Scam protection

Protect your savings and your dream

Scammers target nurses because the dream matters so much. These patterns will help you spot them early.

Red flags

They ask you to pay to get a job

Ethical employers and recruiters do not charge nurses a placement or recruitment fee. If someone asks for money to "secure" a job, stop.

They promise a licence or exam pass

Nobody can guarantee a licence, an exam result or a visa. Only the regulator and the government decide.

They want your passport or login details

Never give anyone your passport original, or the password to your NNAS, NMC, DataFlow, CGFNS or exam accounts.

The email address does not match the company

Real employers use their own company domain. Be careful with free email addresses (gmail, yahoo) claiming to be a hospital.

They rush you

"Pay today or lose the slot" is pressure, not opportunity. Real processes give you time to read and ask questions.

Payment by money transfer to a person

Official fees are paid on the regulator’s or test provider’s own website, never to a personal account or mobile money number.

Offer without interview

A job offer with no interview, no contract and no employer details is a warning sign.

Fake regulator websites

Always type the regulator’s address yourself or use the links on NurseRoute. Scammers copy official pages.

Fees you should never pay

A "placement fee" or "job guarantee fee" to a recruiter
A fee to "speed up" a regulator or visa decision
Money for a "guaranteed" exam pass or leaked questions
A deposit for housing you have not seen and cannot verify
Fees paid into a personal bank account or mobile money number for an official process
An agent to create your official accounts in their email

How to verify an employer

Search the employer’s name on the official government or health authority site of the destination.
Call the hospital using a phone number from its own official website, not from the message you received.
Check the email domain matches the employer’s website.
Ask for a written contract and read it slowly. Ask about any repayment clause.
Ask nurses in your NurseRoute route group if they know the employer.
For the UK, check the employer is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors.

Where to report a scam

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Red flags

They ask you to pay to get a job

Ethical employers and recruiters do not charge nurses a placement or recruitment fee. If someone asks for money to "secure" a job, stop.

They promise a licence or exam pass

Nobody can guarantee a licence, an exam result or a visa. Only the regulator and the government decide.

They want your passport or login details

Never give anyone your passport original, or the password to your NNAS, NMC, DataFlow, CGFNS or exam accounts.

The email address does not match the company

Real employers use their own company domain. Be careful with free email addresses (gmail, yahoo) claiming to be a hospital.

They rush you

"Pay today or lose the slot" is pressure, not opportunity. Real processes give you time to read and ask questions.

Payment by money transfer to a person

Official fees are paid on the regulator’s or test provider’s own website, never to a personal account or mobile money number.

Offer without interview

A job offer with no interview, no contract and no employer details is a warning sign.

Fake regulator websites

Always type the regulator’s address yourself or use the links on NurseRoute. Scammers copy official pages.

Fees you should never pay

A "placement fee" or "job guarantee fee" to a recruiter

A fee to "speed up" a regulator or visa decision

Money for a "guaranteed" exam pass or leaked questions

A deposit for housing you have not seen and cannot verify

Fees paid into a personal bank account or mobile money number for an official process

An agent to create your official accounts in their email

How to verify an employer

Search the employer’s name on the official government or health authority site of the destination.

Call the hospital using a phone number from its own official website, not from the message you received.

Check the email domain matches the employer’s website.

Ask for a written contract and read it slowly. Ask about any repayment clause.

Ask nurses in your NurseRoute route group if they know the employer.

For the UK, check the employer is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors.

Protect your savings and your dreamProtect your savings and your dream

Red flags

Fees you should never pay

How to verify an employer

Where to report a scam

Your journey starts with one small step.

Protect your savings and your dreamProtect your savings and your dream

Red flags

Fees you should never pay

How to verify an employer

Where to report a scam

Your journey starts with one small step.

Protect your savings and your dream

Protect your savings and your dream