Job and Recruiting Frauds and Scam Emails:
Ask-America.net, Ask-America.Org, Ask-America.com
Have you received an email like the one below, claiming to be from
It a scam. We're currently investigating these. See this page for more
information.
Do you have a resume posted online? We'd like to hear from you about your
experiences recruiting emails that turned out to be scams or misleading -
click here to write us. We suspect
these are possibly a new wave of identity theft attacks.
Below are emails from victims and near-victims of Ask-America:
March 7, 2007:
I did make an online resume on Monster.com and Soon after I did get an e-mail
about Ask America in which I gave some information including my name, address,
and phone number. I now realized how stupid that was although nothing happened
yet and I intend on avoiding any calls or e-mails I receive back from them. What
is crazy is that when you do a Google search on Askamerica the first thing that
pops up is a site that says sites that try to make them out as bad are made by
disgruntled employees. I can't believe they hid the scam so well. I realized
this was a scam when the same thing happened for Toospoiled.com then I realized they
were the same people. I feel so retarded right now. I don't know what to do. I
want to go take the information back. :(
March 12, 2007:
I just received an e-mail from "Jill Connelly" of Ask America as I had
sent my resume and Ask America had stated they excepted me as an employee
I became suspicious of the company when I tried to input my e-mail and
password and it came back stating it was invalid. I started looking for a site
map or phone number and there was nothing. I should have realized it was to good
to be true from the first e-mail!
Hope this information helps. If you need more information, do not hesitate to
e-mail.
Sincerely, Colleen
March 28, 2007:
Dear Sir:
Earlier this week on Monday, March 19th, I responded to an Ask America online
survey. I wrote to you later that day but I was having computer problems and did
not receive a response. I changed my ISP and email this week.
Can you please inform me what steps I need to take to prevent Ask America
from using information they obtained about me. I did not provide any credit card
information or banking information. However, I cannot recall questions on the
survey that I might have answered which could prove detrimental. Do you have a
copy of the survey that they use?
RESPONSE: Since all they have is you email address and possibly a
phone number, you'll probably just receive a lot of loan applications, student
loan info, and school applications. It appears that they are trying to trick
people into providing contact info to sell school loans.
Other Jobs Scams
There are a variety of sleazy scams that look, at first glance, like
legitimate job offers. Before you write back to them, pause a moment and read about the scams below!
Some of the more common job scams are
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