Warning: jobs scam from recotti.com and rewardstopia on gumtree ads

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See this info here:
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/rachael-chapel-ltrachaelrecotticomgt-c187014.html

A scam, very dodgy. They are basically tricking people into offers via their affiliate links to earn commissions. Who knows what they do with your personal info when you send them your CV.

A whois on the domain name throws up red flags:

Registered to an address in Japan but hosted in Florida, USA
:
Domain Name : recotti.com
Registrant Contact Information :
QINHUA
QINHUA

BEIDAJIELU94, 300256
http://whois.domaintools.com/recotti.com

There is also a redirect on this site to Domain name: dragoncampaigns.com
Registrant Contact:
Anonymousspeech LLC
ANONYMOUSSPEECH ANONYMOUSSPEECH ()
Fax:
1-3-3 Sakura House None
Nakano-ku, Tokyo-to 164-0011
JP
Also hosted in Florida. Domain registered same day as Recotti.com (09 Feb 09)

This address also owns another similar scam site: https://www.rewardstopia.com registered to the same address and on the same ip in Florida.
Domain Name : rewardstopia.com
Registrant Contact Information :
QINHUA
QINHUA

BEIDAJIELU94, 300256
tel:
fax:

2 other domains linked to this are:

1. Gawwed.com
2. Heddov.com

Do not apply for jobs at these companies (the jobs don't exist) and do not give your personal details to them!

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This is apparently the email you get if you apply for one of the 'jobs' advertised on gumtree:

Hi,

It's Rachael again. I emailed you a week ago after you inquired about the customer service position we advertised in Craigslist. In case you didn't receive it, I thought I'd try to contact you one last time.


I am the HR executive for Recotti, a marketing and promotions company which mainly focuses on promoting products, offers and services aimed towards women, on behalf of our clients. However, we also promote other offers as well if we think they are a good fit for our company.

As you can appreciate, in the current climate, we have been inundated with enquiries about this position and as a result, we need a little more information from you to assist your application.


As a customer service representative, you will be able to access a customer's bank account details and other sensitive data. With this in mind, part of our routine background and security checks involve all applicants to perform a routine credit check to verify their details. This check is at no cost to yourself and all details will remain confidential.

Please note, your application will not be determined by your credit rating, it is used simply to verify the data submitted in your resume is correct.

I am eager to see what you can offer us, so if you have not obtained your credit score within the last seven days, please obtain one via the link below:


http://www.recotti.com/2/cs/url/cc.php


Next, input your score onto our application page below, where you can also upload your resume to us. Please note, we only want your score, not your entire report so there are no issues of revealing private data.


http://www.recotti.com/2/cs/cc-afn.php

After you have supplied us with your score and resume, I will be able to review your application as soon as possible.

[EMAIL="rachael@recotti.com"]rachael@recotti.com[/EMAIL]

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and the warning from a Gumtree user:

I'd just like to alert people to fake job ads which are scams.

The "HR Executive”, Rachael Chapel, gets you do exercises to prove your computer skills which involve – among other things like designing an itinerary - signing up to online newsletters [these took a long time to do]. Once those have been done you're then asked to purchase something to discuss at your “interview”. This is for a product called Acai Berry, which is in itself a scam – you get billed repeatedly for a wonder weightloss product and can’t get your money back. These scammers all feed off each other. They also ask you to apply for a credit rating report as part of your “skills process” – affiliate fraudsters.

I got suspicious and didn't continue the process but now I'm still getting e-mails telling me they have a “new job” for me. This link takes you to an online “working from home scam” – how thoughtful.

These people are scum! They exploit genuine job seekers as their ads seem genuine.