Is this job real?
Paste a job link, the company and title, or the message you got. We look for the job on the employer's own careers site and point out the warning signs of a job scam. Free, no sign-in, nothing saved.
What we check
- The link. Highlisted reads jobs every day from thousands of employers' own careers sites and hiring systems. If the link is one of those jobs, we say so and show the employer's official page. We also flag chat links, short links, forms, free website builders and addresses that borrow a known employer's name.
- The employer and title. Whether we read this employer's careers site, and whether a job with a similar title is open there now.
- The text. Signs common in job scams: any fee or deposit, "earn ₹X a day" from home, like or review tasks, UPI or OTP requests, Telegram, personal email addresses, offers without an interview, pay far above the work, and pressure to hurry. Each sign is quoted so you can see it.
We never call a company fake. A job we can't find may still be real, and a real company's name can be used by someone else: the result says what we could and couldn't confirm.
How job scams in India work in 2026
Four patterns cover most of what people report.
Task scams
A message on WhatsApp or Telegram offers part-time work from home: like YouTube videos, rate hotels on Google Maps, review products. The first few tasks pay a little, into your UPI. Then come "prepaid" or "merchant" tasks: you pay in to unlock bigger earnings, the balance on a website keeps growing, and when you try to withdraw there is always one more fee. In December 2023 the government blocked over 100 websites behind this scam, run from abroad.
Fee for joining
You are "selected" and asked to pay for registration, training, a laptop, a uniform, a background check or a "refundable" security deposit before you can start. Real employers pay you; they never charge you to join.
Fake offer letters and interviews
An offer letter with a big company's logo arrives after a short chat, or with no interview at all, from a Gmail or Yahoo address. A fee for "documentation" or "courier" follows. Some fake interviews now ask you to install a screen-sharing app or record your face and ID: never do either for someone you haven't checked.
Lookalike sites and handles
A website such as company-careers-india.com or a profile using a real company's name and logo posts the job. The address is the giveaway: real employers hire from their own website or a known hiring system.
What to do
- Stop paying. Don't send more money to "unlock" a withdrawal or a refund: it never comes.
- Lost money? Call 1930 at once, the national cybercrime helpline, or report it on cybercrime.gov.in. Report within hours if you can: the sooner, the better the chance the money is held. Call your bank too.
- Keep the evidence: screenshots of chats, the numbers and handles, UPI transaction IDs, website addresses and the offer letter.
- Only a suspicious message, nothing lost? Report the number on Chakshu in Sanchar Saathi, so it can be flagged for others.
- Apply on the employer's own site. Every job on Highlisted read from a careers site links back to it, so you can apply where the employer hires.
Questions people ask
How do I check if a job offer is real?
Find the job on the employer's own careers page by searching for the company yourself, not by using the link you were sent. Check that the recruiter writes from the company's email domain, not Gmail or Yahoo. Ask for an interview with the team. Never pay any fee or deposit. This tool does the first check for you: it looks for the job on the careers sites Highlisted reads every day.
Do real companies ask for a registration or training fee?
No. A real employer never charges you for a job, training, a laptop, a uniform, an offer letter or a "refundable" deposit. Government recruitment boards charge an exam fee, but only on their official .gov.in or .nic.in website, never by UPI or WhatsApp.
What is a task scam?
You are offered money to like videos, rate hotels or review products. The first tasks pay small amounts, then you are asked to pay for "prepaid" tasks to earn more, and the money you put in cannot be withdrawn. It usually starts on WhatsApp and moves to Telegram.
Where do I report a job scam in India?
If you lost money, call the national cybercrime helpline 1930 at once, or report it on cybercrime.gov.in. Tell your bank too. If you only got a suspicious call, SMS or WhatsApp message and lost nothing, report the number on Chakshu in the government's Sanchar Saathi portal or app.
Does this tool say a company is fake?
No. It tells you what we could and couldn't confirm: whether the job is open on the careers site we read for that employer, and which warning signs appear in the text. A job we can't find may still be real (new, or posted elsewhere), and a real company's name can be misused by someone else.
Is what I paste saved?
No. The check runs once and nothing you type or paste is stored. It works without signing in.
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