Job Recruiter Impersonation

Job recruiter fraud is a scam by impostors posing as recruiters or representatives of a company promoting fake job opportunities to job seekers. The scam is conducted through online communication and affects all types of companies, regardless of their size, across the United States.

MassMutual Ascend understands the importance of your privacy. We will never ask job candidates to pay any kind of fee, make cash or check advancements, cash checks from outside sources, or make an investment in any product or service. We will never ask candidates to supply information, such as credit card numbers, banking PIN numbers, by email or online.

Please be aware that it is likely a form of fraud if you receive requests like the ones described below.

Current Fraud schemes include:

• Individuals posing as recruiters from the actual company.

• Creating fake recruiting pages or job postings on sites such as LinkedIn and Google Hangouts.

• Using different channels such as Facebook Messenger, LinkedIn, or Skype to connect with potential victims.

• Contacting candidates for interviews and making fake job offers.

• Convincing candidates to buy home office equipment from a fake vendor website, requesting money via Venmo for license fees, or requesting a deposit ($300) before their company-issued laptop is issued.

• Sending checks to the victim as part of a money laundering scheme.

What to do?

Please contact us if your think someone is using MassMutual Ascend to seek this information from you.