AN EMAIL AND CALL FROM A RECRUITER.

While this might be a dead piece of meat, I wanted  to share the experience and warned everyone once again – be careful about the information you release during the job search process. As professional job market slows down more and more recruitment scam comes out again.

While this might be a dead piece of meat, I wanted  to share the experience and warned everyone once again – be careful about the information you release during the job search process. As professional job market slows down more and more recruitment scam comes out again.

Not so long ago, I was contacted by an Agent A who left me a voicemail and later on sent me an email with the job description. I glanced it over and replied that I am interested in conversation attaching latest copy of my resume to the email.
In about 1 hour we were able to have a phone conversation, which was nothing special, just a bit difficult to understand due to the accent of the Agent A, a very quiet voice and external noise. During the initial chat I was asked all basic questions about my legal status in the country, years of experience in certain fields, important to the client, and in between of those questions there were a few, which put me on alert. One of those questions was my date of birth. While this is not much of the secret, I do not recall sharing this information with the recruiter during the introductory phone call. I doubt that I should be expecting a fruit basket on my birthday from the agency in question. At the end of the questionnaire I was asked for the last 5 digits of my social security. And that was when I knew something is wrong.

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