Seeking Full-time Sitter - Job in Santa Monica, CA 6580110 - Care.com

Seeking Full-time Sitter - Job in Santa Monica, CA 6580110 - Care.com:

Avoiding Scams Care providers should be extra cautious if they receive messages offering employment and advance payment by check without an interview with the family or even a phone call. This is a common internet job scam, which occasionally targets sites offering babysitters, nannies, and other care providers. At Care.com, we have put together a list of tips to help you avoid such job scams: Never accept payment from a care seeker without having first met the seeker and gone through an interview process. Never give out your social security number, credit card or bank account information to a care seeker. (Care.com requests your SSN in order to run a background check but we do NOT store your SSN in our systems once the check is complete.) Never accept payment by check for an amount which is greater that what you agreed upon. Never wire money back to someone who pays you by check. To protect your privacy, use Care.com's messaging service to communicate with care seekers, rather than giving out your personal email address. If an offer sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns, or with reports of any suspicious activity within the Care.com community. You can find out more about internet job scams at Fraud.org.

Foster a Respectful Community The Golden Rule: From making initial contact to interviewing and choosing a match, treat your provider or employer as you would want to be treated. Care & service providers and those seeking their help should establish mutually agreed upon guidelines and responsibilities beforehand, and should stick to them. Communication is the key to ultimate security - misunderstandings can lead to confusion or frustration. Your safety, or your family's, rests in the consistency of care or services being provided. Finally, always be fair and use your best judgment in evaluating the experience - there are always two (or more) sides to every story. theft by trickery.

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