✓ We pay through traditional banking methods, not cryptocurrency

What to Do If You're Contacted

1. Verify the Source

If someone claims to be from ByteLaunch, verify their identity by contacting us directly through our official website.

2. Never Pay Upfront

Legitimate employers never ask job seekers to pay for training, equipment, or processing fees.

3. Report Suspicious Activity

Report the scam to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at ReportFraud.ftc.gov and to your local authorities.

4. Block and Delete

Block the sender and delete the messages. Do not engage with scammers.

Report a Scam

If you've encountered someone impersonating ByteLaunch or using our name in a job scam, please report it to us immediately.

Report a Scam

Remember: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Stay safe and protect yourself from work-from-home job scams.