Email security firm Red Condor has issued a warning to email users about the latest email scams that are targeting people looking for employment.Among the scams are emails that claim to be offering employment from legitimate companies such as Pepsi and Starbucks or that appear as messages from real job sites like CareerBuilder or Monster.com.
The fake employment offers frequently involve "payment processing" requests which give scammers an excuse to ask for a respondent's bank account information.
In addition to email spam, other scammers are using Craigslist to post fake job ads. When people respond to the ads, they receive an email reply that requires them to go to a "credit check" website to get their credit scores. The credit check link contains the scammer's affiliate, so when the victims pay for the credit check, the scammer gets a commission.
An email response to "Legal Secretary job posting" on craigslist email said, "Do not send me your info or report, I just want to make sure your score is above the 400 mark so check it and give me your exact score when you e-mail me your resume and references."
"Unfortunately, as with all phishing attacks, there is no legitimate employment offer coming, and victims have either given their personal information or money to unknown, deceitful sources," said Dr. Tom Steding, chief executive officer of Red Condor.
"Spammers are once again demonstrating that nothing is off limits as they focus their efforts on the millions of people that are unemployed and looking for work.
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