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A fake BDJobs email, and the trust gap in hiring

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I just got an email dressed up to look like it came from Bangladesh's biggest job platform, BDJobs. It was sent from noreply@prothomsir.com. Different domain, same old trick: click this link, your "dream job" is waiting.

It wasn't a job. It was a redirect to nowhere.

This isn't rare anymore

That's the part that actually worries me. Every week, thousands of job seekers in Bangladesh get emails like this. Real logos, real-sounding names, fake everything else. People spend hours filling out "applications" that go straight into a scammer's database, not a recruiter's inbox.

Why does this keep working? Because today's hiring process runs almost entirely on trust: trust that a job post is real, trust that the recruiter is who they say they are, trust that your CV isn't about to end up who-knows-where.

Verification first

That trust gap is exactly the problem we built PreCognise to close.

Instead of guessing whether a listing or a message is legit, PreCognise verifies identity and credentials on both sides, candidates and employers, before anything moves forward. No blind trust. No mystery senders. Just a platform where verification comes first, not as an afterthought.

Job seekers deserve better than crossing their fingers every time they open an email.

See how we're rebuilding that trust at PreCognise.

Originally posted on LinkedIn →