Identifying Recruiting Fraud

Recruitment fraud is a technique used by scammers to trick job seekers via fake job postings, websites, and email accounts. These fraudsters may impersonate recruiters or technical professionals to extend fraudulent job offers. These scams may include unsolicited outreach, interviews conducted on unofficial platforms, or requests for personal or financial information. If you have been contacted by anyone representing themselves as SMX and are concerned about their legitimacy, please contact [email protected].

The SMX hiring process follows industry best practices and will never:

• Request that you apply for a position via a non-SMX site or non-SMX email domain. Authentic recruiting communications will come from verified company email domains and correspond to roles posted on our official careers page.
• Email you from “free-mail” providers (like Gmail).
• Send an offer of employment without a formal interview process.
• Offer to send you payment before doing any work.
• Ask you for money for equipment or a background investigation. Interview travel and other expense reimbursement should be discussed in advance with your recruiter.
• Request payment, banking details, or sensitive personal information during the interview process. In some instances, we are required to validate U.S. Government Security Clearance status. In this case, an authorized talent acquisition representative will contact you directly to securely obtain your personally identifiable information prior to an offer.

If you believe you have been the target of recruitment fraud, report your claim to reportfraud.ftc.gov and call your non-emergency local police department to report a fraud/scam.

SMX does not assume liability for recruitment fraud. For more information on how to spot job scams, review the guidelines provided by the FTC here: ftc.gov/jobscams.