Phishing, the act of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication, is not a new trend. Only now Microsoft has also joined the list of those trustworthy entities whose name is being used by scammers.
Microsoft has perhaps recently received many queries regarding these fake job offer mails due to which they are warning everyone of it. Following is the message I received from them in my Microsoft account.
Recruitment Fraud Awareness
April 9, 2014 -
We want to make you aware of some incidents whereby certain organizations or individuals, claiming to act on behalf of Microsoft India’s companies have contacted potential job seekers or candidates and made false offers or promises of employment with Microsoft India companies. These false offers or promises of employment can also involve requests to the potential job seekers or candidates for payment of money against ‘fees’ on account of placement fee, application fee, caution deposit, etc.
Please note that Microsoft (including any authorized agencies or firms that conduct recruitment on its behalf) do not, under any circumstances, require money or payment from applicants during the recruitment process. Any such false job or employment related communications, whether requiring payment of money or not, that appear to originate from Microsoft are unauthorized and fraudulent in nature. These could originate from fictitious or misleading email addresses, websites, portals or online social or professional networking sites. Such false or fraudulent communications may also be printed on forged Microsoft letterheads and stationery, refer to Microsoft’s office address or be copied to a Microsoft email id. You are advised not to respond to such fraudulent and unauthorized communications or offers from such persons. You are also advised to notify any such incidents to Microsoft at recfra@microsoft.com. If you are the victim of such fraudulent offers or promises of employment, please report it and file a complaint with the relevant police authorities. Microsoft will provide all reasonable cooperation, as required by you or the police authorities, in pursuance of your complaint
Kindly be aware of any such mail, be it from Microsoft or any other company. No company would ask you to submit money for any reason.
You can recognize a spam mail by certain obvious aspects. You can read Fake Hyundai Job Call Letter to get an idea.
Do not even provide personal information as your response could be used for identity theft as in the following examples.
People claiming to make you millionaire
Also, if you're on Twitter, you might want to read this, Don't Fall For Phishing On Twitter.
Also, if you're on Twitter, you might want to read this, Don't Fall For Phishing On Twitter.
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