I got a suspicious call this morning from 202-591-2220. It was a robocall saying it was from Career Network to verify employment information for "a job I applied for online." Then they had me hold for a few minutes which annoyed me, but I stuck with it in case it was legit. I was already feeling that scammy feeling I get when my danger radar goes off.
When a woman finally came on the line she asked me for my phone number. I said, actually I would like to know from you what job this is in regards to. She couldn't answer and said she needed my phone number to look me up in their system. SCAM ALERT bells went off at this point. I mean, they called me, they obviously already have my phone number. Why would they need me to give it to them. I told her I don't give out my personal information to random people who call me. She said, well, we will put you down as not interested in the job. I thought you didn't know what job? I said this sounds like a big scam to me I am going to hang up now.
Then I googled Career Network Scam and found a bunch of ripoff reports. Apparently this company calls people who have resumes posted online and then weasels their personal information out of them. Then they call and harass the job seeker trying to get them to sign up for further education and sketchy deals like that.
Great. Glad my radar is working.
By the way... really classy. Way to take advantage of job seekers during the period of highest unemployment since the Great Depression. Nice.
