Harvard Benefits Harvard Risk Management Corporation, Charles Fields, Chuck Fields, Melissa Sarna recruiting, pyramid scheme, identity theft, legal services Internet

I responded to an ad on a popular job search forum and almost immediately received a response. Within an hour I was given a phone number to call for a conference call style "interview." Turns out the interview was nothing but a sales pitch for their identity theft protection service, and the "job" was to recruit more people to sell it. The catch was that all new recruiters are required to purchase the company's id theft protection.

Clearly a pyramid scheme. "Plan to make $2000 your first month!" "Most of our full time recruiters make 6 digit incomes!" "You'll be promoted to the next level in 2-3 weeks, and within 6 weeks you'll be a Recruiting director. Your signing bonus will go up with each level you get promoted to!" No kidding, because those are more and more suckers purchasing their "product."

I'll be looking out for my own identity being stolen after this.