Fake recruiters & money-mule jobs
A "recruiter" (often via LinkedIn or Telegram) offers a vague remote role, then asks you to pay for "equipment," or to receive and forward packages or payments through your own address or bank account.
What to do: verify the role on the company's official careers page. Never pay to get a job, and never route goods or money through your home or account — that's money laundering, with real legal risk for you.
Threat examples
From:HR Recruitment <careers@global-logistics-hiring.example>
Subject:You're hired — Remote Payment Processor
Your first transfer arrives tomorrow.
Tap the outlined parts of the message to see the red flags
You're hired as a remote payment processor! Funds will arrive in your bank account; keep 10% and forward the rest to our supplier accounts.