Recent incidents of fraudulent job offers and recruitment have been reported and brought to the attention of our company. Graham takes pride in our ethical and fair hiring practices, and we take matters of recruitment fraud very seriously.

Persons pretending to be recruiters or hiring managers on behalf of Graham are seeking to commit fraud against unsuspecting individuals, using Graham’s name and its intellectual property. Please be aware of the potential for such fraudulent activity in order to avoid becoming a victim.

Those engaging in fraudulent job offers will falsify their identities, using Graham branding and posing as Graham employees to initiate or offer illegitimate job opportunities to work on Graham projects in Canada or the United States. These offers are usually sent through e-mail or direct messaging applications, or they may be advertised on social media, particularly Facebook. Such fraudulent offers promise victims employment with Graham in exchange for a fee to process the victim's employment papers, tender offers, job applications, and work permits. Victims are usually requested to pay fees and provide personal information such as passports, licenses, or social insurance numbers, to a fictitious company e-mail or website. These are not legitimate Graham job offers. If you receive a job offer that involves the payment of fees it is not legitimate. If you receive such an offer, you should contact Graham directly at recruitment@graham.ca and also contact your local law enforcement authorities to report this fraudulent activity.

Please be aware that Graham will never request fees or copies of passport documentation for securing positions with our organization.  All individuals must apply directly online at Careers at Graham (construction-benefits.com) in order to be considered for a position.

Individuals who are successful in gaining an interview from Graham will receive communications through;

• Text message (to coordinate interview details)
• Phone Call (to coordinate interview details or to interview immediately)
• and will receive an email confirming the upcoming interview details from a verified Graham email address (legitimate Graham e-mail addresses always end in "@graham.ca or @grahamus.com."), and not from an internet email address, such as Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, etc. or any other domain.

Individuals who are then successful in receiving an offer of employment from Graham will receive communications will first receive a verbal offer of employment over the phone, followed by an offer letter originating from a system-generated email address (noreply@construction-benefits.com), or a verified Graham e-mail address (legitimate Graham e-mail addresses always end in "@graham.ca or @grahamus.com."), and not from an internet email address, such as Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, etc. or any other domain.

Signs that the Offer is Fraudulent

• An e-mail is written with "Graham" using a different format other than a system-generated email from noreply@construction-benefits.com, or an email from a Graham employee’s first and last name at either @graham.ca or @grahamus.com.
• The contact information in the form is a mobile phone number, direct messaging app, social media platform, or post office box.
• There is a sense of urgency with recurrent and persistent contact.
• Victims of job offer fraud are often instructed to submit payment in order to process their employment papers, tender offers, obtain work permits, etc., and that they will be reimbursed for such fees once the initial job application and employment papers are processed.
• Victims are asked to forward confidential information such as photocopies of passports, visa/immigration cards, or social insurance numbers, early in the application process.

What Should I Do?

• Do not respond to unsolicited business propositions and/or job offers from people or e-mail addresses you do not know or cannot verify.
• Do not apply for job offers directly through social media.
• Do not respond to job offers for positions that you have not applied for directly at Careers at Graham (construction-benefits.com).
• Do not disclose your personal or financial details to anyone you do not know or that you cannot verify. If you have disclosed this information to somebody you do not know or cannot verify, report the incident to your local law enforcement.
• Be on the lookout for suspicious signs – e.g. communications from non-Graham email addresses (e.g. from a Yahoo.com, Hotmail, or Gmail address); direct messages on social media or messaging apps; poor use of language or spelling errors; requests for money; or different versions of or misspelling of the entity ‘Graham’.
• If you experience any of the above, please treat the communication as fraudulent and forward it to Graham’s attention at recruitment@graham.ca. Please include the communication you have received from the perpetrator in your e-mail to us.

We sympathize with anyone who has become a victim of any fraudulent activity; however, Graham does not accept any responsibility and is not liable for any losses or damages suffered as a result.