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Fake internships to avoid
Companies and offers reported by students as suspicious, fake, or exploitative. Always verify before you apply.
- CLARIFICATION: i am swe, and this is one of my mutual's experience, i checked most of it personally: - It was a basic application based process, small interview, basically a formality - the format w
They call us by making fake promises of providing live classes and then guaranteed internships with guaranteed certification. They mostly prey upon 1st and 2nd year students. Their courses are total p
I paid 2500rs for this offline AIMl internship I went there and almost learned nothing The so called employees didn't teach me anything That company itself looks like some 3 bhk scammer hub I wanted t
I almost paid ₹1,590 for a "Machine Learning Internship." Last week, I received an offer letter from a company called Atlys Nexus Innovations for an ML internship complete with a welcome letter, sala
they got my number from nowhere, and then conducted an interview and then msged me
Here is what I observed: đź”´ Instant Selection Process I received an internship offer letter with little to no meaningful screening, assessment, interview, or technical evaluation. đź”´ Artificial Scarci
THIS IS POSTED ON ALL PLATFORMS LIKE INTERNSHALA, INDEED, LINKEDIN, ETC. AND WHEN STUDENTS APPLY TO IT, IT DRECTLY SENDS YOU A MAIL, YOU HAVE TO FILL CAREER FORM AT OUR WEBSITE, ALTHOUGH I GAVE MY HAL
They emailed me with a request for payment and an offer letter
Internship Scam Alert: Candidates, verify before trusting “shortlisting” emails. I recently received a “Shortlisting Confirmation” email from a lady scammer named Shalini HR for an “Innovexis Interns
Sent multiple mails (never applied to), regarding sending a cv, sending a google meet link, which had 200+ students. I joined the meet and a 20-30 min presentation was given making it seem legit, and
its a fake internship circulating around on linkedin.
Someone had shared a link in a group, and the group name was “IIT Delhi Linked with this Company.” They claimed that this company was providing internships through IIT Delhi. As soon as I joined the g
Fake internship - they add you to a group > ask you to join a google meet where you can't turn on your cam/mic/chat and then they upsell you some stupid crappy course and ask you to pay for it
They ask payment for registration, certificates & processing. Fake internships
They bait students by sending offer letters and luring them into internships then make them work without any pay. They ask the students to pay for certificates.
sending unsolicited mass "shortlist" emails for positions like Web Developer or DevOps, then charging fees or taking control of personal devices under the guise of training. They sometimes demand th
fake internship (unpaid) and they ask you to pay for crappy courses
Avoid this scam internship.
Its a scam, they use their MSME certification (which you can get in an hour) and false collaborations to boost and market their useless course. They even hire "interns" and "business development manag
fake paid internships, brainwashing students into worthless courses and paying for useless certificates
Any mail that you may receive with the words "Congratulations","Shortlisted","Industry-Relevant",etc. is a scam. The official mail will either have "PAT" or "CDC" in their name, which you won't receiv
For context — a few months ago someone posted their Future Intern offer letter for a web development internship, asking whether such internships are legit or not. On that post, I commented that it was
Fake internship, asks for money as "processing fee". no mentorship, nothing. complete waste fof time Linkedin proof - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ashish-pal-5725a6257_beware-of-scam-internships-
Proof links - http://linkedin.com/posts/omkarbomble_complete-scam-bharatintern-octanet-share-7152312578449321984-iHuL/ https://www.reddit.com/r/developersIndia/comments/1pmkz3v/avoid_such_internships_
They spam LinkedIn with hiring posts with different names, but the application form is often the same. they don't even ask for your resume - you just fill in your name, email and whatsapp number. they