| If you were born before 1960, you may | | | | talent agency. Here is how the process goes.You |
| remember a strange phenomenon that was once | | | | get an email from the prospective employer telling |
| used by some people to shortcut the process of | | | | you that they have seen your resume on the job |
| catching fish. Instead of using a fishing pole and | | | | site and they would like you to fill out their online |
| waiting patiently for a fish to swim by and take | | | | application and send a resume. In some cases, this |
| the bait, they would take a boat out into the lake | | | | is the only step, if they ask for things like your |
| with several sticks of dynamite in hand.A quick | | | | SSN in the application. They might really have it |
| setup and a toss of one of those sticks of | | | | worked out and take it further. They may only |
| dynamite into the lake resulted in an underwater | | | | ask for basic information and have you upload |
| explosion - either killing or stunning all of the fish in | | | | your resume. Then they build on the game - they |
| the general area of the explosion. Once dead or | | | | make you wait. About a week or so later you |
| stunned, the fish floated to the surface and the | | | | get the congratulatory email saying that you have |
| so-called fishermen could scoop them up with a | | | | been selected from applicants, and to go online |
| net and fill their boat with the catch of the | | | | and fill out the agreement, after which you have |
| day.Now outlawed and much more difficult to buy | | | | to fill out the insurance forms, or the W2 form so |
| the tackle required, fishing with dynamite is pretty | | | | you can begin your training.Alarms are going off |
| much a thing of the past.In the past few years a | | | | and red lights flashing!As a person who has been |
| new type of activity has been commonly | | | | unemployed for three or more months, wouldn't |
| referred to as Phishing. This does not involve | | | | you love an offer making $75-100 thousand |
| water but involves using bait to catch | | | | dollars a year?I guarantee that some people are |
| unsuspecting victims. Once caught, victims give | | | | giving all of their information. In investigating one |
| the Phisher their personal information.This type of | | | | of these scams, I found that one online scammer |
| scam started online with the phony bank emails | | | | had built over 50 different web sites under 50 |
| asking people to update their information. It then | | | | different company names. Each time they got the |
| spread to the phony email pretending to be from | | | | boot from the online job site, they just started a |
| from that big auction site or the payment | | | | new bogus company.In fact some sources for |
| processing company they now own. Next was | | | | my research said that some of the information |
| the fraudulent email from the African business | | | | stolen was not used for identity theft, but sold to |
| people asking for help to transfer millions of dollars | | | | other scammers and spammers for their use.So |
| from their deceased relatives accounts. Then | | | | now, everyone is officially a target, if you have |
| there was the one in which a poor rich individual | | | | money, no money, if you are an adult or a child, if |
| was dying and they wanted an honest person to | | | | you are living and breathing and even dead, your |
| take their millions and distribute it to charities. And | | | | personal information can and may be stolen. If or |
| lastly in this series has been the business partner | | | | when it is will you have been the one who gave |
| needed scam where the foreign company needs | | | | the information away in desperation of getting |
| an "agent" to help them in this country.Most of | | | | good employment? My guess is if you are reading |
| these rip-off scams were geared to trying to get | | | | this article, you won't.Remember these points:1. |
| your personal sensitive information to be used to | | | | When it sounds too good to be true, it probably |
| empty your bank account or to commit identity | | | | is. |
| fraud.Now there is a brand new assault that is | | | | 2. A good paying job usually requires a face to |
| targeted at the unemployed and what a good | | | | face interview. |
| target they can be. Why are the unemployed a | | | | 3. Even a criminal can buy a secure web site. |
| good target? Most people who experience | | | | 4. Online job sites do not screen employers.Use |
| unemployment suffer from elevated anxiety | | | | caution online, it's a high speed jungle out there |
| about their future. This anxiety increases over | | | | and now, they're Phishing with dynamite!Jeff Glaze |
| time, the longer the period of unemployment | | | | is the Editor of founder of e-mail certification |
| continues.Today with the miracle of the internet, | | | | program and the author of several e-books. His |
| we can search for employment online via massive | | | | company, Mostcool Media Inc.( ), specializes in |
| job sites. You know the big ones, you have seen | | | | marketing planning, coaching, business networking |
| the commercials and possibly you have even | | | | training, web and media development. His e-book |
| uploaded your resume to them.The scammers | | | | "The Six Xtremes Of Power Business |
| have seen the commercials too. Now they have | | | | Networking" is available here: Jeff Glaze is available |
| begun to use these sites disguised as employers | | | | to speak to your group and can be contacted at |
| offering really good paying, interesting sounding | | | | 678.508.5975Copyright © 2006 by MostCool |
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