Go-Jek says it has not started recruiting drivers in Singapore, warns against online 'recruitment forms'

False Go-Jek recruitment forms have been circulating on social media as well as through messaging apps such as WhatsApp. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
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SINGAPORE - Ride-hailing firm Go-Jek has warned private-hire car drivers here against forms purporting to be recruiting drivers for the Indonesian start-up.

These forms, circulating on social media as well as through messaging apps such as WhatsApp, are "false and should be disregarded", as they could be scams aimed at obtaining the personal information of drivers, a Go-Jek spokesman said on Wednesday (Aug 15).

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