Hello,
I am a college sophomore with no prior job experience, and I have been applying for jobs since late July. I do not know how much information I can provide, but on Indeed, I applied for a Business Representative position listed under a company called ezWay. It stated that it allowed for flexible scheduling, with employees only needing to work 3-4 hours on weekdays and earning up to $3000 a month (at least $30/hour).
That may raise some red flags but after applying to 20 other jobs that either declined my application or didn't even respond after two weeks, I just wanted to test my luck. I am only picky about flexible scheduling because I am a full-time university student who has enough financial support at the moment.
Anyway, I applied on Indeed and received an email the next day from a real estate company asking me to continue my application on their website. I assumed that this company worked under whatever ezWay was, so I continued the application that day and received an email about scheduling an interview. I attached a photo of this email that has censored personal information. I kept in the (146) area code because I wanted to acknowledge that despite being based in the eastern United States, this HR representative has a phone number outside of the country.
Today, I was not contacted until 3:18 pm EST by a (469) number, which is a scam number that people should avoid interacting with. I did not respond to the call, email, or text message because shortly before I was contacted, I raised my concerns to my father.
There were NO reviews to be found about this real estate company and only one person's LinkedIn showed up. However, this person's association with the company was not apparent on their page. Although I kind of think that the company itself is legit, I do think that whoever set up the job application on Indeed and/or is acting as an HR representative of the company is just trying to scam people.
My father mentioned that many remote job opportunities are actually scammers who want to take advantage of people who likely have difficulty with applying for in-person jobs for whatever reason. Is this a common phenomenon? What are some other red flags to look out for?
