{"id":34214,"date":"2022-01-06T16:33:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T22:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/?page_id=34214"},"modified":"2025-11-11T05:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:57:54","slug":"mediavine-recruiting-scam-awareness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/mediavine-recruiting-scam-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediavine Recruiting Scam Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i class=\"hero__background\"> <noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Recruiting-Scam-Awareness-Hero-2-1920x1260.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Recruiting-Scam-Awareness-Hero-2-1920x1260.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Recruiting-Scam-Awareness-Hero-2-375x246.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Recruiting-Scam-Awareness-Hero-2-492x324.jpg 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" class=\"size-mv_trellis_hero size-ratio-mv_trellis_hero wp-image-34220\" alt=\"\" height=\"1260\" width=\"1920\"><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201920%201260'%3E%3Crect%20width='1920'%20height='1260'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" class=\"size-mv_trellis_hero size-ratio-mv_trellis_hero wp-image-34220 eager-load\" alt=\"\" height=\"1260\" width=\"1920\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Recruiting-Scam-Awareness-Hero-2-scaled.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" loading=\"eager\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Recruiting-Scam-Awareness-Hero-2-1920x1260.jpg.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Recruiting-Scam-Awareness-Hero-2-1920x1260.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Recruiting-Scam-Awareness-Hero-2-375x246.jpg.webp 375w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Recruiting-Scam-Awareness-Hero-2-492x324.jpg.webp 492w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"> <\/i> <\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title title--xxl font font--roboto-slab font--light\">Recruiting Scam Awareness<\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mediavine has received reports of someone pretending to be a Mediavine employee or recruiter in an apparent attempt to steal sensitive information or money by offering \u201cfreelance employment\u201d on behalf of Mediavine. <strong>Mediavine has no involvement with these attempts.<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What does this mean?<\/b><br \/> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A person or group not affiliated with Mediavine appears to be posting freelance job opportunities, sometimes impersonating Mediavine employees in an apparent attempt to convey legitimacy to the fraudulent job listing. Persons or groups engaged in this behavior have been offering fraudulent employment opportunities to applicants and are often asking for sensitive personal and financial information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">These impersonators are sending messages, typically via UpWork, Freelancer, Telegram, Fiverr, Workana, WhatsApp or others to solicit fake job opportunities and set up \u201cinterviews\u201d with people not employed by Mediavine. In some cases, they issue fake contracts containing Mediavine\u2019s trademark registered logo used without permission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This type of fraud is normally carried out through online services such as false websites, or through emails using fake email addresses claiming to be from the company. They often request that recipients provide personal information and\/or make payments as part of their fraudulent recruiting process.\u00a0 In some instances, the impersonator requests financial information so that a \u201cportal\u201d may be created for payment.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These attempts are made with the intent to defraud \u2014 if you receive such a message, please do not engage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>What Should I Look For?<br \/> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mediavine does not currently and has no plans to solicit for work on any \u201cgig\u201d platforms like UpWork or Freelancer, and will never communicate via Telegram, WhatsApp or any other chat program outside of mediavine.com itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will only receive communication regarding jobs at Mediavine from email addresses ending in mediavine.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you have a question that was not answered here, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:recruitinginquiry@mediavine.com\">recruitinginquiry@mediavine.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mediavine will never ask for any financial commitment from a candidate as a pre-employment <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">requirement. Mediavine will never ask for your personal financial or banking information or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">require any financial commitment as a part of our candidate search or application process. Mediavine will not ask you to make any payments or provide financial information to create a \u201cportal\u201d for payments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mediavine will not ask you to purchase equipment or supplies as a part of your onboarding if <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you are hired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>I have received an email about a job opportunity at Mediavine even though I didn\u2019t apply. What should I do?<br \/> <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the email came from a mediavine.com email address (always double-check), it\u2019s probably the real deal!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It means we\u2019re reaching out because we\u2019d love to talk to you more about a career opportunity. That said, if you are still unsure about the legitimacy of any job opportunity, please feel free to contact us at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:recruitinginquiry@mediavine.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recruitinginquiry@mediavine.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to confirm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Mediavine job opportunities will be listed on our official career site: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mediavine.com\/careers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.mediavine.com\/careers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b><\/b><br \/> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recruiting Scam Awareness Mediavine has received reports of someone pretending to be a Mediavine employee or recruiter in an apparent attempt to steal sensitive information or money by offering \u201cfreelance employment\u201d on behalf of Mediavine. 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