Number

of scam
posts 90
Number
of legit
posts 17
Number
of neutral
posts 25
Perceived Reliability of Facebook R
cruitment Posts by Participants

25

17

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Number of neutral posts Number of legit posts Number of

 ability of Facebook Re-
Posts by Participants

90

50 60 70 80 90 100

Number of legit posts Number of scam posts

Vague job description (may ask you to directly inbox them for the job description)
Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

No prerequisites (no specific experience or qualifications required)

Poor grammar and spelling

Too good to be true (light work, high salary, flexible working time, etc.)

Poor grammar and spelling

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Emphasis on monetary incentives

Vague job description (may ask you to directly inbox them for the job description)

Vague job description (may ask you to directly inbox them for the job description)

Emphasis on monetary incentives

Vague job description (may ask you to directly inbox them for the job description)

Too good to be true (light work, high salary, flexible working time, etc.)
Use of Facebook group to recruit

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Emphasis on monetary incentives

Too good to be true (light work, high salary, flexible working time, etc.)
Vague job description (may ask you to directly inbox them for the job description)

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

No prerequisites (no specific experience or qualifications required)

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)
Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)
Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Lack of formal language use

Emphasis on monetary incentives

Too good to be true (light work, high salary, flexible working time, etc.)
Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Poor grammar and spelling

Emphasis on monetary incentives

Poor grammar and spelling

Vague job description (may ask you to directly inbox them for the job description)

Vague job description (may ask you to directly inbox them for the job description)
Too good to be true (light work, high salary, flexible working time, etc.)

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Lack of formal language use

Required to switch to Telegram

Poor grammar and spelling

Too good to be true (light work, high salary, flexible working time, etc.)
Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Vague job description (may ask you to directly inbox them for the job description)

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Too good to be true (light work, high salary, flexible working time, etc.)
Poor grammar and spelling

Too good to be true (light work, high salary, flexible working time, etc.)

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Vague job description (may ask you to directly inbox them for the job description)

Poor grammar and spelling

Vague job description (may ask you to directly inbox them for the job description)

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Too good to be true (light work, high salary, flexible working time, etc.)

Poor grammar and spelling

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Poor grammar and spelling

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Emphasis on monetary incentives

Required to switch to Telegram

Vague job description (may ask you to directly inbox them for the job description)

Lack of information about the recruiter/company (contact informations like emails or phone numbers,
company’s name)

Vague job description (may ask you to directly inbox them for the job description)

Emphasis on monetary incentives