True enough. And there are a wide array of scams out there. Several years ago I applied for a specific position with a local and very legitimate company I found through one of the aggregating websites like monster.com. The contacts in the ad were correct and there was, indeed, a job opening. Since that time I get almost weekly emails saying they saw my resume on the web and were impressed. They have a management position for me paying $75,000 per year (or more) and I should immediately contact HR. It is 'signed' by someone with an HR title. A quick google and up pop all the folks who have been burned by emails from that company, given out too much personal information and the 'management job' offered itself is either scammy door to door commission sales or worse. Of course I know immediately that the emails are not for real because I never posted my resume to the web, I faxed it to the employer for the local job I was interested in, though I did have to create an account with the monster.com type site to see the job details. (It was NOT monster.com but I forget who it was.)