Warning About a Job Interview Experience (Kingsdale Mortgage Inc.)

I want to share a concerning experience my friend, whom I’ll call Arthur (for privacy reasons), had while job hunting in Canada as a new immigrant. He previously encountered a company that I found suspicious—Universal Investing & Consulting Inc.—but this particular case raises even more red flags.

Arthur applied for a position at Kingsdale Mortgage Inc. and received a phone call from them. The conversation felt less like an interview and more like a lecture, where they provided some information about the job responsibilities and salary but didn’t ask any questions about him at all.

Fast forward two to three weeks, Arthur was invited for an in-person interview at their office. However, I noticed a discrepancy in the address he was given compared to what I found online. During this interview, things took an odd turn. The interviewer asked Arthur and other applicants to make numerous unsolicited calls to people, seemingly to gather information or promote the company.

What’s more alarming is that the interviewer provided a fake website to support their questionable practices and explicitly instructed Arthur not to leave any evidence of these calls, such as text messages or voicemails. This raised my suspicion that the company might be engaging in pyramid scheme-like activities, as Arthur was being asked to make between 50 to 100 calls using his own phone, with no compensation for his time.

I am convinced this is a scam, but I lack concrete evidence to convince my friend to stop pursuing this job opportunity.

What steps can I take to help Arthur avoid working for this company?