I created an account at naukri.com coz I wanted to send my resume to Yahoo – India and also wanted to put my resume on the site.

I didn’t read their TOS (not even sure if they had one). Yesterday I got an email from Jeevansathi.com saying that “While naukri.com finds you the job of your dreams, jeevansathi.com will search for your dream partner” blah blah. They sold my email address to them .

Generally I am critical about the TOS but this time I don’t even remmember if I accepted something which shares my email address with their partner companies . I feel cheated.

If this was not it, today I received an email from some “yahoo” email address with the subject “Your CV has been Shortlisted“. Feeling proud, I checked the email. It said that my resume had been selected by “G.T.C.L..Technology Ltd -Stamford, CT,USA. The Company deal in Electronics and Software Manufacturing Business.”

Initially I thought they messed up Stanford’s spelling but later realized that it was some city in CT. Even before I could fully enjoy the success, my eyes read this line somewhere in the middle of the letter ” First you have to Pay interview security – INR (Rs.) 5,500/- (Cheque/DD)” – The next thing I thought about was “A SCAM”.

Why the hell do I pay you…lol after reading the whole thing, the email looked so lame. It has given a person’s name and a/c number @ HDFC bank in mumbai and have written a lot of other crap with a lot of spelling errors such as letter = latter (dammnit, atleast use MS Word’s spell check b4 sending a scamish email)

On further query (ofcourse on Google) I found that there is a city called Stamford in CT, but couldn’t find a GTCL Technologies (perhaps it exists). I also searched for the name of the company what sent the email. i couldn’t find anything related to a scam or something but that they had some connection with naukri.com.

Now I am wondering, what can I do with the person’s name, a/c number and their address. Its possible all or some of the info they provided might be false or incorrect. Let me know if someone can help me or can point me to a right direction.

here is the exact email:

From: asian_jobs_1975@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:17:58 -0500
Subject: Your CV has been Shortlisted
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Dear Applicant,

Ref: Short-listed & Initial Response of Resume online.

Information for Selection of final Stage for India based Limited company in “G.T.C.L..Technology Ltd -Stamford, CT,USA. The Company deal in Electronics and Software Manufacturing Business

You will be pleased to know that Company has advised us in the selection panel that your Application CAN be progressed to final stage.

You will come to our Company corporate office in Mumbai, next week after recd. the call latter with TA/DA by Company HRD. with photocopies of all required documents. First you have to Pay interview security – INR (Rs.) 5,500/- (Cheque/DD) from your Home City to Company Sr. HRD.Account NO. “3261000011860 – “Raj Kumar Sharma” in HDFC Bank , as an interview security in favor of Company HRD. It will be refundable at the time of Company interview. Your offer latter and Tickets or TA/DA will be send by us after recd. the confirmation of security deposited in Bank. We will dispatch your call or offer latter after received the confirmation. The Job profile and designation will be fix by Company HRD. at time of interview.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS BY THE COMPANY
1.Photo-copies of Qualification Documents
2.Photo-copies of Experience Certificate
3.Photo-copies of Passport.
4 Salary Certificate (if any)
5.Photo-copies of Address Proof.
6.Two Passport Size Photo-graph

The Job Profile, Salary offer, and Date -Time of interview will be mention in your call or offer latter. Your latter will dispatch after recd. the confirmation of security transfer in bank. Last date of confirmation is on 01-02-2005 on Tuesday. All process will be made by Company after your selection. We wish you the best of luck for the subsequent and remaining stage.

Sincerely,
“ASIAN MANAGEMENT”
56 – GE Complex, West Block,
Race course Road, Mumbai.-92

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