Reply to: Email from a company called "Better Careers"

[Steelman]

Scam to get real CV info

Hi all

I replied to one of these emails and sent my CV. Stupid I know but no alarm bells rang until I did some more investigating about the job advertised. Is anyone able to offer me any advise as to what they could use my CV for and what I should do about it?

Thanks

They could take your REAL experience and add it to a new CV for someone with no experience from Pakistan/India. I've see this before. It makes the CV look credible and the grammar and level of english will be proficient.

[blinko]

It's a front company for phising for CV's for leads etc, generally consultants will make up fake names and fish through your CV. They will also set up fake recruitment companies do like wise

[Taita]

So who are these guys and what are they up to?!?!

CV Harvesters.

[Seedeater56]

Better Careers - Job Advert

Looks like a dubious proposition; here's the one I got:

Dear xxxx

Please forgive me for an unannounced email.

Would you be interested in “Customer Operations Manager” role available on BetterCareers? Please see the details below:


Salary: £ 80000 Annual

Location: London


For more details please follow the link below


w ww.bettercareers.co.uk/display_job/2099797/Customer_Operations_Manager.html?searchId=13771459 14&page=1



After having a look at the job details, if you feel that you possess the right skills & experience required for the role, please apply online using the same link. Hiring Manager/Consultant will contact you directly if you are shortlisted But if you are busy, just send me your updated CV. I’ll be glad to do it myself for you.

Please register with MyJobMatcher to let us search jobs for you, so you don’t have to!

We’ll discover and match the best jobs for you. We'll update you with the best new jobs, until you find your perfect job.

Best Regard,

XX XXXXX

Better Careers UK
XXXXXXX
311 SHOREHAM STREET, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, S2 4FA

*Please allow a few days for the screening process. If you don’t hear from the advertiser in 1 week then perhaps your application was not successful.

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Like everybody else, I thought I'd check this out. Google maps street view of this address shows a sordid (almost derelict) little place. If you enlarge the image, you can clearly see a sign in the window advertising Student Accommodation. Bin, bin, bin!

It is sad that even the job placement market has been infiltrated by dodgy people.

Seedeater56

[GaleBowstead]

Please advise?

Hi all

I replied to one of these emails and sent my CV. Stupid I know but no alarm bells rang until I did some more investigating about the job advertised. Is anyone able to offer me any advise as to what they could use my CV for and what I should do about it?

Thanks

[Dee54]

Originally Posted by PinkPoshRat
Just received an email into an account of mine which I only dish out on jobsite. Has anyone dealt with this outfit before?

PinkPoshRat I too only had my details on Jobsite after receiving a similar 'offer' when I was listed on another jobsearch site!... It worried me that they knew my name! I'm going to remove my details today. How do these people get to scam those of us who are trying to find work?

regards

[Dee54]

I received one too

I received this email addressed personally to me ... Needless to say I DID NOT click the link in the email but opened a separate window to view this 'job' and looked further around their 'site'.....
I then sent them an email asking WHERE they found my details. NO RESPONSE so far!
__________________________________________________ ____________________________

Hi XXXXXX,

Please forgive me for an unannounced email.


Would you be interested in “Team Secretary” role available on BetterCareers? Please see the details below:


Salary: Negotiable

Location: Manchester

[ccjanks]

I got one too...

I rec'd this today.... and my replies are below...

email 1
Dear XXXXXX

I hope this finds you well.

Would you be interested in “Office Administrator / Purchasing Assistant” role available on BetterCareers? Please see the details below:

Salary: £30,000 Annual

Location: London

For more details please follow the link below:

<mod snip>

After having a look at the job details, if you feel that you posses the right skills & experience required for the role, please apply online using the same link. Hiring Manager/Consultant will contact you directly if you are shortlisted But if you are busy, just send me your updated CV. I’ll be glad to do it myself for you.

Best regards,
Fahad


needless to say i've told him i know what he's up too, i doubt i will here from him...

[DaBudah]

Had a similar e-mail offering a position and requesting I send my details.

Too many irregularities for this to be genuine, the office is registered in Sheffield, yet the website was registered in Pakistan by Manz Resource Private Limited, there is no office on Shoreham Street, there is no information on Companies House relating to this company, the phone number provided on the e-mail is 020 code which I believe to be London yet Sheffield is 0114, despite claiming over 13,000 jobs these all seem to be siphoned from legitimate job sites, their featured companies are small independant firms, potentially linked directly with them, they prefer e-mail only contact instead of phone contact which is obviously much more informative when dealing with potential job candidates, the privacy policy is a mess of text and code. The terms of use cites Indian and foreign copyright, again none of these are registered and unusual to be registered in India when the registered office is in the UK and the website is in pakistan.

And surprisingly their reluctance to provide any information on the company registration and details on any affiliations with any recruitment official bodies, e.g REC.

So in summary I wouldn't touch these with a preverbial barge pole. Appears to be a semi-competant phishing scam.

[stek]

From my time on contract in Sheffield I recall Shoreham rd is near Bramhall Lane, home of Sheffield united and a street of kebab shops and gold dealers.

Theres a Waitrose at the end tho I think!!

As we Russians say, verony Moskvichkiy.....

[PinkPoshRat]

I sent them an email asking for the name of the Director and confirmation of the company's registered address. This is their reply...


Dear xxxxxxxx,

Thanks for emailing. I am afraid I don’t have any idea abut your questions. The best person to answer your questions will be the consultant at Capita Resourcing who advertised this position. If you apply online then your details will go directly to the consultant. who can then contact you to take the process forward. You can use the same link I sent you in my previous email. But if you are busy just send me your CV, I'll be glad to do it for you.

Best wishes for you and your family.

Take care,
Fahad

[PinkPoshRat]

Did someone call??

No, unfortunately, as I would have sounded them out - they don't show up on Companies House, and their address is some random terraced property opposite a football ground. They do have a website, which looks far more professional than their emails (font size change/colour all very tacky)

Bunch of gimps

[northernladuk]

Don't know who they are but can guess they are trying to separate a fool and their money.

Did someone call??

[SueEllen]

So who are these guys and what are they up to?!?!

Don't know who they are but can guess they are trying to separate a fool and their money.

[PinkPoshRat]

So who are these guys and what are they up to?!?!