I got a call from them under another name: Mind Lance...same first name, many lasts names
New Jersey telephone numbers but working from India!! Do not give them any into!!! I reported them to the FBI and the security department at Pfizer. When you call the number, you get nothing but automated voice messages or some woman name Karishma (Carol)
They called me and emailed with a job description for a local company that fit my skills. Had me fill out a release that stated I would not use another recruiter for that particular job and I sent them my resume. I can not believe I did this, but I gave her my birth date and last 4 numbers of ssn. What can I do now? She never got back to me, of course. I'm just sick.
It *IS NOT* a common practice of recruiting firms or any company that randomly contacts by phone or email to request any part of your social. Only companies that place NO VALUE on financial security hire IT people dumb enough to think this information should be asked for in email and over the phone.
ANY strange company that asks for any part of your social should be assumed to be a scam or so incompetent you should not give them any information.
I worked at a company that would ask for SS#s when issuing parking permits for the campus. I wrote a fake one down. In the months that followed I was able to use my mouse and find over 40,000 ss#, names, phone addresses, driver license #s left unsecured for years on shares. Everything needed to destroy people's lives. If a real company's IT dept is dumb enough to use any part of social as an ID, they are dumb enough to risk your financial security.. I know if ID theft ever happens to me, that company will be my #1 suspect.
Never-Never-Never give out SS #. No legitimate recruiting firm asks for that information. You are categorically incorrect about that being a " standard " procedure.