Is careerbuilder.com Safe?

I create an account on this site and not one day later what do I get? I scammer calling my phone number referencing information that he could have only gotten from my account on this site. I doubt careerbuilder itself is responsible for this, but keep in mind that scammers use your profile as a data mine.

Originally posted March 2013; updated December 2014: The careerbuilder site itself is Good, except for the features of protecting users from spam using the site. ***** Does Not Hide provided contact information from fraudster emailers --employment scammers or whoever they are--if you also wish to be contacted by non-fraudster employers, unlike many other notable job boards. Other notable job boards send the first contact from an employer using a email address of the same domain as the job board; whereas careerbuilder shows the resume poster's email address to emailers to then send emails from non-Careerbuilder addresses. The contact information protection options (called "Email Management Center" by careerbuilder) for setting up a profile on careerbuilder is: Public -- all the provided contact information is made Public, to fraudsters too, or Private (employers that are more legitimate and fraudsters do not see and have no way to contact the employee). This is contrary to good notable job boards which Hide the address (other than if the person puts the address somewhere besides in the email address field) and the job board then sends first contact from employers through a job board email address. AND The parent company of careerbuilder.com, Careeerbuilder LCC does spam by obscurity with another careerbuilder-owned site, workinretail.com. See: ***** Note: My recommendations for good job boards with better Hiding of contact information are sites like: simplyhired.com; indeed.com; dice.com; monster.com; etc

It's either: A shop or other that uses SPAM to his promotion (adverts), even famous brands, deemed reliable, do the same now, I've seen public services in any country to use SPAM for their advancement (tourism, trade fairs, shows, festivals, etc..), there is only a small step for hospitals, police, governments, schools, ... will go do the same too. A disaster of modern times now affecting other means of mobile communications (smartphones, tablets, SMS, etc..). Or if it's either: An address used for SPAM, endless new addresses (even the wacky, with a letter changed, weird word, numbers, .......) are created permanently to bypass filters, updated constantly, that harassed and antispam services put to block this scourge! Apparently this is the feast of site creations including fake sites for spam, scams, to sell us (legally or illegally) their products or services, and pollute the planet with electric resources wasted, thank you also HOSTS complaisant with the SPAM and the world of profit! One day, the number of Internet domains used for SPAM extensively exceed the number of useful internet domains, like the number of SPAM received which represents 90% of e-mails that are received in the world! Proof here: ***** /!\ A VERY IMPORTANT TIP /!\ : DON'T CLICK ON ANYLINK IN A SPAM, INCLUDING THE UNSUSCRIBE LINK, BECAUSE YOU WOULD CONFIRM THAT YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS IS VALID, TO BETTER SPAMMING YOU, SPAMS are very contagious with illegal resale data, unofficially legal in corrupt countries! REPORT DIRECTLY SUSPECTS E-MAIL, SMS OR CALL TO SERVICES PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE THAT THE AUTHORITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS HAVE PUT IN PLACE TO COMBAT THIS PANDEMIC! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Il s'agit soit: Un commerce ou autres qui se sert du SPAM pour faire sa promotion, même des célèbres marques, réputé fiable en font de même maintenant, j'ai vu des services publics de n'importe quel pays utiliser du SPAM pour leur promotion (tourisme, expositions, salons, festivités, etc.), il n'y a qu'un pas à franchir pour que les hôpitaux, la police, les gouvernements, les écoles, ... , s'y mettent aussi. Un véritable désastre des temps modernes qui touche maintenant d'autres moyens de communications mobiles (smartphones, tablettes, SMS, etc.). Ou il s'agit sinon soit: Une des adresses servant pour le SPAM, une infinité de nouvelles adresses (même les plus farfelus, avec une lettre qui change, un mot bizarre, des chiffres, .......) sont créé en permanence pour contourner les filtres, mis a jour en permanence, que les harcelés et les services antispams mettent pour bloquer ce fléau! Apparemment c'est la fête des créations de site y compris des faux sites pour du spam, des arnaques, de la publicité pour nous vendre (légalement ou illégalement) leur produits, ou services, et polluer la planète avec des ressources électriques gaspillés, merci aussi les hébergeurs complaisants envers le SPAM et le monde du profit! Un jour, le nombres de domaines internet servant à du SPAM dépassera largement le nombre de domaines internet utiles, à l'instar du nombre de SPAM reçus qui représente 90% des e-mails qui sont reçus dans le monde! La preuve ici: ***** /!\ UN CONSEIL TRÈS IMPORTANT /!\ : NE CLIQUEZ JAMAIS SUR N'IMPORTE QUEL LIENS DANS UN SPAM, Y COMPRIS LE LIEN DE DÉSABONNEMENT, VOUS NE FERAIS QUE CONFIRMER QUE VOTRE ADRESSE E-MAIL EST VALIDE, POUR MIEUX VOUS SPAMMER, le SPAM est très contagieux avec la revente illégale des données, officieusement légale dans des pays corrompus! SIGNALEZ DIRECTEMENT LES E-MAILS, LES SMS OU APPELS SUSPECTS VERS DES SERVICES PRÉVUS A CET EFFET QUE LES AUTORITÉS ET ASSOCIATIONS ONT MIS EN PLACE POUR LUTTER CONTRE CETTE PANDÉMIE!

