Don’t get fooled by the scams

How to check an offer letter is genuine in UAE

If you received a contract in your mail from a company in Dubai. Watch out, this might be a scam.

Eslam el Khateeb
3 min readFeb 7, 2020

Did you receive an offer letter in your email offering you a job in Dubai with a huge salary?! … You are not alone.

The Dubai contract scam is an ongoing process and the scammers behind it are getting better and smarter.

But it’s so easy to find out if this contract you received in the mail is genuine or not in these easy steps.

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A Small intro

The Dubai employment system is approved by the government and it has many steps that you and the employer have to go through before he can grant you an offer letter.

This step includes sending your documents and the employer sending them to the government then he must issue you a government approved offer letter with a serial number that you must sign before the employer can start your visa process.

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Never pay for a job in Dubai

It’s a strict rule from the Dubai government that no employer has the right to as an employee or prospective employee to pay any amount of money for being hired. So if the job offer states that you have to pay any amount of money then this contract is a scam.

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No one will send you a contract without an interview

If you received any contract from a company that you didn’t interview with this is a scam. It’s impossible that any company will send you a contract without interviewing you in the beginning and getting all your legal documents.

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You can check your contract on the official government website

As a smart move from Dubai and all UAE governments, they opened a platform from which you can check your contract to validate it and make sure that it’s official.

Once you receive a contract from an employer you can go on the website and check it using the serial number of the contract and your personal details.

Also, make sure you have all the Documents you need to work in Dubai.

Finally

The reason behind any scam is to get money from you, and according to the government rules, employers can’t charge the employee any money so any email that states that you have to pay an amount and them take it back from the company is just a scam and you can just ignore it.

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