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How To Evade Job-Scam Victimization

A Job seekers Guide to Basic Digital Forensic Investigation using actual Email Phoney Job Invitation Dear Terry, We decided to include you in the list of potential candidates after we reviewed your resume on Jobsite. We decided to offer you the position of TS Associate in our company. This is Part-time home based role and most of the work can be done in a comfort of your own home. We invite you to apply online on our website: http://marfigroup.com/careers/tsa/ Please include your telephone numbers along with your application and our HR staff will be back with you for telephone interview. We hope that our offer will make a positive influence on your potential career change and you will become one of our valued employees. Thank you, Charles Panter HR Department First Glance At first glance nothing alarming stands out and 'Jobsite' does have a copy of my CV.   The mandatory unsubscribe link is there and is managed by 'Constant Contact' which, so far, all seems

Infosec Blunder by Infosec Specialist (supposedly)

Seven days ago I received 'Infosec Consultant'  job prospect news from **** Recruitment by email, but did not reply;  an Infosec Consultancy wants to contract security consultants. Today I received unsolicited news update direct from ****'s client , which included the email contact details of hundreds of job seekers listed in ****'s data base including the name of ****' staff... oops!  Update: One week on, the same from a Financial Services firm!  Now the question is - who is the more stupid? 1)   Dear Terry, Please accept my apologies on behalf of **** Recruitment for this unfortunate incident. ****  has strict procedures and controls in place for sending out e-shots and electronic mailers to candidates to ensure that incidents of this nature do not occur. The recruitment consultants all receive training on their obligations under the Data Protection Act and are required to use an email maker system that ensures all recipient email addresses are blind