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Recruitment based scams on platforms like WhatsApp are getting smarter and more elaborate, and more dangerous.

Phred Steer
February 7, 2026

One of our TYP Group verified Candidates recently received an unsolicited WhatsApp message impersonating a real agency, promising £500 to £1,000 per day for 60 to 90 minutes’ work.

This isn’t recruitment.

It’s data scraping & impersonation and it’s often the first step in a wider chain of fraud.

And if you’re thinking these practices are just small crimes committed by small-time criminals, think again. Here is an example of how these tactics are being used in large-scale human trafficking and slavery crimes to grow these scam networks. 👉 What the Hell Is Happening in Cambodia? | AB Explained

At TYP Group, we’re committed to drawing a hard line:

❌ No scraped data
❌ No resale of candidate details
❌ No anonymous or unverified outreach

Even “low-level” scraping fuels the same ecosystem used by serious criminals.
If we disrupt the early stages, we limit the harm further up the chain.

Recruitment should be human, consent-led, and trusted, so when a candidate gets a #WhatsApp message, they know it’s real.

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