Recently, a number of recruitment advertisements or posts have appeared on the Internet, claiming that the recruitment of "mourning hall keepers" can earn HK$1,700 a day as long as they are brave enough. Is that really the case? Some people suspect that it is a job trap. The reporter of Sing Tao Appeal King specially pretended to be looking for a job to investigate the situation, and finally debunked the other party's job search scam!
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Recruitment advertisements related to "mourning hall watchmen" have recently appeared on different job search Facebook pages, which list "a daily salary of more than 1,000 people, including meals and tea, both men and women, and even more said that the timid should not come".
The job posting only leaves a mobile phone number, saying that interested parties are welcome to WhatsApp inquiries. The reporter interviewed a Hong Kong woman Mary (pseudonym) who had applied for a job earlier, and she shared the application process bluntly saying that she was "frightened" and "the more she thought about it, the more scared she became", suspecting that the other party wanted to defraud her personal information, but fortunately she finally tricked the other party away on the grounds that she was not old enough.
The daily salary is 1,700 and please "mourning hall keeper"! The Hong Kong woman was frightened when she boldly applied for the job, and finally got out with one trick
The reporter of Sing Tao Complaint King pretended to apply for employment and contacted the sender. The other party first asked the reporter to introduce himself, including age, education and work experience. After a few minutes, the other party said that there was no vacancy for the "mourning hall watchman", but suggested that another position "remote traffic collector" was also paid more than 1,000 per day.
This is exactly the same situation that Mary encountered when she applied for the job, and the other party kept lobbying, saying that the vacancy was well paid and very suitable, and that it would be settled on the same day by electronic means, but the other party did not clearly explain the nature of the work, only that the person in charge would contact the reporter later to explain and arrange the position.
The person in charge explains the scope of work
Soon after the reporter expressed interest, another person named Jessie contacted her, and Jessie immediately said, "I think the work here must be a good fit for you, I want to ask when you can start work?"
He also said, "I will help you arrange to be a traffic collector", work at least 1 to 3 hours a day, the first 5 days are probationary, the salary is 100 yuan per hour, and after being familiar with the operation, you will add labor, if you do not rest for the whole month, you can get a 1000 yuan attendance award.
When the reporter asked about the specific work, the other party said, "The scope of work is to give praise, you just need to follow the steps to complete the work, I will immediately transfer the money to you, if there is no problem with the manual aspect, I will teach you how to start doing it now, OK?". Later, she also provided a website link, login ID and password, etc., so that the reporter could log in and then take a screenshot notification, and she would guide the reporter on how to operate.
In fact, Sing Tao Grievance King has previously reported that this kind of work is the beginning of job fraud, and when the victim logs in to the system, he starts online training, claiming to rate fashion online and get paid after scoring a certain amount.
Subsequently, the fraudsters would suddenly ask the victims to advance money for certain "limited services", ranging from hundreds to over $10,000, and even claim that "after paying the money, they will complete the training, get back the principal and start working" to allay the victims' suspicions. If some victims believe that it is true, they will put more and more cushions, sink into the mud, and lose $280,000.
The official website of the police prompted "high risk", and the scammer became angry after it was revealed
The reporter tried to link the website provided by Jessie and searched for the "anti-scam scameter" of the Hong Kong police, and the result was "high-risk and volatile", that is, this website is related to the fraud report.
When the reporter directly exposed the true face of the fraudster, the fraudster was furious and responded with a lot of foul language, after which the reporter tried to log in to the site again without success.
Police: 3,100 job fraud cases were received in 10 months
According to police figures, from January to October 2023, the Police received 3,100 online job search scams involving more than HK$670 million. The maximum loss in a single case during the same period was $18.1 million.
Police appeal to members of the public not to trust job advertisements or messages when looking for jobs online. Be wary of jobs that claim to have high labor and daily pay, and are not limited to age, education, or even work experience. Before applying, you should first understand the company's background, and if you are in doubt, you can use the police "anti-deception scameter" to assess the risk of the account name of the relevant online platform.