We built JobScamScore because we watched talented, qualified people lose weeks — sometimes months — to fake job postings. Resume submissions vanishing into the void. Interviews with "recruiters" who were never real. In the worst cases, money wired to scammers and personal details handed to identity thieves. We decided to build the tool we wished existed.
JobScamScore's mission is to give every job seeker — regardless of background, location, or technical ability — instant, reliable information about whether a job posting is real or a scam. The job market is complex enough. You shouldn't have to be a fraud investigator on top of everything else.
According to the FTC, employment fraud costs Americans hundreds of millions of dollars each year. The BBB found that 1 in 3 people who encountered a job scam lost money, with a median loss of $1,500. The problem is getting worse as AI tools let scammers produce convincing fake postings at scale. We are building to get ahead of that.
JobScamScore is an AI-powered verification tool that cross-checks any job posting against multiple data sources in real time:
We have a zero-tolerance policy for false certainty. We will never tell you a job is definitively safe if we can't verify it — and we won't generate scary warnings about legitimate jobs. Our system is designed to surface evidence and let you make an informed decision, not to replace your judgment.
Every flag we surface comes with a reason and a source. We're transparent about what we checked, what we found, and what we couldn't verify. No black boxes.
We are actively working to exceed 98% detection accuracy across diverse job types, industries, and geographies — including non-English postings and international scam patterns. We test continuously against known scam cases and update our models as fraud tactics evolve.
We have no commercial relationship with job boards or employers. Our incentive is accurate detection, not volume.
We do not sell your job search data. You can scan jobs without creating an account. We take privacy seriously in a category where it matters.
Our detection logic is informed by FTC guidance, BBB scam research, FBI IC3 reports, and publicly documented fraud cases.
Job scam tactics evolve weekly. We monitor scam pattern databases, community reports, and regulatory updates to keep our detection current.
Have questions, found a scam we missed, or want to report a new fraud pattern? We read every message.