Beware of Phony Work from Home Job Offers
Sunday January 21, 2007
The Coca-Cola company has posted a scam notice about a site using the URL of www.instanthumanrecources.com posting phony work from home job listings claiming to be authorized representatives of Coca-Cola.
Typically, a victim receives an email asking the recipient to click a link in the message to complete a job application for work from home jobs at Coca-Cola. The job application form requests personal information, including Social Security numbers and copies of driver?s licenses. The website has been designed to look legitimate by including Coca-Cola Company images, photographs and other trademarks. Coca-Cola goes on to advise that "In some cases, the perpetrators have contacted the victims and falsely claimed to hire them in order to obtain additional personal and financial information and in some cases have asked them to cash fraudulent checks and send them money."
Coca-Cola goes on to say they are currently investigating the situation with the appropriate authorities and suggest that "If you have already provided any personal information to any contacts associated with this website or claiming to be Coca-Cola representatives, we recommend that you immediately discontinue all communications with the source and contact your local and/or federal authorities for advice on how to proceed to protect your personal information and privacy."
What makes this personally interesting for me is that I've received email from this company offering work from home employment, although not with Coca-Cola (at least not yet). And that's exactly what inspired me to write this article on Work from Home Job Scams.
Have you been a target for work from home job scams?
Typically, a victim receives an email asking the recipient to click a link in the message to complete a job application for work from home jobs at Coca-Cola. The job application form requests personal information, including Social Security numbers and copies of driver?s licenses. The website has been designed to look legitimate by including Coca-Cola Company images, photographs and other trademarks. Coca-Cola goes on to advise that "In some cases, the perpetrators have contacted the victims and falsely claimed to hire them in order to obtain additional personal and financial information and in some cases have asked them to cash fraudulent checks and send them money."
Coca-Cola goes on to say they are currently investigating the situation with the appropriate authorities and suggest that "If you have already provided any personal information to any contacts associated with this website or claiming to be Coca-Cola representatives, we recommend that you immediately discontinue all communications with the source and contact your local and/or federal authorities for advice on how to proceed to protect your personal information and privacy."
What makes this personally interesting for me is that I've received email from this company offering work from home employment, although not with Coca-Cola (at least not yet). And that's exactly what inspired me to write this article on Work from Home Job Scams.
Have you been a target for work from home job scams?
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