Veterans Being Scammed During Job Hunt

There have always been scams related to job hunting. Recently, there have been more and more Veterans being scammed.

Whether you know it or not for years there have been sites that mask themselves as career search engines and they will gather information from your profile.

These have come in many varieties over the years and they will continue to evolve.

Recent Example

In the last couple months is has come to light that hiremilitaryheroes.com was created and used by hackers to attack users with malware. This was discovered by cyber-security researchers with Cisco Talos.

They found the site attempted to have users download a app that was secretly a malware downloading hack.

This app would then preform an analysis skimming vital information from your device that would allow them to conduct a more personalized attack. This site specifically focused on having veterans scammed.

How to Combat this Epidemic

Let’s be completely honest with ourselves.

We never know when this can happen. The truth of the matter is we cannot stop these scams from coming up.

Knowledge is the only prevention tool that will protect you. So here are 5 things to know and look for in a suspicious situation.

1. Information Available

Is there plenty information available on the website/job announcement? What sources are providing this information and are they reliable?

There is a Facebook group that I follow, they are focused on helping Veterans find employment/career opportunities. Recently a suspicious opportunity was posted by a member.

The first thing you can see is that under the posters name in the tag of “New Member”. This should automatically tell you to look into this source some more. Are they in other groups that are related? What experience do they have? The easiest way to get more information is to ask. Just like these people did.

Now you know something is up when they wont give up general information publicly.

2. Where are they taking you?

Let’s get this out of the way. If you are asked to download something or give your information out before explaining the opportunity, STOP, DO NOT PASS GO. I promise, you will find another “REAL” opportunity.

Next, find out where this is going to take you. In this case you can see in the post the URL of the site they want you to navigate to.

This is a STOP point as well. This website makes no sense to anyone. In fact, they create these random URLs to keep you interested. Anyone that wants you to be able to find them and known picks their URLs, post names and domains easy to read and remember. They want you to continue to come back. Take a look at some of our posts.

• www.warriorwealthsolutions.com/2019/10/19/veterans-being-scammed-during-job-hunt
• www.warriorwealthsolutions.com/2019/10/04/credit-reports-and-the-maze-it-comes-with/
• www.warriorwealthsolutions.com/2019/10/16/the-tax-guide-for-veterans/

You can easily read these. They tell you who you are dealing with “Warrior Wealth Solutions“, the dates posted. And the name of the article that tells you what it is about.

Another good source to verify scams targeting military veterans is within the ArmyTimes

3. What information are they asking you for?

It is normal for job sites to ask for generic information. Such as, the industry you are looking for, location you want to work in and the salary range you desire.

However, if you navigate to a site and the first thing they ask is detailed personal information.

Move on to the next one.