The Work at Home Scam Blog

I meant to post this some time ago, but life kept getting in the way. I’ve been receiving some emails claiming to be from employers going through CareerBuilder.com, saying that they saw my resume and would like to hire me. They were pretty convincing, and if it weren’t for the fact that I’ve never posted my resume there I might have been enticed to check them out further.

It has been a week or so since I got one of those, so I’m hoping that the culprits have been discovered. But someone else could easily do the same thing. So it’s up to us to remain vigilant in avoiding such scams.

If you get such an email, some red flags to look for include:

• The email comes from a site that you are sure you haven’t posted your resume on.
• The job description is vague.
• A job is offered before you’ve even had any contact with the employer. A good resume can help you get a job, but few legitimate employers will offer someone a job without an interview no matter how great the resume is.
• It sounds too good to be true.

Since I didn’t investigate, I’m not sure what the purpose of these emails was. It could have been an offer for a payment processing job or some other questionable position, a phishing scheme, or a vehicle for links to a malicious website. But whatever it was, it couldn’t have been good.