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The free tool below runs entirely in this browser — no account, nothing stored or transmitted. Redact anything you would not want kept before you type it.
Open the companion tool →Why polish is no longer the tell
A fake job post used to reveal itself through typos and stiff English. AI generation has removed that tell: the prose is now fluent and recruiter-like by default. What still separates a real posting from a scam is behavior, not grammar.
Legitimate employers do not ask you to buy your own equipment through a specific vendor, receive and forward payments, or provide bank or identity details before an interview. Those requests are the reading that matters.
The protocol
- Paste the posting or recruiter message without adding your Social Security number, bank details, or a copy of your ID.
- Read the marker basis. One marker is not a verdict; several markers that touch your money or identity are a reason to stop.
- Reply with the generated request for a real interview on an official channel — never pay, receive, or forward anything first.
- If you already sent money or identity details, contact your bank and report at ReportFraud.ftc.gov; freeze your credit at IdentityTheft.gov if needed.
What the tool does
Paste a job posting or recruiter message and get a red-flag reading with each marker's basis, plus a reply that asks for a real interview on a real channel. It runs in this browser; nothing is sent or stored.
Limit first: This is a job-search aid, not a fraud investigation service. It can miss a pattern and it can flag an ordinary posting. A clean reading never proves a job is real.
Open the companion tool →One human next step
Report the posting to the job platform, and file a report with the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov; the FTC's Job Scams page lists the exact patterns.
Research log and safety checks
AI-assist path: not used for a verdict. This artifact is an inspectable behavior check; a remote model would add an opaque classification where the reader needs to see which request is the problem. §6.10: not a frontier-pace topic.
§0.5 protection result: category is scam-fraud-defense; crisis-adjacent: no; fear/urgency/scarcity toolkit used: no. The protective function is free and the paid feature is convenience only.