Beware of recruitment scams!
Across the recruitment industry for internationally educated nurses there has been a rise in fraudsters/scammers impersonating employees of recruitment companies and sending communications via emails, text messages or other messaging platforms. Or people/ businesses claiming they can get candidates work overseas.
These fake communications can sometimes appear to be legitimate. Whilst CR Recruit has not been targeted, we wish to highlight several signs to look out for to determine whether a communication from our agency is legitimate or not.
It is important to understand how we would communicate with you at CR Recruit, either as a client or a candidate, so that you have confidence knowing that you are communicating with a current employee of our agency
FOR OUR CLIENTS
Things to look out for:
• If you have received communication claiming to be from CR Recruit firstly ensure that the email is from our registered domain name which is cr-recruit.me. We will never send you an email from any other domain whether similar to our domain or casual/ social domains such as google/ yahoo/ hotmail etc.
• With this is mind content that seems unusual or unexpected, do not click on any links and do not forward the email. Instead, delete the email, notify your IT Team (as per your company’s IT policy) and call the relevant person at CR Recruit clarifying whether they sent the message received by you. They can always send it again if it is legitimate.
• As a client of CR Recruit we will always communicate relevant business information with you to your business email address and/or business telephone number (unless instructed otherwise by you).
• If you receive communications asking you to make a payment or send information to a different bank account, email address or postal address that is different to what you currently have on file, please call your usual CR Recruit contact and seek clarification.
• CR Recruit employees email addresses will typically always take the form of the first name at cr-recruit.me e.g nana@cr-recruit.me.
• Look at the content of the email:
• Is the spelling and grammar poor or inaccurate?
• Does the contents make sense?
• What email address is it sent from?
• Is the email asking for non-business information?
• What we DO NOT do:
• Email or text you with a link asking for payment
• Send emails to your personal email with company information
• Email / text you with a link asking for sensitive information or having minimal clarity as to what to expect once you click the link.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
Things to look out for:
If you have received communication claiming to be from CR Recruit firstly ensure that the email is from our registered domain name which is cr-recruit.me. We will never send you an email from any other domain whether similar to our domain or casual/ social domains such as google/ yahoo/ hotmail etc.
• Poor spelling and grammar
• Does the communications make sense?
• What email address has the email been sent from?
• Does the ‘offer’ in the email and/or text seem ‘too good to be true’?
What we DO NOT do:
• Charge candidates a fee for our recruitment service. We will never ask a candidate for payment with regards to helping them find a job
• Ask for sensitive information not relevant for the job specifications you are applying for
What do to If you think you have been sent a fake communication from CR Recruit?
1. Take a screen shot / screen grab of the communications and email it to placements@cr-recruit.me
2. If you have given any money then contact your bank to inform them