How to Tell If Your Offer Letter Is Real or Fake — 5-Minute Check (2026)
You received a job offer letter. Something feels slightly off, or maybe it looks completely normal, but a friend told you to double-check. Either way, you're here because you want to know: is this offer letter real?
This guide is for that exact moment. Five checks you can complete in 5 minutes, on your phone or laptop, right now. No registration, no app, no fee. If your offer letter is fake, you will know before the end of this page.
For a complete 8-point verification guide, see our full offer letter verification guide. This page covers the 5 fastest checks — if any of these fail, you have your answer without needing the rest.
Check 1 — Search the Company Name on Google Right Now (60 seconds)
Open Google. Type the exact company name from your offer letter. Look at what comes up.
Real company signs:
- Official website appears (company.com, not company-jobs.in or company-india.net)
- LinkedIn company page exists with employees listed
- The company appears on Glassdoor, Ambition Box, or similar platforms
- News results or business coverage from verifiable media outlets
Fake company signs:
- No official website, or a website created very recently (check by searching "company name site:web.archive.org" — if no archived versions exist, the site is new)
- The only results are job portals listing their openings — no actual company presence
- Company name is very close to a real company but slightly different (Infossys, Acsenture, Tata Consultency) — these are impersonation attempts
Takes: 60 seconds. If the company doesn't exist on Google with a real presence — stop here. The offer is fake.
Check 2 — Verify the Email Domain (30 seconds)
Look at the email address your offer letter came from. The domain (the part after @) must exactly match the company's official website domain.
Real examples:
Infosys → offer from @infosys.com ✅
Accenture → offer from @accenture.com ✅
TCS → offer from @tcs.com ✅
Wipro → offer from @wipro.com ✅
Fake examples (all of these are scam emails):
@infosys-india.com ❌
@infossys.com ❌
@accenture-hr.in ❌
@tcs-careers.net ❌
@tcs-official.com ❌
@gmail.com (any real company offer from Gmail) ❌
If the email domain is not the company's exact official domain — the offer is fake. No legitimate company sends offer letters from Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, or a modified domain.
Takes: 30 seconds. This single check catches the majority of fake offers.
Check 3 — Look Up the Company's CIN Number (2 minutes)
Every real company registered in India has a CIN (Company Identification Number) or LLPIN (for LLPs). Your offer letter should mention the company's registered name and either the CIN or its registered address.
How to verify:
- Go to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs portal: mca.gov.in
- Click "MCA Services" → "Master Data" → "View Company/LLP Master Data"
- Search for the company name as it appears on your offer letter
- Check: Is the company listed? Is it "Active" status? Does the registered address match?
If the company does not appear on MCA, it is not registered in India — regardless of how real the offer letter looks.
Companies like TCS, Infosys, Accenture, Wipro, Amazon India, HCLTech all appear immediately on MCA with "Active" status and extensive history. A company that doesn't appear, or appeared only recently (incorporated date in the last 12 months), is a red flag.
Check 4 — Call the Company's Official Number (2 minutes)
Find the company's official phone number from their official website (not from the offer letter — find it independently). Call the main reception or HR line.
Ask: "I received an offer letter from your company. Can you confirm that [HR name on the letter] is a member of your HR team?"
What a real company will do: Transfer you to HR, confirm the process, or ask you to email a verification query to their official HR email.
What happens with fake offers: The number on the offer letter goes to a personal phone. The company's official number has no record of the HR person named. The HR contact cannot be found on LinkedIn with the company listed.
If the HR person named on your offer letter does not appear on LinkedIn with the company tagged as their employer — this is a significant warning sign.
Check 5 — Check Whether the Salary Makes Sense (30 seconds)
Compare the salary in your offer letter against known market rates for that company and role.
Known fresher salary ranges for real companies in India in 2026:
- TCS: ₹3.36 LPA (Ninja) to ₹9.36 LPA (Prime)
- Infosys: ₹3.6 LPA (SE) to ₹6.5 LPA (DSE)
- Wipro: ₹3.5 LPA (Elite) to ₹6.5 LPA (Turbo)
- Accenture: ₹4–8 LPA
- Cognizant: ₹4 LPA (GenC) to ₹7.5 LPA (Elevate)
- Amazon (Operations): ₹4–8 LPA | Amazon (SDE): ₹12–20+ LPA
- HCLTech: ₹3.2–6.5 LPA
Red flags in the salary:
- Offer significantly above these ranges for a fresher (e.g. "TCS offering ₹25 LPA for freshers" — this does not happen)
- No salary mentioned at all — real offer letters always specify CTC
- Salary stated as "₹50,000–₹80,000 per month" for a standard fresher IT role — unusually high ranges signal a fake
- Offer asks you to deposit a "security amount" or "training fee" before joining — no legitimate company charges freshers any amount at any stage
If Any of These 5 Checks Fail
Do not respond to the offer. Do not pay any amount. Do not share your Aadhaar, PAN, or bank details. Do not attend the "joining date" mentioned in the letter.
Report the fake offer to:
- The real company (most large companies like TCS, Infosys, and Accenture have official fraud reporting email addresses — usually fraud@company.com or hrfraud@company.com)
- Cyber Crime portal: cybercrime.gov.in
- Employee Table: if you found the job through a listing on our platform, contact us at emptable1@gmail.com and we will investigate and remove the listing immediately
If All 5 Checks Pass
Your offer letter is likely genuine. Before you resign from any current role or make any financial commitments based on it, complete the full 8-point verification in our comprehensive offer letter verification guide — which includes checking the offer letter format, the joining date, the bond clause, and the background verification process.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I know if my Infosys offer letter is real?
Check: 1) Email from @infosys.com only. 2) Company appears on MCA as active. 3) Salary matches ₹3.6 LPA (SE) or ₹6.5 LPA (DSE) — not significantly higher or lower. 4) HR contact appears on LinkedIn as an Infosys employee. 5) You received it through the iConnect portal or directly after an InfyTQ interview — not from a WhatsApp forward or unknown recruitment agency.
How do I know if my Accenture offer letter is real?
Email must be from @accenture.com exactly. The offer references an Accenture entity registered in India (Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd or similar — verifiable on MCA). Salary for fresher roles is ₹4–8 LPA. You can verify by calling Accenture's official India number and asking to confirm the HR contact's name.
Is it a scam if they ask for money to process the joining?
Yes, always. No legitimate employer in India charges candidates any amount at any stage of hiring — not for registration, not for background verification, not for uniforms, not for ID cards, not for training. Any payment request before joining is a scam, regardless of how official the offer letter looks.
Can a fake offer letter look exactly like the real thing?
Yes — scammers copy company letterheads, email signatures, and even CIN numbers (using the real company's CIN on a fake letter). This is why checking the email domain independently (not from the letter) and calling the official company number independently (not from the letter) are the two most reliable checks.
Final Word
A suspicious offer letter is worth 5 minutes of verification before you resign, travel, or pay anything. All five checks above are free, take under 5 minutes combined, and work for any company in India. If you need help verifying a specific offer letter, the full 8-point guide covers every scenario. Every verified job listing on Employee Table has been manually checked before publishing — free, always.