USAjobs has an important message for you regarding internet security.

SFC Mark Merino — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:18:43 -0400

If you are a USAjobs user, you go running when they send you a message that the status of a position you applied for has just been updated (possible job offer). The internet scamming scum of the earth types are apparently using them to get you to give up your info so their home page now has a warning. Please read it before you become a possible victim.

BTW, I just got the notification that I was turned down for a position that I applied for from 2 YEARS AGO. 2 YEARS AGO!!

Important message concerning Email Scams

Important message concerning Email Scams logo Please be advised that the USAJOBS system is not sending out emails asking users to re-validate account information.

Any emails received on that subject should be deleted immediately. Do not click on any links in the email. read more

https://www.usajobs.gov/

USAJOBS - The Federal Government’s Official Jobs Site

This is a United States Office of Personnel Management website. USAJOBS is the Federal Government’s official one-stop source for federal jobs and employment information.

Response by SFC Stephen King made Jul 23 at 2015 12:20 PM

SFC Stephen King — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:20:49 -0400

thank you for this information I will let others know appreciate it SFC Mark Merino

Response by SGT Ben Keen made Jul 23 at 2015 12:39 PM

SGT Ben Keen — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:39:21 -0400

Is waiting 2 years unacceptable to you SFC Mark Merino ? ;)

It doesn't surprise me that scammers would find a way to use USAjobs and other job sites for this type of thing. They know people are looking and if you get an email with the promise of employment you may be quicker to react than if you got an email from the crowned prince of some country who needs your help getting his millions of dollars out of the country before the rebels take over the banks.

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 23 at 2015 1:37 PM

Cpl Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:37:35 -0400

It seems to me that the larger the govt gets, the more opportunity there is for scammers.

I received one of those "declined" offers a year after I applied for a position through USA Jobs. I called it bureaucracy at it's finest.

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 23 at 2015 2:59 PM

TSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:59:23 -0400

What sucks for them, all of our information has already been stolen by everyone from China to whoever found that laptop someone took home years ago! They've gotta get in line to use my information :)

Seriously though, thank you for sharing SFC Mark Merino!

Response by SGT Michael Glenn made Jul 23 at 2015 3:21 PM

SGT Michael Glenn — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:21:28 -0400

Mark, this is a issue that effects us all..SCAMMERS!!! I have received phone calls from people telling me they work for the U.S Dept of Treasury and that I have been randomly selected to receive a loan (that I DONT have to pay back?????) of 30k, all I need to do is give them 270 dollars and my credit card number and they will deposit the so called loan into my account via the card number... SERIOUSLY????? The vast majority use phone numbers that have been disconnected or no longer in service. Most come from Africa for this type of fraud. Another type that is by far worse is a small electronic device that fits into a back pack and can read your plastic as they walk by you, you dont have to have your plastic our or anything, then they simply link said device onto their PC and have your account numbers, card numbers and destroy your life, a similar device was introduced a few years back from Russia in Germany that can read your info from a cell phone or your Lap Top/ Tablet from over 200 meters away.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 30 at 2015 9:01 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 21:01:58 -0400

I appreciate the update on this site; especially since I had thought about using it in a couple of years. There are too many loopholes with the system to the point it eventually comes down to "who you know" which is a sad start for our veterans out there with tremendous skills, expertise, and values.