Hey guys, I've never encountered this before so I came here to see if anyone has any experience in this.

So I have been approached by a recruiter from Hong Kong that claims that they are looking for candidates to work for a company that was Metaverse based. The recruiter contacted me via LinkedIn.

The role offered to me was either Manager / Assistant Manager of a department.

The company is a gaming company (Metaverse based) that is funded / supported by a prominent Metaverse company.

Somehow, I can't help but to think that there seems to be something off. I have not shared my details apart from phone number to the recruiter at this moment as I was cautious of information scam or worse.

What has been shared:
1. Had a quick chat about the role - Apparently the company intendeds to setup a production office in Malaysia (KL, PJ); They have presence mainly in HK and SG.
2. The role's brief R&R
3. Was asked about my language capabilities (They need mandarin / Cantonese speaker)
4. What are my current / expected salaries
5. Bonus structures

Here's what I did:
1. Able to verify the recruiter's company indeed is registered with recruiter license in HK (checked through HK gov website).
2. Able to validate the website of the client company of the recruiter.
3. Checked that the 'founder' was connected to the recruiter that I was speaking with.
4. Checked that the client company is indeed hiring, but not for the role that I was offered, did not state which state / country.
5. PM'ed / Emailed the client company's official channels to verify, pending for response.

The odd thing for me was, they did not ask what I do on a daily basis / competencies, they did not even know my company's subsidiary etc, but the recruiter focused more on language capabilities as well as my interest towards Metaverse. As a metaverse 'investor', I am exposed to the field and did share my interests towards this company.

Hopefully anyone here can share their experience / advise if any related to what I've experienced.