Edit, I just realized that maybe this should have been posted in My Humble Opinion. My apologies to the mods if that’s the case.
I’ve been putting in for some jobs listed on Craigslist. Of course you have to be careful because CL is known for scams. And I am the type of person who always plays it extra safe, so usually if I get the slightest inkling that something is a scam I’ll stay away from it.
But being desperate for a job instead of passing on this, I thought I’d for everyone’s opinion.
I put in for a “Technical Support Associate” job and got a reply. The company is IKD Property Management. The first concern I have is that when you Google them, nothing comes up and Google asks if you mean IDK Property Management. I also looked them up on DEX Yellow Pages and they’re not there either.
The second concern is in the long reply I got from Ben, the human resource manager, is this part:
I took out the code, but it is there in my E-mail.
So, everything is telling me that this is a scam, but maybe I’m being overly cautious. What do you think?
I think it is a scam. I got the email today and it had the same exact wording/layout. The site looks decent, simple, and not very personalized. I’m guessing they keep reusing it.
I applied to “IT Helpdesk Analyst” and it was sent to my spam folder. Also used whois and it says it was created “Creation Date: 14-sep-2010” http://www.whois.net/whois/ikdmanagement.com
Domain Name: IKDMANAGEMENT.COM
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Name Server: NS1.IKDMANAGEMENT.COM
Name Server: NS2.IKDMANAGEMENT.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 14-sep-2010
Creation Date: 14-sep-2010
Expiration Date: 14-sep-2011
Yeah, I thought about looking at their on-line application, but when I click the link, I’m supposed to give my name, E-mail address, and the code. Frankly, I don’t want to give my name an E-mail address to a potential scammer.
Although typing this I just realized that I could have given phony information, but nah, I think I’ll just avoid it all-together.
Random, but check out this email I received a couple days ago. I think it is interesting to say the least. The issues that they have is that they don’t include your job position (Many would not, but interesting to note it could be used in any job category), Talks about the IQ Test way to much, and can tell it is an automated response.
What’s even more fascinating is that the MEM web site was designed and maintained by ITelagen® and the MEM web site looks remarkably like the IKD site. The MEM site references and links to ITelagen, while the IKD site does not.
Another thing that made me think IKD was a scam is that when I went to the Web site and looked at available positions is that the one I applied for wasn’t among them.
Another note would be that they do not have a contact number or email. All they have is a embedded thing on the site that doesn’t tell you where it is sent.
I suspect that MEM site is probably real, given that it seems to have some more details such as contact phone numbers and emails. The IKD site obviously just copied over all the text and added their own (probably stolen from some other site) graphics to make themselves look legit.
To see if the IQ test is just another method of phising, it would be fun to complete it (if it’s real) and put all wrong answers. Then see if they say you qualified.
Yeah, when I clicked the “Contact” link all it does it let you send them an E-mail. Every other contact link for other web sites usually has addresses and phone numbers.
I also received the same message as nobody not once but twice from two different people who claim to be the HR manager. I also check for their website and didn’t find anything.
I hate it that people sink so low, when there are too many people out there in need of work (I am one of them), who will actually take the time to fill out their bogus application!:smack:
I’d expect that the website for a property management company would say in which cities they own property and the names of the apartment buildings or condo complexes they own in those cities. The fact that they don’t mention any of this on their website is also suspicious.
