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多伦多新移民女子求职沃尔玛工作 被骗光所有积蓄
“15000元不是一笔小数目，那是我所有的积蓄。我有好几天只能坐在那里哭泣。”多伦多居民Davanshi Poddar说。
Poddar于2022年搬到多伦多，去年在找工作时，她在Instagram上看到了一份招聘启事。“广告说沃尔玛正在招聘兼职员工，你可以在家工作。”
Poddar说：“他们每小时会发送一份产品清单，我们只需要在网上把这些产品添加到购物车中，然后发送完成后的截图。”
随后，她被告知要用自己的钱购买昂贵的产品，之后会得到报销。看起来她的钱在一个单独的账户里还给了她，但事实并非如此，Poddar最终被骗走了1.5万元。
她说：“在一个新的国家，你会觉得这有问题，但你也想相信这个过程。”
多伦多CTV News联系了沃尔玛，一位发言人表示：“我们对此非常重视，很遗憾听到这件事。我可以确认加拿大沃尔玛在社交媒体上的招聘广告会有链接到我们的招聘网站。”
“我们也想明确表示，永远不会向任何人要钱来申请工作。此外，我们鼓励任何骗局的受害者与警方联系。”
社交媒体专家表示，一些公司正在利用社交媒体平台来招聘员工，这意味着求职者必须非常小心，以免陷入骗局。
Think Smart公司的Mohit Rajhans说：“很多人只是在网上看到机会就被骗了。”任何找工作的人都必须仔细研究职位，做充分调查，注意危险信号。
他说：“最直接的危险信号是加入或参与任何工作所需的前期资金。”
工作骗局的迹象包括：要求你提前汇款，要求你用自己的资金支付购物费用，要求你提前提供银行详细信息，没有面对面或视频面试，工作涉及简单的日常任务。
根据加拿大反欺诈中心的数据，就业骗局现在是加拿大第四大最常见的骗局，加拿大人在2023年因就业骗局损失了2700多万元。
'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.
