Updated 9 November 2026.
People are being contacted on WhatsApp, and by email from personal Gmail accounts, by someone claiming to work at Stridec. They offer a job, a paid “trial” or training before any interview, and may ask you to move to Signal or Telegram to speak with a “supervisor”.
This is not Stridec. We have no part in it.
Stridec does not
- contact job seekers on WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram
- email job seekers from Gmail or any other personal email account. Real Stridec email only comes from an @stridec.com address.
- offer paid trials, tasks or “online work” before an interview
- ask you to pay anything, buy anything, or share bank or card details at any stage
If you have been contacted
Do not reply, do not scan any QR code, and do not send money or personal details. Block the sender, report the number in WhatsApp, and report it to ScamShield (call 1799 or use the ScamShield app).
If you have lost money, make a police report at police.gov.sg/iwitness or call 1800-255-0000.
You do not need to check with us. Any message like the one above is a scam.