This one is a bit weird to me. I have been applying to random remote jobs through LinkedIn, and I got a response back for a Front-End Developer. I didn't use the Easy Apply on this job and I am not too sure I even applied. I may have applied on a 3rd party job board.
The company is N2Force. (n2force.com) When I research the company, they have a physical location that I verified with street view. The company itself looks to have an annual revenue of 5 million and it may be a proxy to get H1B visas for Indians. They have been in business for a number of years. When I click through their site, a couple of the links don't work, and they are speaking in corporate jargon. The person who emailed me was using a Hotmail account and wished to conduct an interview by email. This was a huge red flag. The questions looked like things you would see for a front-end developer. Then after they accepted me, a person with an email attached to their domain n2force.com contacted me with the offer letter which seems pretty standard. When I looked into this person, it looked like they were a staffing agency and were placing applicants with various companies. To me this makes sense, kind of like a cheaper version of Revature or a way to secure visas for Indians. What really didn't make sense was the pay. It said $20 in training, a re-evaluation if you meet the standards, then $75 an hour. The $75 would be way too much for a non-senior Front-End Developer. They also are going to send money to setup a remote office.
I am 95% certain it's a scam. There is a slim chance they are a work force supplier. I am not too sure what type of scam. It may be an Identity Theft Scam, but they haven't asked for anything that could be used for that yet. It may be a check scam.
The company is N2Force. (n2force.com) When I research the company, they have a physical location that I verified with street view. The company itself looks to have an annual revenue of 5 million and it may be a proxy to get H1B visas for Indians. They have been in business for a number of years. When I click through their site, a couple of the links don't work, and they are speaking in corporate jargon. The person who emailed me was using a Hotmail account and wished to conduct an interview by email. This was a huge red flag. The questions looked like things you would see for a front-end developer. Then after they accepted me, a person with an email attached to their domain n2force.com contacted me with the offer letter which seems pretty standard. When I looked into this person, it looked like they were a staffing agency and were placing applicants with various companies. To me this makes sense, kind of like a cheaper version of Revature or a way to secure visas for Indians. What really didn't make sense was the pay. It said $20 in training, a re-evaluation if you meet the standards, then $75 an hour. The $75 would be way too much for a non-senior Front-End Developer. They also are going to send money to setup a remote office.
I am 95% certain it's a scam. There is a slim chance they are a work force supplier. I am not too sure what type of scam. It may be an Identity Theft Scam, but they haven't asked for anything that could be used for that yet. It may be a check scam.