Anyone ever hear of data-audit@compfutures.com

Flaccus · 20-10-2011 02:05PM #1

Got an email sent to my gmail account from data-audit (at)compfutures.com today. They are saying they are issuing me with anotice that i have been added to their contact database and they provide a link to click so see how they will be provide me recuitment services. This sounds like a scam like those internet registry emails. Never heard of this company and never signed up for any services.

Anyone heard of them ?

Thanks

Victor · 20-10-2011 02:56PM

Do not respond to them - that would only confirm that your e-mail address is real.

Simply add them to your block list - not sure how to do this with gmail.

dudara · 20-10-2011 10:02PM

Moved to Security

dudara

fl4pj4ck · 20-10-2011 10:09PM

c'mon Flaccus, you of all people should know it's a trap

hope you're doing well

LoLth · 21-10-2011 11:38AM

you're not the only one to get this:

http://recruitmental.com/2011/04/privacy-and-electronic-communications-regulations-2003-rule-1/

a small extract:

I recently received a strange email from Computer Futures. The email came from ‘data-audit@compfutures.com’ and began:

This notice is issued to confirm that you have been added to the Computer Futures contact database. This will enable our employees to have access to your company details and match CVs to relevant roles.
Now, that all sounds very official, except that I’ve never spoken to any of their employees and am only aware of who Computer Futures are thanks to Matt’s stories on here. Luckily, after a lot of information about their services, candidates, database, etc I found:

they do seem to be a legitimate company:

IP address: 212.53.89.138
Host name: compfutures.com

canonical name: compfutures.com
212.53.89.138 is from United Kingdom(UK) in region Western Europe

Domain Name: COMPFUTURES.COM
Registrar: ASCIO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Whois Server: whois.ascio.com
Referral URL: http://www.ascio.com
Name Server: NS1.NETNAMES.NET
Name Server: NS2.NETNAMES.NET
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 04-apr-2011
Creation Date: 23-jan-1997
Expiration Date: 24-jan-2012

Registrant:
STHREE MANAGEMENT SERVICES (STHREEMA930)
GPS House
215 Great Portland Street
London, , W1W 5PN
GB

Domain name: compfutures.com

Technical contact:
Administrator, Domain (DA253594)
NetNames Hostmaster
3rd Floor Prospero House
241 Borough High Street
Borough, London, SE1 1GA
GB
corporate-services@netnames.com
+44.2070159370 Fax: +44.2070159375

but their ethics appear to be somewhat ... lacking?

On an interesting note, if you search for them you get a lot of crossover results with computer futures. They arent the same company at all from what I can tell but the similarity in name is more than likely not an accident.

Flaccus · 21-10-2011 09:23PM

Yes, I guessed it was a scam. And obviously I didn't reply. Do people actually fall for these sort of things ? I assume if I did, the next thing I'd be getting a bill in the post or through email. I wonder how they even got my email address. I keep my pc fairly locked down and only a few people have my address.

LoLth · 22-10-2011 01:26AM

Flaccus wrote: »

Yes, I guessed it was a scam. And obviously I didn't reply. Do people actually fall for these sort of things ? I assume if I did, the next thing I'd be getting a bill in the post or through email. I wonder how they even got my email address. I keep my pc fairly locked down and only a few people have my address.

from the article I linked above they seem to poach details from other recruitment agencies. I would guess either an employee takes CVs with him when he leaves (very wrong) , they search the competitions online database somehow (wrong) or they set upa dummy position and pay for a load of CVs to be sent over which they then add to their list of potentials and use to make money from tehir own clients (also wrong) or, maybe they are sold a batch of CVs from another agency (also very wrong imho as it goes against data protection).

Anyone ever hear of data-audit@compfutures.com

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