Re: [Avid-L2] Job Scamming

Sorry – spell check got your name wrong – me bad for posting to fast.   BTW I posted this on Facebook and a few others have come out of the woodwork and had the same experience you did.  Thank YOU for posting this and for alerting your fellow editors to this issue and to remind them to not disclose info unless 100% sure it is legit.

 

marianna

 

Marianna Montague
Sr. Director, Customer Success Management 
Customer Experience & Customer Success
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Re: [Avid-L2] Job Scamming

OMG Chris this is horrible…..  Might I post to the AEofFB and forums so others don't get scammed?

I am so very sorry……

Marianna

 

Marianna Montague
Sr. Director, Customer Success Management 
Customer Experience & Customer Success
Avid - Remote
marianna.montague@avid.com 
t +1 (978) 640-5215   |  m +1 (813) 493-6800 

 

[Avid-L2] Job Scamming

I hope this is deemed appropriate for the list.

This could potentially impact all freelancers and job seekers.

I am posting this as a warning to all, as it happened to me.

There are fraudsters posing as legit media companies.

They are harvesting info gleaned from job applications.
You will get an offer, and when they start the 'background check' process, that's where they get you.  They are REALLY good, going so far as a timed online test.  No doubt stolen from an HR company.

The irony of course is creatives are not usually known for being, uhh - rich.
Yet, they target the vulnerable (job seekers).  I have started verifying all interview requests, by reaching out to the company itself.  This has been going on at least in Chicago, three outfits I know of.  The very same day I realized I had been taken, I got yet another suspicious offer.  I requested they send me the link to the original job posting, for verification.

Well, they sent a link.  Page 404, no job. There is now an FBI alert regarding this angle.

Please feel free to share this, wherever!

Chip Hess
CFH3 Media