Job and Recruiting Frauds and Scam Emails:
Using or Through CareerBuilder.com
PHARMAMED Limited
SCAM ALERT: PHARMAMED
is a fraud!
Have you received an email like the one below, claiming to be from PHARMAMED
Limited? IT IS A SCAM! An example of this email is shown
farther down this page.
Jobs websites in the U.S. and U.K. (and other countries) like Monster.com and
CareerBuilder.com can be an excellent, efficient way for job-seekers to find
employers and learn about new job openings. Unfortunately, it also is
being used by scammers to get your identity information. There are also scammers creating fake job notifications that
look like they came from Monster.com directly.
These appear to be nothing more than the AFF (Advance Fee Fraud), a money
transfer scam (see this page)
targeting residents of the U.S. and Canada. We're currently investigating these. We noticed a
pattern when our own staff started receiving them in the past week (mid-February
2007). We created a dummy resume with a fake contact address, phone and email
that we set up to receive the response.
CFR RECOMMENDS THAT YOU DO NOT
CONTACT THEM OR GIVE
THEM ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION
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experiences recruiting emails that turned out to be scams or misleading -
click here to write us. We suspect
these are possibly a new wave of identity theft attacks.
You can try filing a complaint with Monster.com, go to this page:
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Below is a job scam email from PHARMAMED:
Here are the jobs we found for you based on your search criteria:
Manage Agents
We Have A Part Time Job For You!
PHARMAMED LIMITED - "Don’t leave your career or selection of candidates to
fate."
Established in 1985, PHARMAMED Limited is the UK’s leading pharmaceutical
sales recruitment company. Specialising in pharmaceutical recruitment since
1985, we pride ourselves in our proven ability to recruit the best
candidates for the UK’s leading pharmaceutical companies time after time.
Individuality is the key to our success. We treat each client, candidate and
employee as an individual with their own individual needs and tailor our
service offerings to best fit these needs.
PHARMAMED Limited is unique in that we are a Consultancy in the true sense.
We can advise our candidates and clients through the maze of recruitment
issues that they face daily because we have the experience, knowledge and
resources to do so.
Our company has reached enormous sales volumes in major European countries.
We are currently trying to expand our services over in the USA and Canada.
The IRS directly supports the market testing efforts of agencies by
providing general guidelines, through the development of Market Testing
Toolkits and providing guidance regarding the related agency banking
framework. Therefore, PHARMAMED Limited has been granted a Market Test
Authorization from the IRS in January 1st, 2007 and is valid thru January
20th, 2008. This Market Test Authorization allows great flexibility
regarding taxes.
PHARMAMED Limited is currently recruiting Regional Financial Managers in
Canada who will receive payments from our customers in Canada and
redistribute the funds as needed.
-Why do we prefer hiring people instead of opening an office over in Canada?
-Because it is far cheaper paying a comission of 12% rather than going
through all the paper hassle of registering a business in Canada and opening
offices all over the country. Besides, there is no certainty that our
company will succeed selling the products in Canada, that's why it is called
a Market Test. Upon, a successful result, we will being opening offices in
the United States.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Agent's work consists in receiving payments from our customers in Canada and
making
further payments as instructed to a regional affiliate department, depending
on
the customer's location. Being a part-time job, it should not take more than
2 hours per day.
Agent's commission is 12% from each transaction (for instance: you receive
$1000.00, you will
keep $120.00 as payment for your service). All further money transfer
charges and fees are covered
by our company. So you will be responsible just for making proper payments
in time.
Each transaction will be made only after prior notification by phone call or
e-mail.
You are not required to:
have any extra knowledge or to be experienced in this business and
this occupation can endow additional income to you and your family as it
will not require more than few hours per week.
If you are interested in our offer, please feel free to ask for the general
provisions
of the contract.
Requirements:
Adults only
Residents of Canada
Owner of checking account with online access at DESJARDINS or ROYAL BANK OF
CANADA
Owners of a computer with e-mail access
2-3 hours free time within the work day
For further informations and inquiries about the job offering, please feel
free to
contact us by e-mail at any time at pharmameduk@cs.com .
PHARMAMED Limited - An UK Company
Other Jobs Scams
There are a variety of sleazy scams that look, at first glance, like
legitimate job offers. Before you write back to them, pause a moment and read about the scams below!
Some of the more common job scams are
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