Payment before anything else
Legitimate recruitment for Europe is paid by the employer. A request for money to "process" your application is the single clearest sign of fraud.
Stay safe
Recognise a fake job offer before it costs you
Fraudsters target people looking for work abroad because the stakes are high and the process is unfamiliar. This page gives you a simple checklist and a way to report suspicious contact.
What Armenian Workers will never do
- Sell a job offer, a "reservation" or a place in a queue.
- Ask you to pay money to a personal bank account, card or mobile wallet.
- Promise a guaranteed job, work permit, visa or departure date.
- Tell you to travel on a tourist visa and arrange papers later.
- Contact you from a personal social-media account claiming to be "the manager".
- Ask for your passport scan or bank details in a first message.
Warning signs of a fake offer
Guarantees
Nobody can guarantee a job, a permit or a visa. Employers decide hiring; government authorities decide immigration.
No employer, no written terms
If you cannot be told who the employer is, what the contract says and what will be deducted, there is no real vacancy.
Pressure and urgency
"Only three places left, pay today." Real vacancies have deadlines, but they are never used to rush you into paying.
Tourist visa "for now"
Working on a tourist visa is illegal, can lead to deportation and an entry ban, and leaves you without any protection.
Unusual channels
Messages from personal accounts, unverifiable phone numbers, or a website that is a copy of a real company.
How to check whether an offer is genuine
- Ask for the employer's legal name, registration number and address, then look them up in the official business register of that country.
- Ask for the full written terms: gross pay, deductions, hours, accommodation, contract type.
- Check the vacancy on our website. If it is not here, it is not ours, whatever a message says.
- Confirm the contact channel through the details on this website, not through the details in the message.
- Take time. Show the offer to someone you trust. A genuine offer does not disappear because you asked questions.
If someone claims to be Armenian Workers
Our official contact channels are listed on this website only. We do not run recruitment from personal social-media accounts and we never ask for payment.
If you receive a suspicious message using our name, report it below. We investigate every report and publish warnings when needed.
Report a suspicious message or impersonation
Report a suspicious message or impersonation
Use this form if someone claiming to represent Armenian Workers asked you for money, promised a guaranteed job or visa, or contacted you from a suspicious account. You can report anonymously.
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Thank you for reporting this. Reports help us warn other candidates. We will investigate and, where appropriate, publish a warning.
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