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Job Mail is NOT Giving Away a New Polo Vivo!

Posted on: May 3rd, 2012 by Henno Kruger 2 Comments
Job Mail is continuing its mission to inform the public about scams that aim to defraud South Africans. A fake competition scam has stuck out its ugly head over the last few days. This time Job Mail users (employers and job seekers) are being targeted via SMS. The SMS is being sent from 079-3403104 / 081 2516654 and users are informed that they have to contact Mr James / Mrs Laureen Brian on 071-4931885 / 081 259 7572 with their personal information in order to win a brand new Polo Vivo. The Read more [...]

Beware! New Scam Targeting Innocent Job Seekers!

Posted on: April 23rd, 2012 by Henno Kruger 17 Comments
The Job Mail team would like to take this time to inform you about a new scam that is targeting Job Seekers.  Be on the lookout for a job scammer who is trawling South African classifieds websites. There is a trend going around. This scammer has been making money off innocent job seekers. He creates hundreds of fake e-mail addresses and uses them to place adverts for non-existing   jobs. When a job seeker replies to one of these addresses, they receive 10 e-mails from non-existing recruiters Read more [...]

Beware of the New Fax Ploy

Posted on: October 11th, 2011 by Henno Kruger 168 Comments
At Job Mail publishing we frequently inform you of the latest in scam operations. It has come to our attention that there is a new job scam that has begun making the rounds.  We advise you to take the time to read this article to ensure you do not fall prey to this con. The scam description is as follows: A recruiter position becomes available requesting job seekers to direct their Curriculum Vitae’s to a fax number.  This fax number is set up to incur charges beyond standard rates. So if Read more [...]

Adverts not Allowed as Free Adverts on Job Mail

Posted on: September 16th, 2011 by Henno Kruger 1 Comment
There are currently more than 11,000 jobs listed on the Job Mail website. Job Mail receives adverts from various employers / recruitment agencies for vacancies. Job Mail receives these vacancies on a daily basis. Many of these vacancies are placed as free adverts. Certain vacancies are not allowed as free adverts on Job Mail. This post contains the a list of advert types that are NOT allowed as Free Adverts on Job Mail: Work From Home adverts: Job Mail are being restricted by the DTI to advertise Read more [...]

Work from Home Opportunities: Illegal in South Africa

Posted on: September 16th, 2011 by Henno Kruger 24 Comments
This is a public service announcement on Work-from-Home opportunities. So what exactly are work-from-home opportunities? “Work-from-home” opportunities relate to the offer of opportunities to consumers such as typing, filling in and addressing envelopes, gathering of names and addresses and the compilation of data from a consumer’s home in exchange for a monetary consideration. Did you know work-from-home opportunities are illegal? The regulations to regulate "Work-from-home" opportunities Read more [...]

Job Seeker Tips To Avoid Scams

Posted on: June 9th, 2011 by Henno Kruger 3 Comments
Job Seekers being scammed by potential employers are happening more and more in today's time, specifically referring to the article on the front page of the Pretoria News on the the 7th of June 2011. If you missed the post on the Job Mail blog yesterday about Gauteng Job Seekers who were conned, check it out. We are very proud to inform you, our job seekers, that we have been able to stop these kind of "employers" from advertising with us even though we are a free ad publication and website. Job Read more [...]

Gauteng Job Seekers Conned

Posted on: June 8th, 2011 by Henno Kruger 7 Comments
Promised thousands of Rands in salaries and good employment benefits, dozens of Pretoria residents are fighting back after they were allegedly conned out of tens of thousands of Rands in a suspected job scam. The alleged con artists, who have gone to ground, are believed to have duped hundreds of desperate jobseekers from across the capital and Gauteng out of their money. Police urge those who have apparently been conned into paying for "uniforms" by the Highlight Recruitment & Staffing Agency Read more [...]
 

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