I tracked down this spam/scam company by searching in Google, using part of the spam they sent me. It matched exactly, including the odd syntax, only these sneaks didn't dare put their real business name in the spam. These guys are notorious scam artists and spammers.

Edit #2: Changed my rating from SPAM to other (because I am not yet prepared to say it is a good site or good customer service since I had to contact them twice to get a good response) because it Seems that ***** is legit but has been spoofed by scammers trying to get people to apply for fake work at home jobs. See this for their response to my inquiry: http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Info/Fraud.aspx Return-Path: <DoNotReply@careerbuilder.com> Received: from ***** (mail.fuze.com. [66.150.167.215]) Thank you again for contacting CareerBuilder's Trust and Site Security Team. We appreciate you bringing this information to our attention, and resending the headers in plain text. Upon review of your inquiry, I've determined that the details provided are associated with a payment processing or re-shipping Scam. The message should be disregarded. - Any communication with individuals connected to the original message should cease and future correspondence attempts ignored. - If you've received / cashed a check from this party, please file a report with your local law enforcement. It's best to make the bank and law enforcement aware of the scam. Forward suspected fraudulent scam email messages to the FTC at ***** , as well as to the Abuse Desk of the sender's ISP. Internet Crime Complaints can also be filed at ***** . Thank you for choosing *****! Trust and Site Security Team CareerBuilder | Empowering Employment Job Seeker Helpline: ***** Employer Helpline: ***** I hope this resolves your inquiry. If you need additional information, please click the link below to continue our conversation. ***** =====END==== Edit: Thank you nova7 for investigating this for me. Anyone else please check his comment here: http://www.mywot.com/scorecard/careerbuilder.com/comment-60732421 ======END==== I am disappointed in the email I just got from CareerBuilder.com but it seems it was spoofed when it was sent out and actually was sent from somewhere else. See ***** for more information (yes it is for another site but let me explain: I got a job offer email from CareerBuilder saying there was an opening for a secret shopper and to apply there was the application form attached in html format. The file (opened in a sandboxed environment for security reasons) turned out to be a simple page with a link to jobsinterviews.bix which is now shut down). Anyway it seems that the sender isn't actually CareerBuilder.com? Am I reading the email headers correctly?: Return-Path: <*****> Received: from ***** (*****. [*****]) Received-SPF: fail (google.com: ***** does not designate ***** as permitted sender) client-ip=54.247.84.50; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=hardfail (google.com: domain of support@careerbuilder.com does not designate 54.247.84.50 as permitted sender) ***** Received: from ***** ([67.219.79.11]) by mail.ecicek.net with MailEnable ESMTP; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:25:05 +0000 Reply-To: "CareerBuilder.com" <support@careerbuilder.com> From: "CareerBuilder.com" <support@careerbuilder.com> Subject: Job Opportunity