Beware of job board scams

The remote job board scam you need to know about

Not every website advertising remote jobs is what it claims to be. A growing number of platforms are using deceptive tactics to extract money from job seekers, people who are already in a vulnerable position looking for work. The most common pattern is a fake low entry price designed to get your credit card details, followed by charges you never agreed to and a support team that goes silent the moment you try to cancel.

This is not a hypothetical. We are seeing it happen right now, at scale, and the platform behind it is RemoteJobs.io.

What RemoteJobs.io is doing

RemoteJobs.io advertises $2.95 to access their job board. That teaser price exists for one reason: to get your credit card details through the door. Once they have it, users are charged significantly more than the advertised price, with $23.95 being the most commonly reported amount. When they try to cancel, there is no clear way to do it. When they contact support, nobody responds. And the charges keep coming.

We have received a large number of complaints directly, have seen the screenshots, and have found the same pattern repeated across public reviews online. This is not an isolated billing error. It is how the platform operates.

To be clear, Remote.io and RemoteJobs.io are completely separate platforms with no affiliation whatsoever. Users contact us by mistake because the names are similar, and that is how we became aware of how widespread this problem is.

What users are reporting

• Being advertised $2.95 to access the job board

• Finding charges of $23.95 or more on their statement

• No straightforward way to cancel from within the account

• Support requests going completely unanswered

• Recurring charges continuing even after attempting to cancel

What to do if this has happened to you

1. Do not wait for RemoteJobs.io to respond. Based on the volume of complaints we are seeing, it is unlikely to happen.

2. Contact your bank immediately. Report the charge, request a reversal, and ask them to block any future charges from this company.

3. Leave a review on Trustpilot or Google to warn other job seekers before they fall into the same trap.

How to spot a job board scam before it happens

• If a platform advertises one price and charges another, dispute it with your bank immediately

• Check Trustpilot and Google reviews before signing up to any platform you are not familiar with

• Read the full terms before entering payment details, not just the headline price

• If the cancellation process is not clearly explained upfront, that is a deliberate choice

• Be wary of any platform that makes it harder to leave than it was to sign up

Know before you pay

Job seeking is hard enough without being deceived along the way. Always know exactly what you are signing up for, what you will be charged, and how to cancel before you hand over your payment details to anyone.

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Editorial Team