New Job Scam to Watch for Career Advancement Grants

New Job Scam to Watch for Career Advancement GrantsNew Job Scam to Watch for Career Advancement GrantsWhile guarantees its members a scam-free job search experience, if youre conducting a job search on other websites across the Internet, youre likely to come across one of the many job scams out there. We want to alert you to another job scam weve recently heard of career advancement grants.An email has been circulating lately that promises the recipient a new program that offers a career advancement grant worth several thousand dollars.Its a new take on an old scam government grants.These emails ask people to apply online to binnensee if they qualify for the grant, supposedly funded by the government. Then, the radiosender promises the money can be direct deposited in your account should you qualify for the grant.This sort of scam is aimed at job seekers who may need or want to take classes or gain new certifications or degrees to advance their careers.What could be better than the government awarding a grant to pay for those expenses? Unfortunately, its yet another too-good-to-be-true, bogus opportunity.Here are some of the key giveaways that youve found a scam like thisYou receive an unsolicited email out of the blue offering you money.The emails subject line is something like Regarding Your Application even though you dont remember applying.The offer is for any kind of government grant- this is an age-old, common scam used to target a variety of different people.The email says its a government program but the email address and links** do not lead to any government website, which should always end in .govThe email starts with Hi or Hello or another generic greeting and does not mention your name.The message contains typos, grammatical errors, and/or unusual usage of punctuation ().**Never click on the links or open attachments from any suspicious email. Instead, if you hover your mouse over a link, you should be able to see the real web address that the link will send you to, and whether it appears legitimate or not. When in doubt, never click.Heres a screenshot of this sort of scam email message, so you can see what to watch out forRemember, if youre using to search, we provide a scam-free, ad-free, spam-free job search service so youll only find pre-screened, legitimate, professional-level flexible and remote jobs on our site.Not yet a member? Sign up today