Is This Job Offer from Hays Recruitment for Dick Smith a Scam?

mrvaluepack on 25/04/2023 - 18:03
Last edited 25/04/2023 - 19:20 by 1 other user

Got an unsolicited message on whatsapp today about someone from hays recruitment offering a job. Had some free time today since it was a public holiday and decided to play along. After some discussions, she referred me to this website: https://dicksmith.online

Wanted me to sign up and provided a referral code. Not sure what the jobs involves but ive copied what they wrote below:

The job here is relatively simple, our job is to help merchants to improve the visibility and sales of their products, due to the current fierce competition in the e-commerce shopping market, the sales of many products are very low, Dick Smith joint sellers, hired us to optimize the data of their products, we only need to click on the platform to enhance 30 boost, submitted to the merchants, each data we can earn 0.5% of the value of that data.

We complete 30 boost per day on the platform provided by Dick Smith , each data earns 0.5% and you can withdraw your salary when you complete all the boost

It only takes 30-60 minutes to click boost 30 mission and you can earn 80-120 AUD per day (Excluding basic salary).

We simply submit the data for the products we distribute on the platform with one click. After that, the system automatically generates ratings for the products and recommends them to the right marketplaces

The thing is after doing some checks, this website seems legit? Still not sure what you're suppose to be doing. Is this a scam? Has anyone else been proposition with this job as well? If so, please kindly explain wtf you're supposed to be doing. Thanks.

Note: this is a scam.

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Comments

  • grog on 25/04/2023 - 18:08
    +11

    Smells like a scam/spam give us all your money…..

    Probably give us all your money…

    • mrvaluepack on 25/04/2023 - 18:10
      -3

      Never asked for money yet. Also if you check out the website against viruses and scam alerts. It checks out ok and seems to come from same info and locations as dicksmith.com.au. Thats why im a bit confused if this legit.

      • freefall101 on 25/04/2023 - 18:13
        +13

        Why would dicksmith pay people to boost merchants on their own platform? And if they were, why would they bother signing up dicksmith.info, why not just use .com.au?

        • mrvaluepack on 25/04/2023 - 18:14

          What does "boosting merchants" involve? Not sure. Same reason why when you apply for a job with a company its on different recruitment website and not on their main site.

          • freefall101 on 25/04/2023 - 18:18
            +15

            @mrvaluepack: Usually they don't host that domain in Iceland though.

            They also don't block the real owner of their domains either.

            And boosting merchants is what the ad claims you'd be doing. Did you actually read any of this? Seriously, go get scammed then, it sounds like you need the lesson.

            • mrvaluepack on 25/04/2023 - 18:33
              -1

              @freefall101: Should've used this website to check. Thanks.

            • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 26/04/2023 - 07:50

              @freefall101: That doesn’t mean they’re based in Iceland. They have WHOIS protection on with their domain provided, this address and other details are about their domain provider not their address.

              • freefall101 on 26/04/2023 - 10:29
                +1

                @WoodYouLikeSomeCash: I never said they were, the point is that it’s supposedly a large Australian company not hosting it with legit details in Australia.

                Dick Smith has no need to put on WHOIS protection. A scammer, however, does.

                • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 26/04/2023 - 16:22

                  @freefall101:

                  the point is that it’s supposedly a large Australian company not hosting it with legit details in Australia.

                  Dick Smith has no need to put on WHOIS protection.

                  That’s incorrect. A WHOIS lookup on dick smith shows they hide their address details and do not publish them. It’s not uncommon for even large companies to not show their address as part of their domain registration.

                  Below is an extract from a WHOIS lookup for dick smith.

                  Domain Name: DICKSMITH.COM.AU
                  Registry Domain ID: D407400000002194698-AU
                  Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.auda.org.au
                  Registrar URL: https://www.cscdigitalbrand.services
                  Last Modified: 2023-04-19T05:08:46Z
                  Registrar Name: Corporation Service Company (Aust) Pty Ltd
                  Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
                  Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8887802723
                  Reseller Name:
                  Status: serverRenewProhibited https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#serverRenew…
                  Status Reason: Not Currently Eligible For Renewal

                  • freefall101 on 26/04/2023 - 16:37
                    +1

                    @WoodYouLikeSomeCash: Dick Smith (or Kogan, in this case) is not the registrar, they are the registrant. The registrar is the body that maintains the register. CSC is one of a couple of dozen certified registrars in Australia.

