NHW Technologies
Outrageous attempt to get your credit and identifying information
- 03-25-2009
- 17
I am currently unemployed was searching for jobs in Craigslist and found the following posting:
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Audit Manager Tampa bay area
Reply to: tannerwardjuhz@gmail.com
Date: 03-24,4:56PM EDT
Our company is growing at a rapid pace, and we are seeking candidates to become a part of our team so if you happen to possess a solid will are hungry to succeed then reply now! Prior experience is not important and we are happy to provide full instruction for the best candidates.
Hours would be from 8am - 5pm at an hourly rate of pay of $22/hr.
Compensation: ask
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
PostingID: 1090256481
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Being well qualified for this position, I replied to the posting and submitted my resume. Almost immediately I received this email:
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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 22:06: 50 -0700
From: Pamela Abney (nhwtechnologies@gmail.com)
To: *@hotmail.com
Subject: NHW Technologies Job Positions Re: Audit Manager Tampa bay area
Thank you for taking the time to reply to our job opening here at NHW Technologies. We are pleased to tell you that you have been selected into the final screening process.
This job will be a rewarding and profitable career choice and we offer our employees the best salary and health packages available. We believe a happy worker is the key to a growth oriented company.
As part of our routine background check on all employees we require all applicants who have reached this stage to do a routine credit check to verify your details.
This check is totally free to yourself and all details are totally confidential. Please note: We can not and will not use any bad credit to deny your application (your credit is not important to us), this is simply to verify your past employment history.
To get your free credit report we suggest using this provider http://nhwfreereports. Notlong.com
Once you have received your report please send it along with your current cv to our human resources department hr@nhwtechnologies.net23.com
Once again thanks for your interest in the position, we look forward to working with you in the near future.
Pamela Abney (Human Resources)
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Several questions came to mind after reading the email, so I did some research and found that:
-hr@nhwtechnologies.net23.com is not a valid email address
-nhwtechnologies.net23.com is not a valid domain
-nhwtechnologies.net23.net is hosted by a 000webhost.com out of Lithuania (as reported by whois. Domaintools.com)
-nhwtechnologies.net23.net was setup on 03-09 (as reposted by 000webhost.com)
-nhwtechnologies.net23.net webpage is currently under construction.
After clearly identifying this as a SCAM, I filed a report with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (http://www.ic3. Gov).
*PLEASE BEWARE*
The following are other job postings in Craigslist with the same Reply To: address (tannerwardjuhz@gmail.com):
(8 links redacted)
Company: NHW Technologies
Country: USA
Site: nhwtechnologies.net23.com