Is that job message real, or trying to rob you?
Paste the WhatsApp message, email, or job ad. OneCareer checks it against the patterns real South African job scams use — upfront fees, impossible salaries, foreign WhatsApp numbers, "like this video" schemes — and tells you why, in seconds. Nothing is uploaded or stored.
Check this posting
Paste the message text below, or upload a screenshot.
Free. No account. Checked locally on this page — nothing is sent anywhere unless you upload a screenshot for AI reading.
What we check for
Twelve patterns, weighted by how often they actually show up in reported South African job scams — most common first.
Two more checks before you reply
Run the contact details on their own — useful even if you don't have the full message.
Number & email check
Salary reality check
See it in action
Two real-style messages, annotated with what triggers each flag.
How it works
Paste or upload
Drop in the message text, or a screenshot — we read the text off it for you.
We scan for patterns
Twelve weighted checks run instantly in your browser: no message is uploaded to a server to be scored.
Get a plain-English verdict
A risk score, the specific lines that triggered it, and what to do next.
Commonly impersonated employers
Scammers borrow these names constantly. Real vacancies live on the company's own careers page — never only in a WhatsApp chat.
