How to Verify a Government Job Notification and Avoid Fake Recruitment

Seven checks for a government job notification

1. Start from the parent organisation. Type or search for the commission, ministry, department or public body independently; do not begin with the message’s Apply link.
2. Locate the recruitment section. Find the official advertisement index, careers page or notice board and search for the claimed advertisement number.
3. Match the PDF identity. Organisation, advertisement number, issue date, post names, vacancy table and closing date should agree.
4. Trace the application link. The application portal should be linked by the official page or notification. A similar-looking domain in a message is not enough.
5. Check later notices. Corrigenda, extensions and cancellations should appear on the same official source chain.
6. Verify contact details. Use contact information published by the organisation, not a phone number or email supplied only by the sender.
7. Verify the payment instruction. Fee, exemption and payment method must appear in the official notification or portal.

The Delhi Police Cyber Crime Unit advises people to verify a suspicious portal with the parent government department and not trust official-looking symbols by themselves.

Check the web address correctly

Read a domain from right to left around its registered name. A page such as department.gov.in.example.com belongs to example.com, not to gov.in. Misspellings, added hyphens and unrelated words can make an imitation look familiar at a glance.

Warning signs that require you to stop and verify

Distinguish an official fee from a fraudulent demand

Some government recruitments legitimately charge an application or examination fee, with category-specific exemptions. Therefore, “any fee means fraud” is inaccurate.

Verify four things together: the notification states the fee, your category amount or exemption matches, the payment method is part of the official portal, and the portal produces an application-linked status or receipt. A separate payment for “selection”, “document clearance”, “interview confirmation” or an appointment letter needs immediate verification.

The National Career Service specifically states that NCS services are free at every stage and provides its official helpline for checking suspected impersonation. That statement applies to NCS; it should not be misquoted as a universal ban on all examination fees.

What to do if you suspect recruitment fraud

1. 1
   Stop the interaction

   Do not send more money, OTPs, identity documents or account credentials.

2. 2
   Preserve evidence

   Save screenshots showing the full URL, messages, sender identifiers, payment request and transaction reference.

3. 3
   Contact the real organisation

   Use the parent department’s published phone or email to ask whether the notice and portal are authorised.

4. 4
   Report the suspect identifier

   Use the official National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal for the website, phone, email or social account.

5. 5
   Act promptly after financial fraud

   Use the official cyber-fraud reporting process and helpline 1930, and follow instructions from your bank and authorities.

Delhi Police also recommends keeping a screenshot where the suspicious website’s URL is visible when making a complaint.

How Naukri Patrika handles application links

Naukri Patrika is not a government website and never accepts recruitment applications or application fees. A full job article is published only after a primary notification is available, and its important facts link back to official records.

Use our job archive to find a notice quickly, then use the clearly labelled official PDF and application links. If a Naukri Patrika page and the latest official notice differ, stop and follow the official notice. You can report the page through our contact page.