                    They are the registrant. And the details are listed as follows:

                    Registrant Contact ID: 2409688DB64E8863
                    Registrant Contact Name: Kogan IT Department
                    Registrant Contact Email: [email protected]
                    Tech Contact ID: 5665396DB63D9206
                    Tech Contact Name: Kogan IT Department
                    Tech Contact Email: [email protected]

                    Whereas for dicksmith.online it's

                    Registrant Organization: Privacy service provided by Withheld for Privacy ehf
                    Registrant State/Province: Capital Region
                    Registrant Country: IS
                    Registrant Email: Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact of the queried domain name.
                    Admin Email: Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact of the queried domain name.
                    Tech Email: Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact of the queried domain name.

      • gromit on 26/04/2023 - 21:38

        Of course they havent asked for money yet. They get the fish hooked first, then there will be multiple variations that require you to give them bank details for transaction or maybe pay the recruitment fee to release payment or pay for training material. Hell some people even get there bank accounts used to funnel money from other scam victims so you don't lose anything till the police eventually come knocking.

  • freefall101 on 25/04/2023 - 18:11
    +32

    Yes, it's a scam. There are more red flags here than I care to think about.

    Hays do not do this kind of crap, employers don't usually have to explain they pay in AUD in Australia, they don't advertise to randoms on Whatsapp, they can usually succeed in using basic grammar, you have to provide some kind of employment information and sign a contract to have a job in Australia… I could go on. It's definitely a scam.

    • mrvaluepack on 25/04/2023 - 18:16
      -8

      Yeah i wasnt questioning the legitimacy of whether that person was from hays or not. Im wondering about the legitimacy of the website and opportunity.

      • freefall101 on 25/04/2023 - 18:21
        +16

        When someone tries to sell you a bridge and it turns out they're lying, you generally assume that the bridge isn't actually for sale.

        It's a scam, the whole thing is a scam. Someone isn't fraudulently referring you to a real job opportunity.

        • djones145 on 25/04/2023 - 20:25
          +4

          damn i need a bridge
          ill pay u 1 million for it

          • Minimum chips on 26/04/2023 - 18:20
            +1

            @djones145: Would you be interested in rust proofing and an extended warranty as well? If you buy now, your first two services are free!

      • coffeeinmyveins on 26/04/2023 - 09:46
        +3

        Oh sweet summer child

      • dm02 on 28/04/2023 - 18:00

        You ask for OzBargain's opinion then dispute their response. Cool

  • randomusername2017 on 25/04/2023 - 18:15
    +1

    Sorry… What exactly looks legit about that website?¿…..

      • randomusername2017 on 25/04/2023 - 18:31
        +12

        It's only a week old .. give it time..

        US hosting, registrant from Iceland

      • xsacha on 26/04/2023 - 01:16
        +3

        I've seen this before. It's a new website every week or two.

        They'll also place you in to a fake WhatsApp group with people who have apparently made lots of money.

      • coffeeinmyveins on 26/04/2023 - 09:46
        +2

        Oh ok in that case give them your details.

        It's not even a .au registered domain.

      • futureminime on 26/04/2023 - 10:04
        +2

        Seems like you're the first person who should list it as a scam (if those sites have self reporting) and try to save other people who may not be sure.

  • Ughhh on 25/04/2023 - 18:16
    +6

    lol it even uses the same logo as the actual Dick Smith. DS was acquired by Kogan in 2016…
    You can always contact the real https://www.dicksmith.com.au/. Don't think it can be any more obvious.

  • Ozbargainite on 25/04/2023 - 18:16
    +1

    It's only a scam if you're not in on it.

  • deme on 25/04/2023 - 18:25
    +3

    For those that want to view it without clicking the link: https://urlscan.io/result/8094da03-c10e-46d5-84af-d6bbb572b2…

  • Wiadro on 25/04/2023 - 18:26
    +2

    its a scam

  • AustriaBargain on 25/04/2023 - 18:27
    +7

    Got an unsolicited message on whatsapp toda

    Yup, scam. Even if your phone number is your WhatsApp handle, the message still came from WhatsApp so it is 100% a scam.

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 25/04/2023 - 18:28
    +3

    Give them a go I say looks like easy money

    /s

  • deme on 25/04/2023 - 18:30
    +19

    Mate use your brain.

  • Master Bates on 25/04/2023 - 18:31
    +5

    As if Kogan would pay for this kind of service, he won't even refund your money for faulty items.

