Job and Recruiting Emails: Kelly Christie, kelly.christie@smartmarkstaffing.com or "Career Updates"

Job and Recruiting Emails: Kelly Christie, kelly.christie@smartmarkstaffing.com or "Career Updates"

Have you received an recruiting email like the ones below, claiming to be from

• Kelly Christie at kelly.christie@smartmarkstaffing.com
• "Career Updates"
• http://email-jobsupdates.com
• Others?

We have yet to hear from A SINGLE PERSON who has received a job through them.  If you have received a job through Kelly Christie, kelly.christie@smartmarkstaffing.com or "Career Updates" or the others above, or have anything positive to say about them - PLEASE WRITE US! So far, all we have seen is very suspicious, at best.  It appears to be a scam to get you to click on links to got to training and education providers.

Other emails sent from the same domain are reported as spam and scams. See these links below:

• Scamfraudalert.wordpress.com/
• Phishbucket.org/

CFR RECOMMENDS THAT YOU DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION UNTIL YOU CAN CONFIRM MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEM!

Do you have a resume posted online? We'd like to hear from you about your 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.

Note: There ARE legitimate recruiting and employment firms on the internet, and some with very similar names to those above.  We recommend you check any company out before you give any personal information to them.  If they do not have a posted address and phone number, or don't answer the phone, don't give them any personal information! The legal recruiters will be happy to give you contact information, return calls and act in the open!

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What to do, if you DID fill out their form:

Report it to the following government agencies:

• Forward the email you received to the Federal Trade Commission: spam@uce.gov  
• Contact the FBI (United States Federal Bureau of Investigation) at the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
  • FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about filing a complaint with the FBI /IC3
• Contact your State Attorneys General. Your state Attorney General or local office of consumer protection is also listed in the government pages of your telephone book

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Below is one of the suspicious emails received by our staff (we sanitized the links, they were all identical):

Hi Joe,

Today's job alert contains current job openings that match your job search categories...

Vice President of Software Development Job Matches - in Dallas - today

Executive Job Matches - today

 

Kelly Christie

Take your free Executive Career Interest Test

 

This message was sent to you by Career Updates 4741 Central, Suite 441 Kansas City, MO 64112 You can change your communication preferences or you can unsubscribe from future mailings.

 

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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

• credit card applications (in particular, one from "Grey Marketing Team")
• 30biz.com
• Liberty National Recruiting
• Also see these Spam job emails
• Bruce Berman - "I got here, you can, too": Scam Check out our review here.