I recently received this email in response to an application:
Hi Email,
I see that you are interested in the job we posted thru craigslist. After reviewing your resume, I believe you'd be a good candidate! As you know, we are looking to hire ASAP, so I'd probably need you to come in for an interview Tuesday through Thursday. Are you available either of those days?
Before you come to the interview, I need you to do a free credit check through our affiliated company. Don't worry! We are not looking at your score, or judging based on your score. We just need it for security reasons because if hired, you will be dealing with a lot of sensitive company data. Go to this link (
http://bit.ly/altarcredit ) and get your credit report, we will be automatically notified. Then write back after you take it letting me know your availability for Tuesday through Thursday for an interview!
Since we do want you on our team, you should know that its strict company protocol to have this credit check done through our affiliate only. We work with investment banks that require this extra level of security. If you do not take the credit check, we will not be able to schedule an interview under any circumstances.
Thank you,
Jessica Brown
HR Specialist
Altar Group
Aside from the Dear Email part, this is surprisingly well put together for a bogus email and I've received so many obviously fraudulent responses to applications that I'm having a hard time telling them apart. I'm not planning on responding but is there any way that this is for real? The link sends me to creditreport.com, which has a B- BBB rating. Job searching gives me a headache. I can't find this "Altar group" anywhere either.