Do you have a suspicious job offer for work in a maritime industry?
Please be aware of email, internet and telephone hoaxes and scams asking for personal information or offering Australian visas and jobs.
There have been scammers claiming to be AMSA employees, and employees of other Australian Government departments and agencies. Fake forms which feature AMSA’s logo have also been used to extract personal information and money from victims.
If you suspect an email is a hoax, there are some questions you need to ask:
Receiving an unsolicited job offer can be one of the first signs that the offer is not real.
We will never request money to be paid to another organisation, company or account.
The job offer may be fake if:
Our email addresses:
Examples of fake email addresses used in scams include:
We are the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) not the 'Australian Maritime Office' or 'Australia Maritime Union'.
It may be tempting to reply to them or ask follow-up questions—but do not reply to the email or call them using the contact details provided.
Find out if the job offer is real by contacting the organisation that made the offer.
Report suspected scams to Scamwatch [1] at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Visit the Department of Home Affairs [2] website for information about working in Australia.
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