Fraud | 'Fake recruiter' tricked friend in SEVEN-MONTH job scam

Recruitment fraud can take on a number of different guises; a fraudster may post a fake job advert in an attempt to gain access to jobseekers’ details, while others may try and scam job hopefuls out of thousands of pounds.

And it seems this isn’t going away any time soon, as Keith Rosser, Chair and Board Director of SAFERjobs, previously stated that ‘in the last two years we have witnessed a 300% rise in recruitment-related fraud and misconduct’, Luminate Prospects reported.

However, one case that has recently emerged consists of a rather bizarre case of job fraud. A woman, who has now been jailed, tricked her friend into thinking she had landed her dream job in an elaborate scam.

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Helen Dove groomed her friend Kimberley Baker by purchasing gifts and helping her with childcare, before convincing her to leave her job to pursue a career in child safeguarding, ITV News reported.