{"id":2254,"date":"2025-12-08T13:26:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:21:20","slug":"indeed-hiring-text-message-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/2025\/12\/08\/indeed-hiring-text-message-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Indeed Hiring Text Message Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4983\/2025\/12\/2025128textmessagescam.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2274\" aria-describedby=\"2025128scamtextmessage\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4983\/2025\/12\/2025128textmessagescam.png 400w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4983\/2025\/12\/2025128textmessagescam-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Scammers are impersonating Indeed and sending text messages to try and lure you into fake job scams. These offers are too good to be true. Don&#8217;t take the bait, use the &#8220;report and delete&#8221; function on your phone to send these to your mobile provider. If you need further assistance, reach out to the UVic helpdesk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to learn about how to recognize these scams, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.indeed.com\/hc\/en-ca\/articles\/28360944766221-Text-Messages-or-Phone-Calls-Claiming-to-Be-Indeed-It-Might-Be-a-Scam#h_01K3RM4N11ZHGF8AGJBHNB76Z1\">Job Seekers Help Centre<\/a> on Indeed&#8217;s website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" id=\"2025128scamtextmessage\">\n<p>Indeed Hiring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m Maya from Indeed. We have a flexible position opening. Can I send you more details? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Work only 1-2 hours per day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daily pay: 170-500 CAD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guaranteed weekly salary: Minimum $1000 CAD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flexible hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paid vacation: 15-20 days per year + public holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested and meet the age requirement (25+) Please reply &#8220;Yes&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scammers are impersonating Indeed and sending text messages to try and lure you into fake job scams. These offers are too good to be true. Don&#8217;t take the bait, use the &#8220;report and delete&#8221; function on your phone to send these to your mobile provider. If you need further assistance, reach out to the UVic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/2025\/12\/08\/indeed-hiring-text-message-scams\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indeed Hiring Text Message Scams<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19355,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2275,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions\/2275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}