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- Carlsbad, CA, USA
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This scammer appears to follow job sites like LinkedIn, etc. He sees that you are looking for a job and asks you for your resume for a job that fits your resume. The hiring company's name is kept confidential. Once you send in your resume, his ATS (applicant tracking system) cant read/decipher your resume (which it clearly should). You are then provided a link where you can purchase a service that will generate a ATS compatible resume. Please note that a simple word.docx or pdf should be ATS compatible, which was originally provided.

Not a major dollar scam, but if he gets enough applicants to fall for this scam, it's easy money for them.

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- American Fork, UT, USA
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1. I got an email from someone claiming to be a recruiter.

"

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities. I am a Sr. Recruiting Specialist in Global Recruitment Inc. and our client has retained us to fill the Vice President of Engineering Position in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm and based on your previous experience I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your updated resume and I will contact you back to get started.

P.S: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Best Regards,

Jessica Miller

Sr. Recruiting Specialist

Global Recruitment Inc.

"

2. After replying with my resume, phone number, and available times to meet I get the following email response.

"

Hello XXXXX,

The role is aligned with your experience. Unfortunately, your resume does not parse correctly into the Candidate Management System. In order to move forward, I need your ATS compatible resume ASAP. You may contact https://atsresumesexp.com for ATS Compatible Resume.

For reasons of confidentiality and non-disclosure, I am not able to share any details of the position or company with you at this time. I will check my schedule and will contact you back to get started.

Best Regards,

Jessica Miller

Sr. Recruiting Specialist

Global Recruitment Inc.

"

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- Sarasota, FL, USA
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Email reply after I sent resume as requested in initial email - The role is aligned with your experience. Unfortunately, your resume does not parse correctly into the Candidate Management System. In order to move forward, I need your ATS compatible resume ASAP. You may contact https://atsresumesexp.com for ATS Compatible Resume.

For reasons of confidentiality and non-disclosure, I am not able to share any details of the position or company with you at this time. I will check my schedule and will contact you back to get started.

Best Regards,

Darlene Stewart

Executives Search Director

PE Recruiting Inc.

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- Boston, MA, USA
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Received the two emails which follow:

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Clay Martin and I am a Sr. Recruiting Specialist in PE Recruiting Inc. a reputable Global Recruitment Firm. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities.

One of our clients has retained us to fill the Vice President of Finance Position in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm and based on your previous experience I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your resume as soon as possible. I will forward it, along with a brief introduction to the client and will contact you back to complete the NDA and get started.

Note: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Best Regards,

Clay Martin

Sr. Recruiting Specialist

PE Recruiting Inc.

745 5th Avenue, 5th Floor

New York City, NY 10151

The role is aligned with your experience. Unfortunately, your resume does not parse correctly into the Candidate Management System. In order to move forward, I need your ATS compatible resume ASAP. You may contact https://atsresumesexp.com for ATS Compatible Resume.

For reasons of confidentiality and non-disclosure, I am not able to share any details of the position or company with you at this time. I will check my schedule and will contact you back to get started.

Best Regards,

Clay Martin

Sr. Recruiting Specialist

PE Recruiting Inc.

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- Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Sent the email below. State my resume isn’t ATS compliant and I need to go through https://atsresumesexp.com/ to get my resume approved.

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Clay Martin and I am a Sr. Recruiting Specialist in PE Recruiting Inc. a reputable Global Recruitment Firm. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities.

One of our clients has retained us to fill the Marketing Director's Position in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm and based on your previous experience I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your resume as soon as possible. I will forward it, along with a brief introduction to the client and will contact you back to complete the NDA and get started.

Note: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Best Regards,

Clay Martin

Sr. Recruiting Specialist

PE Recruiting Inc.

745 5th Avenue, 5th Floor

New York City, NY 10151

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- Millville, NJ, USA
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Email describing potential job offer, including information based on target's previous job searches. Requested target's resume.

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The scammer claimed they wanted my resume for a job application but that my resume wasn't compatible with their system; they then advertised a service that would more properly format my resume, and they insisted that this needed to be done as soon as possible.

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Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Clay Martin, and I am a Senior Recruiting Specialist at PE Recruiting Inc., a reputable Global Recruitment Firm. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities.

One of our clients has retained us to fill various Data Entry assistant-level positions in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm, and based on your previous experience, I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your resume as soon as possible. I will forward it, along with a brief introduction, to the client and will contact you back to complete the NDA and get started.

Note: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Best Regards,

Clay Martin

Sr. Recruiting Specialist

PE Recruiting, Inc.

445 5th Avenue, 5th Floor

New York City, NY 10151

Then they messaged me back, saying that my resume wasn't accepted because the client needed an ATS resume from me. Then I was sent the following:

Clay Martin

Tue, Sep 5, 5:32?AM (1 day ago)

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Hello, I need your ATS resume to progress with the client. I would appreciate it if you could share it with me as soon as possible. You can arrange ATS resume from https://cmsresexp.com

Hello Clay,

I am interested in the position, although I was wondering if there is

another website that you can recommend to create an ATS resume. The

one you sent previously only takes PayPal and Vedmo. I prefer not to

Use either of those payment methods. If you can, please recommend a

different site that offers other ways to pay, I will get my ATS resume

to you as soon as possible.

Thanks, Clay, and I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Kind regards,

Please check they are accepting payment via CC now

Best Regards,

Clay Martin

Sr. Recruiting Specialist

PE Recruiting Inc.

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After applying to a handful of remote work positions, “Darlene” emailed me at 5:30am EST asking for a copy of my resume that would be forwarded to “the client.”

Skeptical, I decided to see if anyone else had received similar emails and this scam tracker was high among search results.