    • bdl on 26/04/2023 - 00:46
      +3

      Ruslan would SMS all the Kogan Mobile users instead: "Want job? Y/N" :)

  • FoxJump on 25/04/2023 - 18:33
    +4

    only read the title

    if you have to ask. it's a scam

  • randomusername2017 on 25/04/2023 - 18:39
    +1

    Dick Smith joint sellers

    Now there's an opportunity…

    • s1Lence on 26/04/2023 - 21:49

      Bro…. Good one 😂😂😂😂

  • GordonR on 25/04/2023 - 18:57
    +1

    Sign up and let us know what happens next…

  • MS Paint on 25/04/2023 - 19:07
    +8

    FFS

  • Marcsie on 25/04/2023 - 19:10

    Why bother ? lol 😂

  • Peter Enis on 25/04/2023 - 19:13
    +5

    Bwaaaahahahahaha. Seriously dude. Didn't have to read past the first line

    Got an unsolicited message on whatsapp today

  • Twix on 25/04/2023 - 19:18
    +4
    1. Unsolicited job offer on WhatsApp.
    2. Fake URL.
    3. Easy money in little time.

    Hays - Recruitment Scam Alert

    Scamwatch - Job Employment Scams

  • emblurr on 25/04/2023 - 19:24
    +3

    It's a scam. At some point you have to deposit money to keep the clicks going and then you lose it. Check back in week or so and the website will have disappeared

    • deme on 25/04/2023 - 19:37

      Obliviously a scam but:
      What clicks?

      • emblurr on 25/04/2023 - 20:03
        +2

        You have to click on products and you get cash added to your balance. But it needs existing balance to click on products. They put some in for you at the start. Eventually you run out and it needs more cash.

        • mrvaluepack on 25/04/2023 - 20:27
          -2

          Haha but can i get any out without depositing anything?

          • xsacha on 26/04/2023 - 01:20
            +5

            @mrvaluepack: No you need to hit '30' rounds first to cash out and it'll require a deposit to get there.

            I tried to withdraw money from the test account by modifying the JavaScript. It worked but no money ever comes through unfortunately.

            Obviously I never deposited money in to the account they gave me.

        • deme on 25/04/2023 - 20:28

          Click on products? That seems very weird.

          • emblurr on 25/04/2023 - 20:32
            +2

            @deme: It's known as 'task scam' Here's a recent article of a guy who lost $240k

            https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/costs/sydney-son-loses…

          • xsacha on 26/04/2023 - 01:29

            @deme: Extremely weird. The site looks like it is purposely bad too. No effort was made at all and it is extremely buggy.

            The idea that you could gain thousands by clicking your mouse a few times is so dumb I'm amazed it works.

            • mhz on 27/04/2023 - 19:52

              @xsacha: They are setup rather quickly as they are only online for a matter of weeks or maybe a month or two before they shut it down, rebrand with another well known company's branding and startup again with the same code, just different branding. It's always pretty bad graphics and code

  • st1ng on 25/04/2023 - 20:48
    +1

    Got an unsolicited message on whatsapp today about someone from hays recruitment

    It's a pretty safe bet that the person contacting you is not from Hays Recruitment. They are a reputable recruiting company, and definitely wouldn't contact someone on whatsapp out of the blue.

  • AngoraFish on 25/04/2023 - 22:22

    Scam. Run away screaming.

  • xsacha on 26/04/2023 - 01:30
    +1

    The annoying thing is I've come across these but none of the cyber reporting sites care unless I'm a victim / have lost money.
    There should be a way to report the domains, Binance accounts and phone numbers so no one else gets tricked.

  • herecomestheoost on 26/04/2023 - 04:31

    :D

  • silo on 26/04/2023 - 08:37
    +4

    I get these on a weekly.. sometimes even daily. I respond to their unsolicited messages with unsolicited messages of my own. Usually "send nudes". It's fun to see them get annoyed

    • mrvaluepack on 26/04/2023 - 10:10

      Hehe, got any pics back from them? All of them have female names.

    • gromit on 26/04/2023 - 21:35

      I usually offer them my nude pics. Was busy when i got one today and responded "SORRY,all out of dick pics today try again tomorrow.

  • lew380 on 26/04/2023 - 08:40
    +1

    I think of these things this way. No one will pay you $100/hr to sit on a PC and do simple tasks, they will do that themselves. If a job like that does exist, they will tell their friends, not random you in WhatsApp.

    Don't know if it's a scam, but 99.999999% sure that it is.

