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🇷🇼 Fake Job Offer and Work Permit Fee

HighEmployment FraudPublisher: MigrantIQ Safety3 min read3 reported cases

⚡ Quick Answer

Fraudsters send fake job offers for Rwanda, then ask applicants to pay for work permits, medicals, insurance, accommodation, courier fees, or document processing before the employer has been

Scam alert for immigrants in Rwanda.

How this scam works

Fraudsters send fake job offers for Rwanda, then ask applicants to pay for work permits, medicals, insurance, accommodation, courier fees, or document processing before the employer has been

Red flags

  • Job offer arrives without interview or skills screening
  • Salary is much higher than market level
  • Employer asks the worker to pay immigration or recruitment fees upfront
  • Company website, address, or registration cannot be verified

How to protect yourself

Verify the employer through official company registries and contact details in Rwanda. Do not pay recruitment or permit fees to personal accounts, and confirm whether the employer is legally

What to do if targeted

  • - Stop communication and do not send more money or documents
  • - Save messages, receipts, contracts, profile links, and phone numbers
  • - Contact your bank or payment provider if money was sent
  • - Report through official fraud, police, or immigration channels
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Prevention tips

  • - Only pay government fees through official portals
  • - Do not trust guaranteed visa approvals or secret appointment slots
  • - Verify employer, school, agent, or landlord identities independently
  • - Avoid personal-account transfers and pressure tactics

Emergency & Reporting Contacts

If there is immediate danger, contact local emergency services. If money was sent, contact your bank/payment provider and official fraud reporting channels.

Sources & References

Who is targeted

job seekersskilled workerscare workershospitality workers

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Legitimate government fees are paid through official channels with receipts. Never wire cash to personal accounts for a “guaranteed” outcome.

Collect evidence (messages, contracts), then report through your destination country’s fraud or immigration reporting channels and warn your community.

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