Young people today are especially vulnerable to fake opportunities online, often disguised as job offers or friendly messages. This board is a space to share your thoughts, experiences, or insights to help others recognize these warning signs and stay safe.

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What made me doubt these messages even more was the fact that they were sent not only to me but also to other random accounts I didn’t recognize.

As someone who is always cautious about strangers messaging me online, I know better than to engage with them for my own safety. However, it saddens me that some people — especially children — can be easy targets for these possible predators, especially now that many kids have smartphones and social media accounts at a very young age.

That’s why it’s very important to teach children proper social media etiquette and to warn them not to talk to strangers online — kind of like the “stranger danger” rule, but for the digital world. I believe children should not be left unsupervised by their parents, especially when they are active on social media. It’s also worth noting that parents should avoid posting their children on social media unless the child is old enough to understand social media etiquette and has given their consent. Asking the child first shows respect for their privacy and safety.

I blocked the person without hesitation.

I am known to be a private person, and I am very cautious to the private messages sent to me online, I do not trust them right away.

My parents reminded me to never accept online offers from people you are not familiar with nor have any close relations, because responding and accepting these offers might result to your account being hacked which may result of online death threats and blackmails sent to you.

• Inconsistent contact information throughout postings. (Sign of either fraud or incompetent communications department.)

• 'Person to reach' has no information found anywhere on the internet. (Especially if they just say 'DM me for more information'. Who are you.)

• Vague locations or superfluous goals. ('A job by the bay', 'Guaranteed 20k in two months'.)

• Looking for specific attributes in positions or otherwise departments of labor that need not require them (e.g., I once saw an ad that was looking for 'Scriptwriters under 5'4. What?)

• Using generative AI for advertising pictures. (Seems suspicious that they can't or deliberately aren't hiring real people to be their face.) (In case of artists, same thing.)

• Using children/minors as the faces of their business. (I don't care if you're a school. That third grader does not belong on an advertisement looking for teachers. Ano yan, inspiration? It's even more sinister if the business isn't anything related to children.)

This is currently all I can think of. Of course there 𝘤𝘢𝘯 be exceptions, but that's all they are. Exceptions. Stay safe.

And it saddens me how alot of people promotes this kind of job, even though that women will be prone to aspects of sexual harassment. Besides this, it is also alarming how alot of people, especially girls that are currently minors will apply to these jobs.

Most of them will apply to this kind of job, due to the weekly payout and how they can manage their time. But again, there are alot of risk and danger that they can be prone to.