1. Warning signs of a job scam
Be suspicious if you are asked to pay anything to apply, to be trained, or to be considered; asked to buy equipment, gift cards or cryptocurrency, even with a promise of reimbursement; sent a cheque and asked to deposit it and forward part of the money; asked to receive and reship packages; interviewed only by text or on a personal messaging app; contacted from a free email domain rather than the employer's own; offered a job with no interview, or unusually high pay for very little work; asked for your bank details, government identity number, or copies of identity documents before a formal offer; or pressured to decide immediately.
2. Check before you apply
Find the employer's official website yourself rather than following a link, and check that the role appears on their own careers page. Confirm the recruiter's email domain matches the employer. Search the company name together with words like "scam" or "review". Be wary where a listing gives no company name at all.
3. Protect your information
Share only what a legitimate application needs. Bank details are for an employer who has actually hired you, through a verified payroll process — never as part of an application or an "onboarding fee". Never send photographs of identity documents to an unverified contact, and never give anyone remote access to your device.
4. What we do, and what we cannot do
Every listing is screened automatically for common scam signals and reviewed by staff before publication, and listings with a high risk score are held back. This reduces the number of fraudulent listings that reach you; it cannot eliminate them, because a determined fraudster can present a convincing listing and can change behaviour after publication. Screening is not a guarantee that any employer is legitimate, and you should treat every listing with the care described above.
5. Reporting and getting help
Use the report action on a listing's detail screen to report it to us, or contact support@midnightapps.dev. If you have lost money or shared sensitive information, report it to your local consumer-protection or fraud authority and, where money is involved, to your bank as soon as possible.
6. No liability for third-party conduct
To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for the conduct of an employer, agency or other third party, or for loss arising from information you chose to share outside RemoteJobs. This does not affect liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.