Scam calls. Don't give them any info
Complaint
Jay Meriott
Country: United States
About a week ago I got a call from an English-sounding girl who said she was calling from world careers located in Arizona.
I just placed my resume on Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com so I was not surprised to receive this call.
She wanted to confirm some info about my resume. I asked her how long she had been in the states, and she then tells me she is calling from Africa and that they have international call centers there.
She then said she needs to confirm my home address. I asked her why she needed it since it was already listed on my resume. She sounded uncomfortable and I hung up the phone with her.
Looking at the number I see that the call was coming from overseas. I then did a little research and found the phone number 442070982450 is associated with a fraud.
They collect your information from the internet. They ask for your address and then send you an overseas money order for thousands of dollars. Then they involve you in some kind of money laundering operation.
If you gave out your address, and a bank draft/money order comes in the mail, give it to your bank fraud dept or the police. This is a form of the popular "Nigerian" fraud/scam. Don't worry if you did happen to give out your address thinking this was a real job offer, they can't do anything with just your phone # and address but send you fraud checks. Just don't try to cash them or buy into their scam.
I just placed my resume on Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com so I was not surprised to receive this call.
She wanted to confirm some info about my resume. I asked her how long she had been in the states, and she then tells me she is calling from Africa and that they have international call centers there.
She then said she needs to confirm my home address. I asked her why she needed it since it was already listed on my resume. She sounded uncomfortable and I hung up the phone with her.
Looking at the number I see that the call was coming from overseas. I then did a little research and found the phone number 442070982450 is associated with a fraud.
They collect your information from the internet. They ask for your address and then send you an overseas money order for thousands of dollars. Then they involve you in some kind of money laundering operation.
If you gave out your address, and a bank draft/money order comes in the mail, give it to your bank fraud dept or the police. This is a form of the popular "Nigerian" fraud/scam. Don't worry if you did happen to give out your address thinking this was a real job offer, they can't do anything with just your phone # and address but send you fraud checks. Just don't try to cash them or buy into their scam.
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