The latest email scams are now targeting job seekers. Red Condor, an award-winning provider of true hybrid email security solutions, recently issued a warning to email users about the latest email security scams that are preying on people looking for employment. Among the scams are emails that claim to be offering employment from familiar, reputable companies such as Pepsi and Starbucks, or masquerade 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 direct email-spam, others 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” web site to get their credit scores. The credit check link contains the scammer’s affiliate, so when victims pay for the credit-check, the scammer gets a commission.
Unfortunately, spammers are once again demonstrating that nothing is off limits. Organizations need to ensure that they have adequate email security and filtering technology to stop these types of emails before they breach their companies’ networks.
Source: The Career News, Aug 25, 2009 (excerpted from the Career Management Alliance newsletter 8/31/09)
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