What a waste of time.
Yesterday, I got an e-mail saying I was being offered a job.
The problem? I'd never applied to that company.
From there, it just got worse. They wanted me to give them a credit report, and they provided a link to a page that lacked any obvious pointers on how to get the credit report. The page in question was at one URL, but all the links out of there were to another URL. The company name didn't show up in Google. Their closest office was in California - commuting from Seattle seems a bit unreasonable, and I wouldn't have applied for a job outside of Western Washington.
Then I looked at it a different way - where was their website registered? It turned out that the contacts were all in Las Vegas. But none of their offices were there...
This morning, I tried one more approach - searching the office addresses. It turns out that the entire website was lifted from another company, given a find-and-replace, and put up as their own.
So, I would like to offer Westfield Data, LLC, also known as Westfield Data Solutions, a big, juicy raspberry, and two rude gestures. I've sent a message about the copied website to the original company, as well as your service provider. I hope you get shut the hell down.
The problem? I'd never applied to that company.
From there, it just got worse. They wanted me to give them a credit report, and they provided a link to a page that lacked any obvious pointers on how to get the credit report. The page in question was at one URL, but all the links out of there were to another URL. The company name didn't show up in Google. Their closest office was in California - commuting from Seattle seems a bit unreasonable, and I wouldn't have applied for a job outside of Western Washington.
Then I looked at it a different way - where was their website registered? It turned out that the contacts were all in Las Vegas. But none of their offices were there...
This morning, I tried one more approach - searching the office addresses. It turns out that the entire website was lifted from another company, given a find-and-replace, and put up as their own.
So, I would like to offer Westfield Data, LLC, also known as Westfield Data Solutions, a big, juicy raspberry, and two rude gestures. I've sent a message about the copied website to the original company, as well as your service provider. I hope you get shut the hell down.