With the era of everything fake in the society, it is hard to tell where honesty lies.
Fake relationships, fake body parts, fake news and in the same stride, fake job advertisements have taken over our country.
With Internet, anyone with access and basic literacy skills can pose as a future employer. You have most likely seen the posts on Facebook that promise heaven and earth. They are pretentious and promising at the same time.
In the latest job advert scam circulating on social media, Public Service Commission has advised Kenyans not to fall into the trap of unscrupulous people who are advertising fake jobs.
The advert advised would be job seekers to pay a non-refundable fee in order to be recruited.
Applicants were to pay Sh2,700 for a “medical assessment” which the cons claimed was a subsidised rate with the government paying the Sh2,7000 balance.
“The Public Service Commission dissociates itself from an ongoing jobs recruitment exercise whose advert is currently circulating on social media purporting to be from the Commission,” PSC said.
The commission advised those seeking public service jobs to always check its website to confirm the validity of the adverts before engaging further.
The fake job advert had required applicants to provide their academic certificates, ID and passport size photo among other documents.
“We wish to caution Kenyans against falling into the trap of unscrupulous people who have devised this scheme with the sole intention to con them,” PSC said in a statement on Wednesday.
“Already, the Commission has received complaints of Kenyans who have been duped with the promise of what are clearly non-existent jobs.”
The Public Service Commission said it does not require applicants to pay money through mobile platforms or any other methods in order to be considered for advertised job opportunities.
Since the false career advancement grant is a slight deviation from the day-to-day job scams that ask for money at one point, it is attracting many innocent youth who are still young in their careers and are keen for fast growth.
According to a recruitment company, young job seekers also still fall for job scams that have for a long time been used by conmen.
They include instant job offer scams, unsolicited job offers, generic job descriptions, false promises of large salaries for little work and generic email addresses.