You are looking for a job online and finally one day you receive a confirmation that you are hired, by this great company.

The person who contacts you is very professional and – after a few questions – will give you the details about what you have to do from now on.

After a few common sense instructions, the employer informs you that their policy is to pay the salaries into a direct deposit account, and you will have to set one up ASAP especially for that. They will ask you to give the details needed for your account, including your Social Security Number and date of birth. You know what can happen from this point on.

How to avoid: if you get a job, you should visit the site. If that’s not possible, make sure you take their phone number and call the Human Resources back with questions (but not the number provided by the scammers). You should never set up a direct deposit account for that.