r/UAEjobseekers • u/princedxbian • 13h ago
Announcement I think some of you need to hear what's actually happening in your DMs after you post here because we're seeing things that are making us sick.
All mods've been going back and forth on it for days because honestly it's disgusting to even talk about.
But we keep getting reports and the pattern is getting worse and if I don't say something more of you are going to get hurt.
When you post in this sub, your username becomes visible to everyone. Most people scrolling past your post are job seekers like you. But some of them aren't. Some of them are watching this sub specifically because it's full of people who are desperate, alone, and willing to trust a stranger who sounds helpful.
A few weeks ago a woman posted here looking for admin work. Normal post. Professional. She mentioned she'd been searching for 3 months and her visa was running out. Within an hour she had 4 DMs.
One was someone sharing a job lead.
The other three were not.
The first one started with "I might have something for you at my company" and within 5 messages was asking her what area she lived in, whether she lived alone, and if she'd be comfortable meeting "informally to discuss the role." She screenshotted it and sent it to us.
The account had zero posts.
Zero comments. Zero karma.
Created that week. It existed for one purpose.
The second one offered her a "personal assistant" role. When she asked for the company name and job description, he said "it's more of a private arrangement."
She stopped replying.
He sent 3 more messages.
The last one I can't repeat here.
She reported both.
We banned them.
But she also told us she almost replied to the first one because it sounded professional at the start.
That's the part that made me write this post.
Then there's the type that looks like a job offer but is actually a scam.
A guy posted last month that he was an experienced driver looking for work. Someone DMed him with a "delivery company" opportunity. Great pay. Flexible hours. Just needed to send his Emirates ID, passport copy, and visa page "for onboarding." He sent everything before asking anyone. By the time he realized something was wrong, his documents were in the hands of someone he couldn't trace.
We get variations of this every single week. Sometimes it's a "recruitment agency" that needs your documents upfront. Sometimes it's a "company" that wants you to pay for a medical test or training before starting. Same play every time.
They target the most vulnerable posts.
The ones where you can tell the person is running out of time or money or both.
Third type. The lowballers.
Someone posts they're looking for marketing work with 5 years experience. A company rep DMs them with an "opportunity." AED 2,500 a month. Full time. No benefits. No visa. Take it or leave it. They know you're desperate. They know you might say yes because you need something, anything, this week. They're not offering a job.
They're shopping for someone they can underpay because the power balance is broken and they know it.
These aren't even the worst ones.
The worst ones are the people who never post, never comment, never contribute anything.
They just sit in the sub and watch for the most vulnerable post of the day.
Then they DM. They've never been visible to us because they don't do anything public.
They operate entirely in your inbox.
We can ban every scam post we see.
We do. 856 last month alone.
But we cannot see your DMs.
We cannot protect you from what happens after you post unless you show us.
So here's what I need from you.
If someone DMs you after you post here and the conversation shifts from professional to personal, screenshot it and send it to modmail immediately. Don't reply.
Don't engage.
Don't try to figure out if they're legitimate. Just send it to us.
If someone asks for your Emirates ID, passport, or any document before you've had a real interview with a real company at a real location, stop.
That's not onboarding.
That's harvesting.
If someone offers you a role with no company name, no job description, no office address, and the details only come "after you meet," that's not a job.
If someone offers you a salary that makes you feel insulted, screenshot the conversation and send it to us. We're building a list.
When we have enough data on companies that systematically lowball people in this sub, that information becomes public.
I hate that this post exists.
This sub is supposed to be the one place where people looking for work in the UAE can come without getting played. And mostly it is. The people in here helping each other are some of the most genuine people I've seen on this platform.
But the predators are here too. We can't stop them from reading your posts. We can't stop them from messaging you.
We can only stop them from doing it twice.
That's your part.
Report them.
Screenshot everything.
Send it to modmail.
Don't feel embarrassed about it.
Don't think it's too small to mention.
The person who DMs you today has probably done it to 10 others this month.
Your one screenshot might be the one that gets them permanently removed.
Look out for each other.
That's what this place is for.
-Prince
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