Scan a job posting for scam signals
Paste the job text you received and Nitshield scores it and explains every flag it finds.
What is the Job & Scam Analyzer?
Employment fraud follows recognisable patterns. A recruiter contacts you through a messaging app, the role is remote and unusually well paid, the interview happens entirely over chat, and at some point you are asked to pay for equipment, training or a background check — or to receive money and forward it on. Individually these details can look ordinary; together they form a profile that is very different from a legitimate hiring process.
The Nitshield Job & Scam Analyzer checks an advert, message or offer against that profile. It looks at how the employer is identified, how contact is being made, what is being asked of you before any contract exists, the pay and payment terms, the urgency in the language, and the specific requests — bank details, identity documents, up-front fees, personal cryptocurrency transfers — that legitimate employers do not make at that stage.
You get a risk level, the individual red flags that produced it and an explanation of why each one matters, so you can make your own decision rather than trusting a number. The analyzer works on text you paste in, which means you can check something suspicious before you reply, before you send a document, and long before any money moves.
At a glance
- Checks adverts, recruiter messages and offer letters
- Explains every red flag instead of just scoring it
- Highlights up-front payment and data-harvesting requests
- Runs before you reply, share documents or send money
How Nitshield works
Four steps between a suspicious message and an informed decision.
Diagram: job information is analysed for risk, red flags are listed, and a safety score is produced.
Paste the job information
The advert, recruiter message, offer text or whatever you were sent.
Risk analysis
The text is checked against known fraud patterns in identity, contact, payment and urgency.
Red flags
Each warning sign is listed separately, with the reason it matters in a real hiring process.
Safety score
A summary risk level plus the next verification steps you should take yourself.
What you get
Every scan returns evidence you can act on, not just a verdict.
A clear risk level
A summary rating that reflects how many high-severity fraud patterns were found in the text.
An itemised red-flag list
Each detected signal shown separately so you can judge whether it applies in your situation.
Explanations, not labels
Why an up-front fee, a personal email domain or a chat-only interview is a genuine warning sign.
Verification steps
Practical checks to run yourself: registry lookups, official domains, direct contact through the company's own site.
Pattern awareness
Recognise the same tactics next time, including reshipping, cheque overpayment and fake equipment purchases.
A pause before you act
A structured second opinion at the moment urgency is being used to push you into a decision.
How to get better results
Paste the full original text
Include the greeting, links, domains and sign-off. Contact details and urgency phrasing carry much of the signal.
Check the sending domain yourself
Legitimate recruiters usually write from the company domain. A free mailbox or a near-miss lookalike domain deserves scrutiny.
Verify the company independently
Search the registered company name, find its official site yourself, and contact it through details you found — never the ones in the message.
Treat any up-front payment as decisive
No legitimate employer asks you to pay for training, equipment, software or a background check to be hired.
Slow down when you are rushed
Artificial deadlines exist to stop you checking. A real offer survives a day of verification.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Sending identity documents, bank details or tax numbers before a verified offer and contract exist.
- Paying for training, equipment, a visa or a background check because the "employer" promises reimbursement.
- Accepting a job after an interview conducted entirely over chat, with no call and no verifiable person.
- Trusting a phone number, link or email address supplied inside the suspicious message itself.
- Receiving payments into your own account and forwarding them on — this is money laundering, whatever the story.
- Assuming a professional-looking logo, website or PDF offer letter proves the employer is real.
- Ignoring a salary far above the market rate for the role and experience described.
Who should use this tool?
Anyone approached with an offer that arrived faster or looked better than it should have.
Remote job seekers
Remote and work-from-home listings attract the highest volume of fraudulent postings.
Students and graduates
Early applicants who are targeted with internship, data-entry and reshipping schemes.
People contacted unexpectedly
Anyone who received a recruiter message on a messaging app without ever applying.
Freelancers
Independent workers dealing with unfamiliar clients and unverified payment arrangements.
Frequently asked questions
Limitations and disclaimer
This analyzer provides informational risk indicators only. It is not legal, financial or investigative advice, cannot confirm the legitimacy of any company or person, and should not be your only check. Always verify employers independently and report suspected fraud to the relevant authorities.