Is this the same as your ghost job checker?

No. A ghost job wastes your time — the employer is real but the opening is not. A scam costs you money or your identity, and the employer is not real. Different evidence, different check.

Do you store what I paste?

No. The check runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to us, so there is nothing for us to store.

Does 'nothing matched' mean it is safe?

No. It means none of the twelve patterns we look for appeared in that text. Always verify the company independently — find their careers page yourself rather than following a link you were sent.

What should I do if it looks like a scam?

Send no money, documents or bank details. Report it to the platform you received it on, and to your national fraud reporting service. If you have already sent money, tell your bank straight away.

Is this recruiter real?

Paste the message, the email or the posting. We check it against the twelve patterns that show up in confirmed job scams — in your browser, so nothing you paste leaves your machine.

A ghost job wastes your time. A scam costs you money.

We crawl employers’ own applicant tracking systems, so scams are rare on our job board — a fraudster would have to buy an ATS account to get on it. This checker is for the ones that reach you elsewhere: a direct message, an email, or a listing on a site that does not verify who posts.

Company is real but nobody replies? That may be a ghost job →

The twelve red flags

Roughly in the order they show up in confirmed cases. Any one of the first few is enough to walk away.

Asked to pay for training, equipment or a background check
A legitimate employer never asks a candidate for money.
Sent a cheque and asked to forward part of it
This is the classic fake-cheque fraud. The cheque bounces after you have sent real money.
Recruiter writing from a personal email, not a company domain
Present in the large majority of confirmed job scams.
Interview or contact only over WhatsApp, Telegram or Signal
These avoid a traceable, company-owned channel.
Asked for bank details, ID or a tax number before any offer
Payroll details come after a signed offer, never before an interview.
An offer within hours, with no real interview
Nobody hires this fast. Speed is used to stop you checking.
Pressure to decide now
Artificial deadlines exist to stop you researching the company.
Pay far above the market for the work described
A headline number doing the work an employer's reputation usually does.
Asked to buy equipment from a supplier they name
The supplier is usually the fraudster, and the money never comes back.
Payment or deposit in cryptocurrency
Irreversible by design, which is the point for whoever asked.
Addressed to nobody in particular
Weak on its own — a mass send is not a fraud. Counts only alongside something else.
Asked to receive and re-send packages
Re-shipping fraud. The goods are bought with stolen cards and you are the last link.

Questions

Is this the same as your ghost job checker?: No. A ghost job wastes your time — the employer is real but the opening is not. A scam costs you money or your identity, and the employer is not real. Different evidence, different check.
Do you store what I paste?: No. The check runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to us, so there is nothing for us to store.
Does 'nothing matched' mean it is safe?: No. It means none of the twelve patterns we look for appeared in that text. Always verify the company independently — find their careers page yourself rather than following a link you were sent.
What should I do if it looks like a scam?: Send no money, documents or bank details. Report it to the platform you received it on, and to your national fraud reporting service. If you have already sent money, tell your bank straight away.

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