In the world we live in there will always be disreputable people willing to make a quick buck or to con people for their own personal gain. We have all seen the emails puporting to be from Nigerian Princesses or wealthy single old ladies attempting to make us reveal bank details or to even give money. They are part and parcel of using the internet.
Recently the level of scams has began to evolve with the targets becoming more wide ranging.
Yesterday I recieved a job offer from a company in America offering me the position of Financial Representative. I was initially suspicious but read the email anyway, after all an unemployed graduate cannot just ignore a job offer completely, that and the email suggested it was from reed.co.uk, a site I was signed up with. On opening the job specification it was several pages long and quite authenticaly produced. I followed the link to the website of a venture capitalist firm in the U.S.A. Thinking it would be mad just to ignore it I forwarded it to my Dad who confirmed it was a scam. On further examination I found a site that showed it was one that had previously been operating in a number of different countries incl. South Africa, Australia and Thailand.
Now I am naturally suspicious but if someone desperate for a job recieved that they may just give the "employer" everything they want. The fact the bogus company are using reed as well just adds to the illusion of believability.
For anyone who is interested/who recieves the email. It looks a little something like this
> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:21:47 +0300
> Subject: [Reed.co.uk] Anthony March, we have a great job offer for you!
> From: careersuk@assetmanwork.com
> To: cariassus@hotmail.com
>
> Dear Anthony March,
>
> This is David Hanson from Asset Management Company. I was assigned your
> Regional Instructor and from now on you'll be working under my
> supervision. I'll be providing you with all necessary information and
> submitting tasks to complete. I do hope we'll enjoy working together.
>
> We have received your resume. We are happy to say to you that you are
> qualified for the position of Financial Representative. This position is
> limited. You may find more about salary, hours and duties at job
> description.doc
>
> Application process:
> 1.Read job description document and respond me back with your agree word.
> 2.I will send you employment agreement and application form, you need to
> fill it out and send back signed
> 3.I will forward your application documents to our HR dept
> 4.You will be noticed about acceptance by e-mail
>
> Note:
> You may find more information at our web-site or feel free to ask any
> questions about your job duties and salary.
>
> My job is to assist you in managing payments and I'll be happy to do the
> utmost to help you whenever possible.
>
> My e-mail is: david@assetmancompany.com
> Please don’t use e-mail careersuk@assetmanwork.com for asking questions.
>
> I will serve as your account manager. Feel free to contact me regarding
> any issue.
> I will co-ordinate your work; therefore you can contact me anytime via
> e-mail and get an answer to any question of yours within 12 hours.
> Besides you can leave me a message on my answering machine anytime.
> Feel free to contact me anytime. My contact information is given below.
>
> This is not a spam! If you don't wish to apply - just notify me.
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> David Hanson
> Employment Manager
> E-Mail: david@assetmancompany.com
> Phone: +1 646 462 4591
> Fax: +1 646 619 4183
> Address: Asset Management Company
> 2100 Geng Road, Suite 200
> Palo Alto, California 94303, US
I emailed Reed to warn them but I am not sure really what they can do. There really needs to be more stringent laws to catch this internet scammers. Another common one is to suggest there has been an issue with your bank account, with emails seemingly coming from banks such as HSBC, Lloyds and Natwest. It seems that the only defence the actual banks have against these is to state they would never send an email asking for such important details. Yet some people must be fooled
Later on in the same day I recieved another email. It thanked me for sending my C.V and then preceeded to ask for my Resume and details. It wasnt even signed by a company or individual.
Now I know I have sent a lot of C.V's to random places, but if in in the incrediably unlikely case it wasnt fake, if a company is quite so blaize about recruitment I am not sure I want to work for them anyway!
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