Is this Teams link for a job interview a scam?

Liz 20 Reputation points
2026-09-20T04:59:55.8366667+00:00

I received an email regarding an open job position. Their email address was ******@cabiclothing.team, and it seemed legitimate because they used the name of someone who works in the company's HR department (I found them on LinkedIn, but I couldn't find their email address to contact them, but I went ahead to send them a message... I don't think they'll read it in time).

They sent me job details and asked: "I would welcome the chance to connect briefly and share more about the role and our team. Please let me know a convenient time for a short introductory conversation." We set up a time, and then they sent me a link which I found a bit odd and they said, "invite you to a 40-minute assessment digital chat interview via Teams to discuss your portfolio and learn more about your previous creative projects."

Is this link safe or does it have malware? https://teams.live.com/l/invite/fea9wdfsrgrbsmi_g?v=g1

I haven't clicked on the link yet, but I have my doubts and that it may be a scam.

Could you please check just in case?

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Rukshan edirisinghe 250 Reputation points
2026-09-20T06:07:44.6866667+00:00

Hi @Liz

Trust your gut. This has every marker of a job scam, and your instincts already caught it.

To answer the literal question first: the link itself won't give you malware. teams.live.com is Microsoft's real domain, so clicking it would just open a chat invite. The danger isn't the link; it's the person behind it.

Here's why this is almost certainly a scam:

  1. cabiclothing.team is not cabi's real domain. The real company is at cabionline.com. Scammers register lookalike domains exactly like this, and using a real HR employee's name pulled from LinkedIn is the standard trick.
  2. That's a personal (consumer) Teams invite link. Real companies send meeting invites from their corporate Teams, not a personal Teams group chat.
  3. A "chat interview" (typing only, no video, no faces) is the signature move. Chat-only interviews with realistic invitations are a known scam wave, followed by a fast job offer and then requests for your ID, bank details "for direct deposit", or payment for equipment. That's the actual goal.

What to do: don't join the chat, don't send any personal or bank info, and never deposit a check from them or pay for anything. If you want certainty, check whether the job exists on cabi's official careers page or call them. Then report the email as phishing in your mail app, and if you're in the US, at reportfraud.ftc.gov.

One expectation to set: nobody here can see who's behind an invite link, but the pattern above is decisive enough that you don't need that confirmation.

Reference: https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2025/07/job-scammers-are-looking-hire-you

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