The crisis has dealt a blow to the labor market. And slash unemployment in Spain 20%. And economic forecasts are far from being optimistic in the labor field. In this situation, no wonder people are looking desperately for a job.
However, authorities warn that in recent years, and following the crisis, there have been many scams around job offers. A situation that the Attorney General's Office described as "alarming." EXPANSION offers the keys to avoid such scams, which in most cases are disguised as apparent seriousness and legality.
What are these jobs?
fraudulent job offers are apparently very attractive. Offenders, through companies "ghost", announced a job simple, but very profitable. The interested party has to meet only two requirements: they have a computer and a bank account. Not even ask for a resume.
The computer is the means used to keep in touch with the company. As for the bank account is the basic tool of these jobs fraudulent. The work consists of receive transfers from savings.
then the employee withdraws the money from its branch and sends it to an address provided by the company. To do this go to money transfer agencies like Western Union or Money Gram. Worker's compensation depends on the number of posts you make, it keeps a small percentage of the amount transferred.
What means these companies use to contact the citizens?
These scam companies make use of the various tools of the Internet to attract potential victims. Normally, users receive ads on their electronic mailboxes, without having previously requested information.
At other times, the offerings of this type of fraudulent jobs are inserted into the portals specializing in search of employment, or in chats about work. They use simple messages to call the attention of citizens: "Problems to make ends meet? "Without a job? Want some extra money? "Are fictional examples of the type of claim they use.
What's really behind these companies?
Experts warn that behind these deals are hidden groups or individuals engaged in money laundering. Users used as intermediaries in the process, in order to mislead investigators and dilute their responsibility for the money.
In many cases, the clean money comes from other financial crimes such as phishing (a form of fraud is impersonating a user to operate its bank account).
How these companies are disguised to look like law?
Companies that offer these jobs usually have web pages maintained and well designed. This law intended to appear and give confidence to users. Moreover, once the city sends your personal data for employment, the company sends home a contract of employment.
However, different associations of consumer protection, including the Internet Users Association, warn that these documents are false and have no validity, so that if problems arise, users may not claim nothing to the company.
What responsibility the user can have in the scam?
Mucha. Although in most cases the users have been duped by these companies, experts say that in legal terms are considered responsible for a crime of money laundering.
The Report of the Attorney General of the State of 2008 (latest available), set out to "get out police investigations the identity and whereabouts of intermediaries, that is, those whose current accounts are a bridge between the victim the manipulator and the computer, but the identity of the latter or diffuse between data appears or there is evidence to place its fate in the countries of Eastern Europe. "
Expansion Posted on 04/24/2010 by AR
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