Today I received a call from this phone number and they left a message on my answering machine. Caller ID showed it as "BACKBONE COMMUN". The man said his name was "BJ" and that he was calling from "Mind Labs"(???) about a job opportunity. I'm not certain if he said "Mind Labs" as it was difficult to understand him, because he sounded like he was looking away from the phone. He also had a thick accent which made him sound like he was from India or the Middle East. I did post my resume on career-related websites; however, he called me by my usual name instead of my birth name (my birth name is on my resume and career-related websites). Since this is the first call, I would normally ignore it; however, I decided to check the Internet. I discovered "BACKBONE COMMUN" has used other phone numbers in the past and harassed people by calling as much as 5 or 6 times in a day! It is true that this post is based on suspicions more than anything else; however, if other posts appear for this phone number, then my intuition was correct. If I find out I'm wrong, I will return with a post apologizing and attempt to remove my post.
Ok, I received an e-mail and the company is called "Mindlance" not "Mindlabs". His name was Vijay (not BJ). They are a staffing agency (temporary employments, etc.). It appears legitimate and I sincerely apologize for the confusion. I do wish people would speak more clearly when leaving messages and explain how they obtained my information. I also wish they would explain that while they are not from my area, the job opportunity is in my city. I'm guessing they are using Backbone Commun. for their phone service and that caused a lot of suspicion. I may need to find a way to provide feedback to Mindlance. If somebody wants this removed feel free to have the owners of this website do so; otherwise, I think it would be helpful to others who experienced the same thing as I did.
I wanted to respond to Gordon. I can't speak to a job offer at eBay, but I can tell you I've had plenty of calls and experience with Mindlance the staffing agency. I do believe they are legit, but very sneaky. It's my understanding that they are primarily an IT/software recruiting/staffing agency. And in Milwaukee one of their largest clients is H-D.
The people who have contacted me are IT recruiters trying to help fill a Marketing related position. They never provide reference numbers or full job descriptions. They typically never tell me they are recruiting for H-D, but they're a dead giveaway. In the meantime, I probably get two additional recruiters who send me full job descriptions with the reference # for the same position and no hastle.
The Mindlance recruiter will call everyday sometimes twice looking for your resume. And if you don't send it to him b/c you've gone with another recruiter then you get the third degree: who? when did you send it? etc....
I suggest you work with someone else, just another person's opinion.