Recruitment fraud notice

We are aware that people have been contacted with fake offers of employment from individuals claiming to represent CorVel and may be using CorVel’s name and logo to assume our identity.

If you believe you have received a suspicious email, please fill out this web form to let us know:  Contact Us | CorVel.

What is recruitment fraud?

Recruitment fraud can take many different forms but most often looks like scammers posting jobs that don’t exist, or reaching out to potential job seekers to offer employment, with the overall goal of getting money or personal data to be used for identity theft.  Targets eager to obtain employment may fall victim to these schemes by filling out false new hire paperwork or providing these scammers sensitive information.

Targets may be contacted via false email accounts, via text message, Teams, Skype, Zoom, or other meeting services, or may be contacted via false social media accounts such as LinkedIn.  Scammers may direct their victims to provide information on false websites or false job postings. Often, company logos or employee names are used to try to convey legitimacy.

Signs to look out for that might indicate recruitment fraud:

• The message is not addressed to you personally.
• The message sender is using a free email address such as Yahoo, Live, Hotmail or Gmail.
• You have been contacted exclusively through text messages or social media accounts (not by phone, email or video interview)
• Receiving unsolicited communications and/or offers for jobs you did not apply for.
• Being asked to provide sensitive identification details – like your date of birth, bank details or a copy of your passport or driver’s license. Genuine employers won’t need these details until they have made a formal job offer and you have signed the offer letter.
• Being asked to send money to pay for things such as: computer equipment, training materials, travel to an interview or job location, background checks, etc.  If you are being asked for money – no matter what the reason given – you are being scammed.
• Being asked to deposit a check to pay for your own equipment.
• Being offered a role without anyone seeing your resume, or without having undergone an interview.
• The salary is way more than you would normally earn, or the offer details seem too good to be true.
• A badly written message full of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes.
• The job description is not clear and doesn’t ask for specific skills, qualifications or previous experience.
• Getting viruses or malware on your computer or mobile devices through attachments or links in the job posting or other communications.
• Prompting users to try to log into fake accounts; similar to phishing schemes where scammers then record the information entered on the fake site and use it to log into the real account.

Tips to validate CorVel’s recruiting practices

Verify the email address

CorVel employees conduct email communications via the following domains:  @corvel.com, @symbeo.com & @ceris.com. We will never use Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail or any other non-official email account to communicate with potential candidates.

Formal interview process

CorVel does not extend job offers to candidates without first undergoing a formal interview process.  In most cases that will entail a telephone interview at a minimum, but sometimes there may be variations to this process, such as an in-person interview, a video interview, or other alternatives that may be needed as an accommodation or as desired by the hiring manager.

We won’t ask for money

CorVel never requests money from candidates who seek employment with us. We will not ask for any form of payment as part of the recruitment process for equipment, visa fees, taxes, background checks or travel expenses.

Legitimate information regarding career opportunities

Our job postings can be found on our website at https://www.corvel.com/careers

Please know that our jobs are listed on many partnering third party job boards. However, if you are suspicious of the job listing, you can validate the posting here on our website.

What should I do if I receive a suspicious job scam email?

If you believe you have received a suspicious email, please fill out this web form to let us know:  Contact Us | CorVel.

The FBI is encouraging anyone that may have been contacted by these fraudulent job recruiters to submit a complaint online at the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

In addition, you can also forward the email you received to the fraud department of the email provider hosting the scammers email address, and request the account be closed:

Yahoo (Ymail etc.): Report abuse or spam on Yahoo | Yahoo Help – SLN26401

Google mail (Gmail etc.): Avoid and report phishing emails – Gmail Help (google.com)

Hotmail (Live mail etc.): Phishing and suspicious behaviour – Microsoft Support

If you have already disclosed your bank details or received funds into your account, you should contact your bank immediately.

Protect yourself from online job scams

The following security practices are recommended to safeguard your accounts:

• Change your passwords on other online services, if you re-use the same password.
• Enable multi-factor authentication and other available security measures provided by your other online services.
• Be aware of potential phishing emails and telephone calls from businesses or institutions requesting your personal details.
• Avoid opening attachments from unknown senders via email or social media.
• Install anti-virus software and keep it updated.
• Apply all recommended software patches from operating system and software providers.

Your best defense against Internet job scams

Do a search on the company name. Compare what you find to the information sent to you. Visit the company’s website. Check the URL, or web address of the company – does it match exactly with what you have been sent? Scammers will often use a different variation of the website address.

• Until you have done your research and know for sure the employer and job are legitimate, you should not:
  • Use any contact information in the job posting or on the website.
  • Share your personal or financial details with anyone you do not know.
  • Register a resume or set up a profile.
  • Respond to unsolicited business propositions and/or offers of employment from people you do not know.
  • Do not engage in further communication if you believe the communication may be fraudulent.

Where do I go for more information?

The FBI is encouraging anyone that may have been contacted by these fraudulent job recruiters to submit a complaint on-line at the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)