False Online Work Proposals: Public Prosecution Service warns many people to cheat Portuguese
In some cases, criminal agents belong to the Department of Human Resources, although they never recognize the location of the company or the headquarters of the alleged company.
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The Public Prosecution Service (MP) warned that on Monday, the false ‘online’ work proposals, by sending messages and calls, and to cheat candidates and get money from the victims.
In the published note Attorney General OfficePublic Prosecution Service has warned that this type of fraudulent scheme Made many victims in Portugal, “The professional and unemployment route is initially, including young people, and that they are offering a job that they do not command written messages of calls or unknown numbers that indicate that they should be ignored and have very simple and well -paid tasks.
According to the Public Prosecution Service, these criminal groups have a different approach from what is known so far: before social networks are used to attract victims Now messages are sent or calls with work proposals.
They belong to the Department of Human Resources
In some cases, he explained the MP, in spite of the criminal agents they belong to the Department of Human Resources Never recognize which organization they work forOr what is the position of the headquarters of the alleged company.
Message content is always the same: “Advertise online work from home”.
When the victim accepts the alleged work proposalEmployment Agreement never happens, Information is transformed by messages and the criminal group is always in writing guidance.
Are in the early stage Proposals for small tasks, MPs have identified cases used by victims The capitalists of the capital, From the function It is to receive money from one account and forwarded their amounts to another account.
In the early stage, groups ask the victims to make them The estimates of enemies, “” Booking.com “to abuse or ask the name of the platform Follow some pages social networks.
Victims should bring money forward before the promised payment
These requests will always be Payment promiseAnd, of course, explained the MP, These tasks are finally paid after the victim sends a photograph of her screen as proof. These payments usually do not exceed 10 euros.
The victim goes to a higher level with the promise that he receives more money. However, at this stage, it will be D.E. Advance money, “If it is promised to be returned, and a liberal commission.” Since they first received the money, the victims believe that their money will return.
The requested amounts are high and in some cases, the requested money Several thousands of euros.
“Criminal agents start demanding growing amounts, promised to be large, but never pays,” reads the PGR’s note.
When the victims are absorbed that the values are not returned and ask their money, criminal groups They are no longer contaminated Through ‘WhatsApp’ or ‘telegram’ and disappears.
