{"id":9962,"date":"2022-03-07T09:42:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T09:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/?p=9962"},"modified":"2022-07-07T11:39:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T11:39:01","slug":"fraud-alert-beware-of-scammers-and-stay-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fraud-alert-beware-of-scammers-and-stay-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraud Alert: Beware of scammers and stay safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_45_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" area-label=\"ez-toc-toggle-icon-1\"><label for=\"item-69f33327b33a9\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><input  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-69f33327b33a9\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fraud-alert-beware-of-scammers-and-stay-safe\/#What_to_do_if_you_are_contacted\" title=\"What to do if you are contacted\">What to do if you are contacted<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fraud-alert-beware-of-scammers-and-stay-safe\/#Our_security_has_not_been_affected\" title=\"Our security has not been affected\">Our security has not been affected<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We recently received information about a scam, in which individuals are being contacted with job offers\u00a0<strong>by imposters\u00a0falsely using the name of Kolabtree<\/strong>\u00a0in return for fees. Fraudulent users posing as Kolabtree \u201crecruiters\u201d are using marketplaces (primarily Fiverr) to reach out to freelancers, asking them to communicate further on social media\/messaging apps (primarily Telegram).<\/p>\n<p>Please note that:<\/p>\n<ul data-border=\"0\" data-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li data-stringify-border=\"0\" data-stringify-indent=\"0\"><strong>We ask for payments to be processed ONLY through your Kolabtree account on the secure https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com domain.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-stringify-border=\"0\" data-stringify-indent=\"0\"><strong>We NEVER ask for payment through third-party payment apps like Skrill to be completed outside the Kolabtree platform.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"null\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_to_do_if_you_are_contacted\"><\/span><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\">What to do if you are contacted<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Please make sure you conduct all activity through your secure Kolabtree account on\u00a0<strong>https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>If you are contacted by someone outside of the platform offering you a job, please do not respond.<\/strong>\u00a0If you are unsure about the authenticity of any emails\/communication from people claiming to represent Kolabtree, reach out to\u00a0<strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"mailto:contact@kolabtree.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"menu\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-stringify-link=\"mailto:contact@kolabtree.com\">contact@kolabtree.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to confirm its validity.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"null\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Our_security_has_not_been_affected\"><\/span><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Our security has not been affected<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>We\u2019d like to reassure you that this message does not relate to any infiltration of our security systems or customer information.\u00a0<\/strong>This message is simply to help keep you safe from fraud.<\/p>\n<p>For any questions, please get in touch at\u00a0<a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"mailto:contact@kolabtree.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"menu\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-stringify-link=\"mailto:contact@kolabtree.com\">contact@kolabtree.com<\/a>\u00a0and we\u2019re happy to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently received information about a scam, in which individuals are being contacted with job offers\u00a0by imposters\u00a0falsely using the name of Kolabtree\u00a0in return for fees. Fraudulent users posing as Kolabtree \u201crecruiters\u201d are using marketplaces (primarily Fiverr) to reach out to freelancers, asking them to communicate further on social media\/messaging apps (primarily Telegram). Please note that:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fraud-alert-beware-of-scammers-and-stay-safe\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[317,654],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.1 (Yoast SEO v20.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fraud Alert: Beware of scammers and stay safe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fraud-alert-beware-of-scammers-and-stay-safe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fraud Alert: Beware of scammers and stay safe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We recently received information about a scam, in which individuals are being contacted with job offers\u00a0by imposters\u00a0falsely using the name of Kolabtree\u00a0in return for fees. 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