Fraud policy

How to report a job

1. Open the job’s page and choose Report this job (under the job title, next to “Copy link”).
2. Pick what’s wrong, add any details, and send. Your email is optional — add it if you’d like us to follow up.
3. Can’t use the button? Email hello@hirehood.ca with the job’s link or title and employer name, and what happened. You can also write to {{LEGAL_ENTITY}}, 1356 Pembroke St W, Pembroke, ON.

Reports are private. The employer is never told who reported their job. We record the internet address a report came from, so one person can’t report the same job over and over, and remove it when we finish dealing with the report.

What we do with a report

• A person on our team looks at every report, and jobs reported as scams are checked first.
• When several different people report the same job, it may be taken off the site automatically until we’ve reviewed it.
• If a job looks fraudulent or breaks our rules, we take it down, and we may suspend the employer’s account and their other jobs.
• We may contact the employer to check details, without saying who reported them.
• Where it helps protect people, we report scams to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre or the police.
• We keep a record of every report and what we did about it for 2 years after we finish dealing with it.
• If you gave us your email, we may write to ask for more details or to tell you what we did.

How we keep scams off Hirehood

• Every new employer’s first job is checked by a person before it goes live.
• Every job is screened automatically for common scam signs, like asking applicants to pay or to buy things.
• Every job must show its pay. “Verified” employers have been confirmed by our team as real local businesses.
• Jobs collected from public sources say where they came from and link to the original.

Warning signs of a job scam

• You’re asked to pay for training, a background check, a uniform, equipment or a “starter kit”.
• You’re asked to buy gift cards, cash a cheque and send some of the money back, or move money for someone.
• The pay is far higher than similar local jobs, for little work or experience.
• You’re offered the job without an interview, or the interview happens only by text or chat app.
• They want your SIN, banking details or photo ID before you’ve been hired and met them.
• The email comes from a free address that doesn’t match the business, or they won’t say where the workplace is.
• You’re pushed to decide right away.

If you think you’ve been scammed

• Stop contact and don’t send more money or information.
• If you shared banking details, call your bank right away.
• Report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (1-888-495-8501) and your local police.
• Report the job to us so we can protect others.

Changes to this policy

When we change this policy, we post the new version here with its date. We keep every earlier version for at least 3 years after it’s replaced, and you can ask us for a copy. This version is dated October 23, 2026.

Contact

Fraud and safety questions: hello@hirehood.ca, or write to {{LEGAL_ENTITY}}, 1356 Pembroke St W, Pembroke, ON.