What is it?
The FTC identifies paying for a job promise and sending money onward from an employer’s check as job-scam warning signs.
Why would I need this?
Practice checking an offer before sending money or documents.
Show me.
- Separate the promised job from what the sender asks you to do.
- Stop if the offer requires sending money to obtain the job.
- Verify the employer and opening independently.
- Use the linked FTC guidance to review warning signs and reporting options.
Try it.
In this invented offer, a recruiter sends a check and asks you to send part to an equipment supplier. Explain why you would stop.
Watch out for this.
Money appearing in an account does not prove that an unfamiliar check is genuine.
Explain this another way
Focus on one small task: recognize a job offer that asks for money. You can practice aloud, on paper, or with someone you trust.
Show me an example
HAB practice example: Alex does not forward the requested money and checks the offer through an independently found employer contact.
What does that word mean?
Open the full glossaryYou did it.
You have practiced a useful next step. Repeat it if you want, or continue at your own pace.