  • ThithLord on 26/04/2023 - 08:41
    -1

    Nah mate, no catch here. It's legit

  • netjock on 26/04/2023 - 09:39
    +2

    ot an unsolicited message on whatsapp today about someone from hays recruitment offering a job.

    Red flag right there. Stop there. Block and report.

    You could always just waste their time using the bait and switch. Get them frustrated with trying to get money out of you. Only if you got time because in theory it will take them longer to scam someone else and hope they get caught while you are taking up their time.

  • coffeeinmyveins on 26/04/2023 - 09:45

    Lol, yes.

    The key giveaway is that this isn't for DickSmith. DickSmith is .com.au, this is .online, completely different.

    It's a scam.

  • Wiede on 26/04/2023 - 10:11
    +1

    Any mass unsolicited job offers via whatsapp are scams. Key word: mass. Unless it is a headhunting type offer where the recruiter actually know you and even then they usually try to reach via linkedin or even facebook.

  • numloxx on 26/04/2023 - 10:21
    +1

    Yes. Dick Smith as a company went bust a decade ago. They were bought out by Kogan but they don't have stores. Their website is dick Smith dot com dot au.

  • tabitha731 on 26/04/2023 - 11:37

    in general is a recruiter reaches out to me, and i haven't submitted a recent job application to them, i just hang up or ignore their email. recruiters by large are a dodgy bunch

  • Brendoo on 26/04/2023 - 14:57

    I’ve also received Hays spam in WhatsApp. Never dealt with them before, never signed up for anything with them, never given them my CV. Not looking for a job. Just getting unsolicited WhatsApp messages from someone claiming to be from Hays and offering work. I ignored it. If it was LinkedIn I’d understand, but not random messages on WhatApp.

  • Windows98 on 26/04/2023 - 18:53

    Now that you know this is a scam.. please remove the link.

    Even without entering any information, fake data harvesting websites can get a bunch of information about the people who click the link and just view the web page. Save the OB community from having their data harvested.

    • fredk1000 on 26/04/2023 - 23:17

      Oh no, I clicked, I have been harvested.

      • randomusername2017 on 27/04/2023 - 07:40

        Was it waking up in the ice bath that gave it away….

  • OZKap on 26/04/2023 - 19:29
    +1

    Got an unsolicited message on whatsapp

    Yes it's a scam.

  • ceroau on 26/04/2023 - 20:54
    +2

    Mate, no one is going to pay you to click on links. It is super easy to program bots to visit pages/click on links whatever. Furthermore clicking links would not have any impact on "boosting the optimization of their product submissions" or whatever they were on about even if it was such a thing(it isn't). Digital Marketing strategies and therefore optimizations have evolved way beyond some sort of over simplistic algorithm like "more clicks = more sales".

    If you're that hard up for a job go look up telemarketing and customer service/tech support jobs in call centres on seek. You'd be surprised by just how many call centres still have human operators and how many still operate from within this country like yeah you may still get old Mate Yusuf who may originally be from Karachi, Pakistan and barely speaks understandable English but he is likely a permanent resident working out of North Ryde or Parramatta or some shit. Those kind of jobs also have a super lower qualification bar and they have a high turn over so they're always looking for new people. FYI they're soul crushing kind of jobs so prepare for a pointless grind but it ain't any more soul crushing than being so desperate that you allow yourself to believe it possible to discover a legitimate way to earn money via a whatapps scam.

  • PleasureMe on 26/04/2023 - 23:44

    Are you for real??? My elderly mother who can barely use the internet would be able to tell this is a scam. The website looks so fake it's laughable, but that aside… in what world do you think you would receive a legitimate job offer via a random whatsapp message from someone who does not know you??? like really?? just have a think about that for 5 mins or so and tell me if you believe that this ever happens in the real world?

    My mind is blown. No wonder so many people get scammed. I always wonder how scammers get away with scamming so many people. Now I know.

  • T1OOO on 27/04/2023 - 01:13

    Watch out for the king of Nigeria too

  • ColonelSanders on 27/04/2023 - 07:13
    +1

    So you’re telling me the unsolicited message from the horny MILF in my area is also a scam?! Say it ain’t so!

  • idonotknowwhy on 27/04/2023 - 07:59

    Anyone got a valid referral code?
    It won't let me submit the form without one…

    • mrvaluepack on 27/04/2023 - 11:24

      Got one from the chat but i deleted and reported it to whatsapp so i cant see it anymore.

