A fresh form of ‘phishing’ has just come up to light. This scam gets hold of your personal details like social security number, driving license number or bank account number under the guise of giving you a job. This most up-to-date manner of scamming was unearthed at Sheridan, near Greenville, Michigan. Scammers used the good name of a famous Hospital and cheated people into revealing their financial details by offering jobs there.
The scammers, supposed to be 4 in number, first spread rumors that the hospital was being bought over by its competitor. They then widen the word that it was looking for employees for its maintenance department. Next, they contacted a candidate through an internet jobsite and recruited him as a supervisor after a “selection process”. The selected candidate was asked to submit all of his personal details to the “company”.
The new supervisor was then given the duty of recruiting others to work under him in the department. The aim of the scammers was to collect personal information of the other prospects too and to make money at their expense. Using such personal information as bank account number and social security number, scammers are able to transfer or withdraw funds from your personal account.
Usually phishing scams are done by sending an email to you and asking you to submit information at a fraudulent site. You don’t think twice before giving away the details as these mails are made to look like statement you would normally receive from your bank.
Unluckily for the Greenville scammers, the lid was bluster off their scam before they could get clutch of the personal data of the other people recruited by them.