RECRUITMENT FRAUD
Recruitment fraud is a sophisticated scheme that can take on many forms. Here are some ways to identify a to watch out for.
Recruitment fraud is a sophisticated scheme that can take on many forms. Here are some ways to identify a to watch out for.
Recently, individuals and/or organizations have been impersonating Westlake employees or representatives by reaching out to potential job seekers. These ‘recruiting’ communications are scams and are NOT associated with Westlake’s recruitment process. Please do not provide any personal or financial information and do not send any money to anyone you do not know or whom you suspect of recruitment fraud.
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- Westlake will never ask you for your sensitive personal or financial information. (Information about your financial institution and/or bank account, driver’s license or passport information, or social security or identification number during the “recruitment” process.)
- Westlake will not offer to send you money as part of a “recruitment” process.
- Westlake does not solicit nor communicate with candidates, and will not interview candidates over any messaging or chat applications.
- Email and website domains other than ‘Westlake.com’ are fake domains and do not have any legitimate or official ties to Westlake.
You are not the only recipient of the email. Westlake will not send an
email about a job offer to
multiple people at
once.
They ask to continue the conversation by text. This makes the scam
harder to document. Conversations
about legitimate
offers should be conducted by email.
They ask for personal information in an email. Westlake job
opportunities require you to apply and
provide your personal
information in an official application, on the Westlake Talent website.
The email contains grammatical or spelling errors. A very common
attribute of scam emails is that they
do not bother to
spell check or grammar check their outgoing emails.
There is no contact information for the sender. Any legitimate email
from Westlake’s Human Resources or
Recruiting
department should have a signature line with their name, title, and contact information.