Scam Awareness and Impersonation Guidance

G2 Recruitment is aware that fraudsters may impersonate G2 Recruitment, G2V Recruitment Group, our recruiters, HR personnel or other members of our senior leadership or internal teams in order to approach individuals with fake job opportunities or obtain personal information, financial information or money.

Fraudulent approaches may be made by email, telephone, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, or other online platforms. They may use G2 Recruitment’s name, branding or the names of genuine or fictitious members of staff in an attempt to appear legitimate. These individuals are not affiliated with G2 Recruitment or G2V Recruitment Group.

Please be aware that legitimate correspondence from G2 Recruitment will only be sent from our verified company email domains, and you should exercise caution where this is not the case.

We strongly encourage recipients to verify the source of any communication and to refrain from making payments without undertaking appropriate checks.

 

Impersonation of G2 Recruitment Staff and Email Domains

We are aware of fraudulent communications in which individuals impersonate members of G2 Recruitment or G2V Recruitment Group, including recruiters, senior leadership and HR personnel.

Fraudsters may:

• create LinkedIn or other social media profiles which claim to represent G2 Recruitment;
• use the name of a genuine or fictitious G2 Recruitment employee;
• contact individuals about job opportunities which are not being advertised or managed by G2 Recruitment;
• send emails from addresses designed to look similar to genuine G2 Recruitment email addresses;
• request personal information, identity documents, financial information or payment; or
• ask candidates to pay fees or expenses in connection with a purported recruitment or onboarding process.

We have received reports of individuals claiming on LinkedIn to be a G2 Recruitment recruiter and subsequently communicating using an email domain which closely resembled the G2 Recruitment name but was not an official G2 Recruitment email domain.

Always check the full email address and domain. If an email address appears unfamiliar, contains additional or misspelled words, or otherwise differs from the domains you have previously used to communicate with G2 Recruitment, please do not assume that it is genuine.

Our HR team and Board will not approach individuals regarding job opportunities outside G2 Recruitment or G2V, and G2 Recruitment will never ask a candidate to pay fees for our recruitment services.

If you are uncertain whether somebody contacting you genuinely represents G2 Recruitment or G2V, do not make a payment or provide sensitive personal or financial information until you have independently verified the communication with us.

 

Fake Recruiters and Social Media Messages

G2 Recruitment is also aware that fraudsters may pose as G2 Recruitment recruiters or representatives through LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and other platforms.

These messages may appear to offer genuine job opportunities and may ask about your job search before requesting personal information, documentation or money.

The existence of a LinkedIn or social media profile displaying G2 Recruitment’s name or branding does not, by itself, confirm that the individual works for G2 Recruitment. We have identified LinkedIn profiles presenting individuals as G2 Recruitment consultants where the person concerned was not a G2 Recruitment employee. These individuals are not affiliated with, employed by or authorised to represent G2 Recruitment or G2V, and their communications are not sent or authorised by us.

 

How to identify and verify a suspicious communication

If you receive an unexpected approach claiming to be from G2 Recruitment:

• Unexpected contact – you are contacted unexpectedly about an opportunity you have not previously discussed with us.

• Suspicious email address or domain – the sender’s address may look similar to a genuine G2 Recruitment or G2V address but contain additional letters, words, spelling variations or a different domain.
• Requests for payment – you are asked to pay fees, expenses or other sums in connection with a job opportunity, recruitment process or onboarding. G2 Recruitment does not charge candidates a fee for our recruitment services.
• Requests for sensitive information – you are asked to provide financial details, identity documents or other sensitive personal information before verifying who you are dealing with.
• Pressure to act quickly – you are encouraged to provide information, make a payment or take another action urgently.
• Unusual or inconsistent information – the opportunity, salary or terms appear too good to be true, or the messages contain errors, conflicting information or responses which do not relate properly to your questions.
• Unverified recruiter profiles – do not rely solely on a LinkedIn or other social media profile as confirmation that someone works for G2 Recruitment or G2V.
• Independent verification – check the sender’s full email address and contact G2 Recruitment using the details published on our official website, rather than contact information supplied in the suspicious communication.

 

If you think you are being scammed

If you suspect that a message is fraudulent:

1. Stop engaging with the sender and do not make any payment.
2. Do not provide further personal, financial or identity information.
3. Keep copies or screenshots of relevant emails, messages, profiles and payment requests.
4. Report the profile or account to the platform through which you were contacted.
5. Verify the approach with G2 Recruitment using independently sourced contact details.
6. Report suspected fraud or phishing to the relevant authorities.

You can find UK guidance through the National Cyber Security Centre, Action Fraud and recruitment-specific guidance from JobsAware.

 

Who can you contact?

If you receive a communication from someone claiming to represent G2 Recruitment or G2V Recruitment Group and you are unsure whether it is genuine, please contact us independently using the details below.

If you have concerns about how your personal data has been used, you can also contact our Data Protection Contact.

If you believe you have been the victim of a scam, fraud or cybercrime, please report it via www.actionfraud.police.uk or by calling 0300 123 2040, and seek support as necessary.

 

Who	Purpose	Email Address
Nancy Walter	Data Protection Contact.	nancy.walter@g2vgroup.com
Data Services	For deletion or unsubscribe requests related to personal data.	dataservices@g2vgroup.com dataservices@g2recruitment.com
Your sales consultant	If you have previously been in contact with a sales consultant of G2V, contact them to confirm any details or messages.	Reach out via email, LinkedIn or the consultant’s direct phone number.
General sales queries	For any job-related queries or work finding services.	+44 0117 968 9000
General G2V enquiries	G2V’s contact page on the website.	G2V Group – Global leaders in high-end technical recruitment (g2vgroup.com) www.g2recruitment.com/contact Contact g2 Recruitment