Scam Alert Announcement

We want to alert you that there is an ongoing scam that preys on job seekers and talents like yourselves. These scammers impersonate the Chanceupon brand and might contact you with prospects of an attractive job opportunity, in order to obtain personal information about you and/or ask for bank account information to claim your earnings. They may tell you that companies are hiring staff urgently and offer employment contracts/ lucrative job opportunities where you will be paid a commission to boost social media posts/ videos by liking these posts, optimizing apps so that the visibility of the apps will be enhanced, etc.

Job scams like these are on the rise, and it has come to our attention that scammers are currently targeting Chanceupon to reach out to potential job seekers.  We would like to thank those who have alerted us to these scams. We have since lodged a police report.

If you have received suspicious Whatsapp messages relating to the above, or if you are unsure about the legitimacy of the job offer, we strongly encourage you to take a screenshot of the conversation and check in with us at hello@chanceupon.co.

Please remember - Chanceupon will always use our official Chanceupon email addresses, such as name@chanceupon.co to send important information such as an employment contract.

Our team would never ask you for any type of fee/ upfront payment, transfer cash or provide banking information. We will always reach out personally through an interview or an actual meeting before we present any job opportunities.

Scammers are always changing their tactics. We would like to better protect you from such scams and prevent them from happening.

Here are some tips to help you spot a potential fraud message:

• You were not expecting messages with job offers from us
• The message comes from a number/name that you do not recognize
• The message contains a job employment contract sent via WhatsApp or other social media platforms
• The job offer seems like an easy job with overly lucrative commissions
• The message contains link/s, attachments, surveys, or downloadable apps from unverified sources
• The job offer requires you to create/register an account on a website to carry out said tasks on a dubious website/ URL
• The message requests that you join a group chat where other job seekers share screenshots of their ‘earnings’
• It requests you to transfer funds to unknown bank accounts
• It requests your personal information, such as your CV and personal banking details to claim your ‘earnings’
• The job description looks like an easy job, and is vague and poorly written
• The message contains grammatical and spelling errors and is poorly written

To help you check the legitimacy of an URL or website:

• Use https://www.scamadviser.com to help you find out if an URL/ website is legitimate or is a potential scam
• Verify the SSL certificate by clicking on the padlock icon on the left side of the URL. If it is missing a padlock icon, this could potentially be a scam URL.

If you think you are a victim of a job scam:

• Take a screenshot of the conversation and report it to us at hello@chanceupon.co.
• If money has been transferred to the scammers, contact your bank immediately.

Report it:

If you have information regarding such suspicious activity or scams, please call the Police hotline at 1800-255-0000, or submit it online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness.

Here is an article from TODAY that details how job scammers are operating. If you find yourself in a similar situation, please stop responding immediately to such suspicious text messages or calls.