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Job Website Scams: Got a Resume Online? You may get a scam job offer in your inbox!
Job and Recruiting Frauds and Scam Emails:
Using or Through Monster.com, Careerbuilder and Others
ORTHOBUILDER UK LIMITED / MedHunters Inc / ORTHOCRAFT UK LIMITED
Jobs websites in the U.S. and U.K. (and other countries) like Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com can be an excellent, efficient way for job-seekers to find employers and learn about new job openings. Unfortunately, it also is being used by scammers to get your identity information or to scam you into an MLM sales pitch. There are also scammers creating fake job notifications that look like they came from Monster.com directly.
Have you received an email like the one below, claiming to be from (click on the links for examples of the scam emails):
These appear to be nothing more than the AFF (Advance Fee Fraud), a money transfer scam (see this page) targeting residents of the U.S. and Canada. We're currently investigating these. We noticed a pattern when our own staff started receiving them in the past week (mid-February 2007). We created a dummy resume with a fake contact address, phone and email that we set up to receive the response.
CFR RECOMMENDS THAT YOU DO NOT CONTACT THEM OR GIVE THEM ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION UNTIL WE CAN CONFIRM MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEM!
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.
Let Monster.com know that you are not happy about the deluge of emails from this one company! We spoke with a Monster representative who advised that you forward the emails to siteabuse@monster.com
You can also try filing a complaint with Monster.com, by going to this page: http://my.monster.com/contactus.aspx and click on LiveChat - although they'll probably just tell you to forward the email to the address above.
See the links above for examples!
March 30, 2007:
From: Letter [letters@route.monster.com]
Subject: Interviews for TEam Ford at NorthpointALL TRAINING IS COMPANY PAID! NO COST TO YOU!
Your resume was reviewed and approved for the initial interview with the Team Ford at Northpoint as a sales and leasing consultant. Gle-en McHenry will be holding interviews on Monday, April 2nd and Tuesday April 3rd from 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM.
If you pass the 2 part interview process, you will be drug tested and background checked, then enrolled in our training program. Again, there is no cost to you! You will be taught the entire sales process from front to back, and how to maximize your income.
You can contact Gle-en McHenry at gmchenry@aol.com or on his cell phone 1-847-612-7613, if you have any questions. No appointment necessary!
Again the interviews will be held on Monday, April 2nd and Tuesday April 3rd from 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM ONLY!
INTERVIEW LOCATION
Team Ford at Northpoint
New Car Showroom
1575 Mansell Rd
Alpharetta, GA 30004
Hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Gle-en McHenry
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
