Red flags
Asks you to pay anything (training, equipment, "certification") — always a scam. Hiring without an interview. Pays via gift cards or crypto only. Job ad has no company name or links to a Gmail address. Pressure to start "today."
Quick verification checks
Search the company name + "Glassdoor" and + "LinkedIn". Real companies have profiles. Check their domain on a WHOIS — newly registered domains are suspect. Match the recruiter name against LinkedIn — fake recruiters often have empty profiles.
Equipment scams
Common pattern: company "hires" you, mails a check to buy a laptop from "their preferred vendor", check bounces after you’ve sent money. Never accept a payment before you’ve started work. Real companies ship equipment themselves.
Aggregator hygiene
On RemoteJobs44, every paid-Day-Pass apply link is to a real company application page or apply email. We pull from public APIs (Remotive, RemoteOK, Arbeitnow, Working Nomads, Himalayas) and direct ATS feeds. If a posting looks off, the apply link will tell you — real companies use Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, or Workable URLs.