Watch out for fake jobs
Phoney jobs
Originally published at TheManual.ca on Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Beware any job postings on Craigslist that do not have a recognized corporate e-mail address and company or agency name. Those of you tempted by seemingly lucrative, interesting job offerings from an unnamed company on Craigslist will be very disappointed when an automated script sends a pitch for a work-from-home scam from what appears to be a Hotmail address.
Before sending your resume, ask for a company name and proper e-mail address. Giving a summary of qualifications might be helpful, to show that you are worth responding to, but don’t give too much personal information. To check, use a dedicated junk mail address or one with a very good spam filter, in case the address gets sold.
The fakes that I have noticed involve technical writing jobs in the Kitchener-Waterloo and Ottawa regions, but I am sure that it has been tried in other areas too, and with different lures.
To borrow a phrase, “Be careful out there.”
Related article about identity theft via fake jobs, career fairs, etc. in Florida.
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