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Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Darlene Stewart and I am an Executives Search Director in PE Recruiting Inc. a reputable Global Recruitment Firm. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities.

One of our clients has retained us to fill Data Entry Assistant level position in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm and based on your previous experience I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your resume as soon as possible. I will forward it, along with a brief introduction to the client and will contact you back to complete the NDA and get started.

Note: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Best Regards,

Darlene Stewart

Executives Search Director

PE Recruiting Inc.

745 5th Avenue, 5th Floor

New York City, NY 10151

https://perecruitinginc.com/

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This emailer posed as a recruiter that wanted to contact me about a supposed opportunity. After sending my resume, they replied that I looked like a good fit for the position but that my resume was not in the required ATS format and I needed to send the ATS format friendly resume right away. They then directed me to this website to purchase the "required" format. https://cmsresexp.com/

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Typical boiler plate email from an “executive recruiting firm”.

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I was emailed about a job and asked for my resume. This is what the first email said —

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Clay Martin and I am a Sr. Recruiting Specialist in PE Recruiting Inc. a reputable Global Recruitment Firm. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities.

One of our clients has retained us to fill CFO level position in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm and based on your previous experience I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your resume as soon as possible. I will forward it, along with a brief introduction to the client and will contact you back to complete the NDA and get started.

Note: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Best Regards,

Clay Martin

Sr. Recruiting Specialist

PE Recruiting Inc.

745 5th Avenue, 5th Floor

New York City, NY 10151

https://perecruitinginc.com/

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Darlene Stewart from PE Recruiting Inc. reached out and said she was a recruiter recruiting for a COO position. She said my background is what they were looking for and it didn't catch me by surprise as I had been filling out applications for Sr. Director and COO positions. Darlene said she wanted an updated resume that was ATS compliant. They gave me a website that did ATS compliant resumes and the website looked real. I also looked up scams from them and nothing showed up. I did some research and ATS compliant resumes are a thing and the prices were in line with what they said so I did it.

I was just contacted by email by Clay Martin from PE Recruiters Inc. with the exact same type of email Darlene sent me. I did some research and now it is showing up on ScamPulse.com that it is a scam. I figured it was after I did the ATS resume because Darlene followed up two more times and then has been silent ever since.

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The person Darleen Stewart "[email protected]" Reached from PE Recruiting regarding an executive job opportunity. After sending my resume she replied back stating I was qualified for the opportunity but that the resume needed to be on ATS format. In the email she sent me to a website "https://cmsresexp.com" that charges to have the resume reformatted. there appears to be several people on the internet that have complained about this company and the scam.

She attached emails from her in the word document.

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Reached out about a job opportunity, and requested my resume. After I provided, they explained that my resume was "ats readable" and attempted to redirect me to a site to fix it. The cost to "fix it" would have cost me $39

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I got an email from an alleged recruiter. Typically when you receive an email like this, they will ask for your resume. Once they have you're resume they will follow up with you saying that your resume was not in ATS format and ask you to pay CMS Resumes to fix it. Once you've paid to have your resume "fixed" they will not follow up with you again. I did not send them my resume, but I am familiar with this type of recruiter scam. The email i received is below:

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Clay Martin and I am a Sr. Recruiting Specialist in PE Recruiting Inc. a reputable Global Recruitment Firm. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities.

One of our clients has retained us to fill various Data Entry Specialist level positions in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm and based on your previous experience I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your resume as soon as possible. I will forward it, along with a brief introduction to the client and will contact you back to complete the NDA and get started.

Note: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Best Regards,

Clay Martin

Sr. Recruiting Specialist

PE Recruiting Inc.

745 5th Avenue, 5th Floor

New York City, NY 10151

https://perecruitinginc.com/

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The scammer reached out via email asking for a resume without providing information about the Job or the client. I responded asking for details. I was told this was not available and I should send my resume. This made me suspicious so I Googled the company name and found a similar report on BBB.

see email content below:

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Darlene Stewart and I am an Executives Search Director in PE Recruiting Inc. a reputable Global Recruitment Firm. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities.

One of our clients has retained us to fill various level positions in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm and based on your previous experience I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your resume as soon as possible. I will forward it, along with a brief introduction to the client and will contact you back to complete the NDA and get started.

Note: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Best Regards,

Darlene Stewart

Executives Search Director

PE Recruiting Inc.

745 5th Avenue, 5th Floor

New York City, NY 10151

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Darlene Stewart <[email protected]>

2:41?PM (29 minutes ago)

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Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Darlene Stewart and I am an Executives Search Director in PE Recruiting Inc. a reputable Global Recruitment Firm. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities.

One of our clients has retained us to fill Managing Director level position in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm and based on your previous experience I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your resume as soon as possible. I will forward it, along with a brief introduction to the client and will contact you back to complete the NDA and get started.

Note: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Best Regards,

Darlene Stewart

Executives Search Director

PE Recruiting Inc.

745 5th Avenue, 5th Floor

New York City, NY 10151</[email protected]>

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Used below email to scam. If I responded, they would’ve asked for money to have my resume be “compatible”.

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Darlene Stewart and I am an Executives Search Director in PE Recruiting Inc. a reputable Global Recruitment Firm. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities.

One of our clients has retained us to fill Director Operations level positions in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm and based on your previous experience I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your resume as soon as possible. I will forward it, along with a brief introduction to the client and will contact you back to complete the NDA and get started.

Note: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Best Regards,

Darlene Stewart

Executives Search Director

PE Recruiting Inc.

745 5th Avenue, 5th Floor

New York City, NY 10151

https://perecruitinginc.com/

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