Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) If you have received a suspicious text message recently saying there is a job opening, likely this is a scam.
These messages are telling you that your resume is a good match for their company, sometimes offering a remote position with lots of benefits. They may even ask that you reach out to them on WhatsApp.
The Better Business Bureau advises anyone who receives a message to look at the email or phone number these messages are coming from. If it does not match the company the person says they are from, then it is probably a scam.
“Delete them, ignore them, don’t respond to them. The main thing is once you respond to an email or text, even if its stop … you’re letting that texter know that they’ve got a live number,” said Tony Binkley, president and CEO of BBB Greater East Tennessee.
The BBB says the person’s ultimate goal is to get you to respond, so the best thing you can do is not respond and delete these messages.
