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Protect yourself
Verify before you trust
Fake overseas job offers cost people their savings and sometimes their safety. Here’s how to protect yourself, and how to check that an offer really comes from us.
Warning signs
Signs of a fake offer
- You are “guaranteed” a job or visa without an interview
- You are asked to pay money to a personal mobile money number or personal bank account
- The salary sounds far too good to be true
- There is no written contract, or you are told to sign one you haven’t been allowed to read
- You are pressured to decide or pay “today”
- You are told to travel on a visitor visa “and change it later”
- Someone asks to keep your passport
- The recruiter has no office you can visit and only communicates by social media
How we work
How Recruitment Konnect works
- We only contact you from our official numbers and email address (listed below)
- Every vacancy is verified with the employer before we promote it
- You receive the job details and contract in writing before you commit
- You travel on the correct work visa for your job
- You can visit our office in Lilongwe at any time to confirm what you’ve been told
- Fees: [state your fee policy, e.g. registration is free; any approved costs are explained in writing, paid only at our office or into our company account, and always receipted]
Our only official contacts
Check an offer with us
If someone says they represent Recruitment Konnect, or you see a job advert using our name, contact us on one of these channels before you send money or documents. We only send email from addresses ending in @recruitmentkonnect.com.
Phone / WhatsApp
Postal address
P.O. Box 1829
Lilongwe, Malawi
Office
[physical office address]
Hours: [e.g. Mon–Fri 8:00–17:00]
If you have already lost money to a fake recruiter, report it to the Malawi Police Service and keep all messages, receipts and phone numbers as evidence.