      • mhz on 27/04/2023 - 19:54

        WhatsApp does nothing about these scammers. I've reported several of them and they are still online and running their scams

  • twotwotwo on 27/04/2023 - 09:49
    +5

    Hey dude,

    this is one of those task scams. I have been involved in them. What they do is ask you to click on things and you get money, usually in the form of USDT. Then there will be a task that requires you to deposit USDT into your account to proceed. This will likely work the first few times then you will hit these bonus tasks that requires more and more USDT deposits into the account. Once deposited you can proceed to another click then you will be hit with a requirement to deposit more. The goal is to get you to deposit so much that you are invested that you will deposit more to try and get your money out. However, no matter how much you deposit you can never get it out. They will cut all contact and you will be left crying. They will invite you to a telegram or whatsapp group that has people telling you how much money they make. Complete BS.

    • mrvaluepack on 27/04/2023 - 11:25

      Thanks for the info. Did you lose anything?

      • twotwotwo on 27/04/2023 - 12:25
        +2

        No because I became smarter, got to the point of when it would ask me to deposit and just asked my recruiter to deposit for me and she refused. It is almost always a profile with a pretty girl profile pic. I have also has experience in the chinese forex investment scam. Made a bit from it. The scam is a butchering pig scam. They eventually get you to deposit yourmoney into this account and trade on their platform but the platform is controlled by them and if you try to withdraw they either don't let you withdraw or charge ridiculous fees. They invite you to a wechat group and gives you signals on when to buy and sell. now they will be accurate at the start and everyone will post their wins of hundreds of thousands of dollars so you up you lot value because you trade on leverage. How I made money was not to trade on their platform but create an account on OANDA and just use the signals and trade there.

      • mhz on 27/04/2023 - 19:57

        I tried it and actually ripped of the scammers to the tune of $500AUD last week. I followed it through eager to find out where it led. I deposited some money that I was prepared to lose in order to find out more about it and then after the third day and them asking me to start depositing money in the thousands I pulled out and called them out on their scam.

  • Breno785au on 27/04/2023 - 11:19

    Anything that says you can earn up to $120/day sitting on your arse doing some random shit is a scam.

    • mrvaluepack on 27/04/2023 - 11:26
      -1

      I kinda make more than that at my real job sitting on my arse wfh. hahaha, so i was looking at maybe some easy additional income.

      • Breno785au on 27/04/2023 - 12:19

        Lol so do I, much more than that but the key term here is real job.

      • gromit on 27/04/2023 - 13:04
        +1

        It does provide easy additional income, FOR THEM.

  • johnfuller on 27/04/2023 - 11:35

    firstly, why would hays recruitment reach out to you via whatsapp?

    secondly, why would anyone pay a stupid amount of money for click missions? lol

    can you send the referral code i want to see where the registration page takes me and what they're asking ppl to do

  • Davo1111 on 27/04/2023 - 12:31
    +1

    Got an unsolicited message on whatsapp today

    Stopped reading there

  • Munki on 27/04/2023 - 12:44
    +3

    I've been getting them on WhatsApp and Telegram a lot.

    I just ask if they have time to talk about Jesus Christ. No response usually afterwards.

  • Tornadoman on 27/04/2023 - 16:29

    Run far away!

  • mhz on 27/04/2023 - 19:24

    100% scam, had someone recently try this on with me and I followed through with it to see what it was all about.
    I ended up contacting a site that writes about scams and you can read about my story here
    https://thecryptoadviser.co.uk/au-bloomreach-crypto-work-sca…

  • boredofficeworker on 27/04/2023 - 20:39

    I literally had a similar message from "Hays" recently that was the cherry on the cake for me, I deleted it and uninstalled WhatsApp (Not suggesting others follow suit, just had enough personally). As far as I'm concerned, if an app can't at least provide basic privacy such as control over who sends you messages (ie, only contacts list can send you direct messages) then it isn't worth the storage space.

  • Whit core on 14/07/2023 - 00:21
    +1

    Got this message from them

    The job here is relatively simple, our job is to help merchants increase the visibility and sales of their products. Due to the current competitive e-commerce shopping market, many products have very low sales, Kogan unites sellers and hires us to optimise the data of their products, we just need to click on the platform to boost 30 boosts and submit them to the merchant, we earn 0.5% of the value of that data per data.

  • Whit core on 14/07/2023 - 00:22

    We spend 30-60 minutes a day on Kogan providing a platform to complete 60 data boosts and earn 0.5% per data, with withdrawals available upon completion of all data.

    They said this

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