{"id":39109,"date":"2025-12-17T23:01:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/?page_id=39109"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:01:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:01:46","slug":"recruitment-scam-alert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/recruitment-scam-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruitment Scam Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Basic Text Start -->\r\n<h2>Important Notice: Recruitment Scam Alert<\/h2>\r\n<p>NW People has been made aware of a recruitment scam currently circulating in Australia and internationally, where individuals are impersonating legitimate recruitment agencies, including NW People.These scammers are contacting jobseekers via <strong>WhatsApp, Telegram and similar messaging apps<\/strong>, using copied branding, fake job offers and the names of real recruiters to appear credible.<strong>Please note:<\/strong> If you receive a message via WhatsApp or Telegram claiming to be from NW People, <strong>it is not genuine<\/strong>.<strong>What to Watch For<\/strong>Scammers may:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Contact you unexpectedly<\/li>\r\n<li>Claim to be a recruiter using a real name, logo or company details<\/li>\r\n<li>Offer unrealistic pay or &#8220;guaranteed&#8221; income<\/li>\r\n<li>Ask for personal information, identification documents or payment<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>How NW People Will Contact You<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>We <strong>do not<\/strong> use WhatsApp or Telegram<\/li>\r\n<li>We will <strong>never<\/strong> request payment or sensitive personal information<\/li>\r\n<li>All legitimate communication comes from an official <strong>NW People email address<\/strong> or a <strong>verified phone call<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>If You Receive a Suspicious Message<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Do not respond or share any personal details<\/li>\r\n<li>Stop engaging and block the sender immediately<\/li>\r\n<li>Report the account to the platform on which you were contacted<\/li>\r\n<li>Forward a screenshot of the message to <a href=\"mailto:it@nwpeople.com.au\">it@nwpeople.com.au\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>NW People has reported this activity to the appropriate authorities.<strong>Report to Authorities<\/strong>If you believe you may have shared personal information, report the incident immediately to <strong>ScamWatch<\/strong> and the <strong>Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)<\/strong>.Your awareness helps protect our jobseeker community, thank you for staying vigilant.<\/p>\r\n<!-- Basic Text End -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important Notice: Recruitment Scam Alert NW People has been made aware of a recruitment scam currently circulating in Australia and internationally, where individuals are impersonating legitimate recruitment agencies, including NW People.These scammers are contacting jobseekers via WhatsApp, Telegram and similar messaging apps, using copied branding, fake job offers and the names of real recruiters to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39109"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39114,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39109\/revisions\/39114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}