Spot a yacht crew job scam
Most crew roles are legitimate. The risky ones tend to ask for trust, documents, or money before the source earns it.
Slow down when you see these
- Passport, visa, bank, crypto, deposit, or travel-document requests before the source is trusted.
- Pay, leave, rotation, vessel name, or location details are vague after you ask directly.
- The contact pushes you off the original job board before you can verify the listing.
- The offer asks you to pay for onboarding, travel, certificates, or placement.
A safer reply checklist
- Open the original listing and confirm the title, vessel basics, date, and contact path.
- Ask for salary, leave, rotation, start date, vessel location, and travel coverage in writing.
- Keep passport copies, bank details, and payment information private until the source is independently trusted.
- Use TopCrew drafts as drafts only; you choose where and when anything is sent.
How TopCrew helps
TopCrew flags sensitive language, separates direct listings from board-level search links, and keeps generated replies as drafts. It does not send messages automatically, and it does not ask you to upload private documents to apply.