There have been instances of fraudulent job offers misrepresenting Baker Hughes in the market. People have been offered fake jobs with Baker Hughes or asked for payment to apply for a position. Only positions posted to the Baker Hughes Careers website are valid and legitimate. Baker Hughes takes this matter seriously. By making you aware of this, we hope to avoid, and ultimately prevent, unsuspecting individuals from falling victim to this scam.
What is Recruitment fraud?
Recruitment fraud is a sophisticated scam offering fictitious job opportunities. This type of fraud is normally perpetrated through online services such as bogus websites, or through unsolicited e-mails claiming to be from the company. These emails request that recipients provide personal information, and ultimately payments, to process applications for jobs that do not exist.
How to identify Recruitment fraud?
1. The perpetrators will often ask recipients to complete bogus recruitment documentation, such as application forms, terms and conditions of employment or visa forms. The Baker Hughes name and logo is often featured on the documentation without authority.
2. There is an early request for personal information such as address details, date of birth, CV, passport details, bank details, etc.
3. Candidates are requested to contact other companies/individuals such as lawyers, bank officials, travel agencies, courier companies, visa/immigration processing agencies, etc.
4. E-mail correspondence is often sent from (or to) free web-based e-mail accounts such as Yahoo.com, Yahoo.co.uk, Gmail.com, Googlemail.com, Live.com, etc.
5. Email correspondence appears to be sent from an officer or senior executive of the Company, often in Legal or Human Resources. If the email address doesn’t end with “@bakerhughes.com" it most likely is not legitimate.
6. The perpetrators frequently use mobile or platform telephone numbers beginning with +44(0)70 instead of official company numbers.
7. The perpetrators may even offer to pay a large percentage of the fees requested and ask the candidate to pay the remaining amount.
8. There is an insistence on urgency.
What should YOU do if you receive such an email or if an acquaintance forwards such an email to you?
Do's ...
Send an note with details on the fraudulent message to careers@bakerhughes.com
Keep the fraudulent message for further investigations
Don't's ...
Do not engage with original sender
Do not forward the fraudulent email
By making you aware of these fraudulent schemes, we hope to keep you from being victimized, and ultimately to stop these schemes from being perpetrated against others.
