My name is Mike Astringer and I am the Founder and CEO of the legitimate Human Capital Consultants, Inc. a Pennsylvania corporation with business locations in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. It appears that this entity has attempted to steal our corporate identity to execute this scam. We’ve gotten many phone calls and e-mails over the past week from people being contacted and asked for personal information. They are using an old business address of ours in Massachusetts, our company name, a different web address and a phone number that appears to ring offshore. This entity is not affiliated in any way with Human Capital Consultants, Inc.
Please remember to never give any type of personal information including social security number or banking information to anyone over the Internet. A legitimate employer will not ask you for any personal information beyond what is on your resume prior to a real job offer.
Below is a Media Release we put our about this scam.
MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mike Astringer, Founder and CEO
Human Capital Consultants, Inc.
738 Main Street, #211
Waltham, MA 02451
800-378-0847 x805
[email protected]Potential Identity Theft Scam Being Perpetuated Under the Human Capital Consultants Name
Waltham, Massachusetts March 8, 2013 – It has come to the attention of Human Capital Consultants, Inc. that what appears to be an entity outside of the United States is attempting to use Human Capital Consultants identity to perpetuate an identity theft scam. This entity has created a web site at
www.humanconsult.org claiming to be Human Capital Consultants and using a previous Human Capital Consultants, Inc. office address in Cambridge, MA. An individual named Maria Scott using a Hotmail e-mail address is contacting individuals who have their resumes and contact information posted on the Internet and offering them a position as a “Financial Services Officer”. One of the qualifications of the position is that the applicant has a “regular bank account”. The e-mail directs the applicant to a web site where they are asked to provide personal information.
This entity is not affiliated in any way with Human Capital Consultants, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation with business locations in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts and a web site address at
www.humancapitalconsultants.com. Human Capital Consultants, Inc. is not offering any position as a “Financial Services Officer” nor would the company direct any applicant to any web site asking for personal information. Additionally, no Human Capital Consultants, Inc. employee or contractor uses any free e-mail provider (such as Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, etc.) for business communications. All legitimate Human Capital Consultants, Inc. employee or contractor communications come from the humancapitalconsultants.com domain.
Federal law enforcement has been made aware of this situation. Anyone who is contacted by any entity or individual who claims to be representing Human Capital Consultants offering a position as a “Financial Services Officer” or directing an applicant to a web site to provide personal details is asked to contact their local FBI office or notify the FBI via the Internet at
www.fbi.gov.
Anyone who would like to verify the identity of any Human Capital Consultants, Inc. employee or contractor or verify that a communication from Human Capital Consultants, Inc. is legitimate is invited to contact Human Capital Consultants, Inc. CEO Mike Astringer by e-mail
[email protected] or telephone 800-378-0847 extension 805.
ABOUT HUMAN CAPITAL CONSULTANTS
Human Capital Consultants, Inc. and its subsidiary Marea are professional services consulting organizations serving startups, near startups growing mid-market and vertical leading firms across the United States. From locations in Boston and Philadelphia Human Capital Consultants and Marea offer proven, customizable and metrics driven solutions for clients Human Resources and Recruitment consulting and outsourcing needs.
