I didn't do much research before the "interview," but as the phone was ringing for the phone conference, I wondered how many people were actually on the phone other than me. Maybe I was the only one the phone "conference." It also struck me as a bit strange that they wanted you to call them, not the other way around, but I've done webinars for jobs, so it wasn't that outlandish. They do tell you that you shouldn't use anonymous numbers (why should that matter?) or VOIP. (I called the number using Google Voice.)
What really alerted me that this was a scam was the fact that they try to sell you the subscription to the identity theft protection. In order to have the opportunity to make the most money, you need to pay them money. Any kind of job or work at home opportunity that is truly legitimate will NEVER, NEVER, NEVER ask you for any money. Next, they tell you that if you only want to be a part of the Junior Recruiting Assistant, you can never be a senior RA. (Didn't they just promise you the opportunity to advance in the company?)
By the end of the phone conference, you're told to send an email with five important details. That sounds fine until you're told to not wait. "Do it now," he says. That's a bit contradictory because he tells you that if you're just interested in the Junior RA position, you should really take some time to think about it, that you should consider the Senior RA position. Now, he's telling you, "Don't wait. Don't wait until tonight to send that email. When you get off the phone, open up your laptops now and send that email. We're responding on a first come, first serve basis." Yeah, right. A good scam requires people to act immediately without thinking about what they're doing.
If you think you're getting a good work from home job or the chance to make a some extra money on the side, please walk away and find something else. As soon as I finished the phone conference I googled the company, did a little reading, and then I wrote this review. Save yourself some false hope because the old adage goes, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is." This "job" is too good to be true. It's not even a job. Don't give them your credit card number, and don't continue any correspondence with these people. It's simply not worth it. Forward those emails to your spam folder.
I hope my experience saves you time and money. I'm glad that I was given the opportunity to hear what he said so I could write it here for everyone who is interested so people can see for themselves what this really is (Ponzi scheme? Multilevel marketing scam?).
By the way, I don't remember him saying what his name was. That's definitely a red flag.
In January, 2014 I replied to a Craigslist ad for a "virtual recruiter" for Harvard Risk Management Corp. It sounded like the perfect work-from-home job, as I was comfortable with Craigslist and computers in general. I replied, listened to the recruiting call, and signed up for LegalShield and to be a "Virtual Recruiter".
So, I recruited 3 sales agents, but never got paid for any of them (the promised $200/each). I contacted my Harvard Risk Management (HRMC) managers, and they let me know this was very unusual, and that they would fix it. Long story short, it took me a couple of months before I realized...I was not going to be paid as promised. It's all a scam to get you to sign up for the LegalShield product (and to get others to do so)! When I emailed, "Hey, have I been scammed?...", I was met with silence and never heard from them again.
Wow, so I spent 5 months "recruiting" sales people, before I realized I really was not going to get paid the promised $200 per recruit, plus residuals from their subsequent sales.
I canceled my own LegalShield membership, and advised them that they should not let HRMC sell their product, as it gives them (LegalShield) a bad name, even though they are probably a legitimate business.
Now Harvard Risk Management Corporation has changed its name to "Secured Benefits Solutions" (at least for these ads), and is still using the same Craigslist ads for recruiting the recruiters, but with different compensation plans promised when you listen to the call.
I was given a second interview. During that interview I was told I was hired and right away they asked for my credit card info, as they wanted me to buy a subscription to Legal Sheild. I was dumb enough to give them my credit card info at the time. I was then told I would receive an email with an access code where I would get have access to my training material. I never received that email. They just wanted me to buy a supscription for 40.00 a month. There was never a job. I tried calling the lady that set up my second interview, but she never answers the phone. Everyone else that conntected me was via email and they didnt include a phone number. I emailed them back and of couse, didn't get a response.
Beware! This company is promoting a pyramid scheme using a sham position of employment in order to recruit people to pay for one of the products that they are brokering called "legal shield". Please report this company if you have applied for the position of Remote Recruiting Assistant and have been asked to participate in a telephone conference. It is a group conference that is muted so that one of the owners (presumably) can try to get you to agree to become a senior level recruiter and pay for their product using manipulative selling tactics that are too good to be true.
This is not a true position of employment, so do not fall for the deception!
This company name is new. Secured Benefits Connection. It is the same company as and same scam as Harvard Benefits, Harvrd Risk Management, all the same. They place daily ads all over craigslist, offering jobs and all they do is try to sell their product. legal shield. It is all a scam. There is no job. It is their way to sell their product. BEWARE!! Their hr specialst used to be Melissa Sarna...now it is Courtney Brandt. Of course the ads are the same....so maybe Melissa just changed her name.....anyway, these people will waste your time.
This company purports to be a national broker of employee benefit services, however they are simply operating a pyramid scheme. Secured Benefits Connection advertises the Remote Recruiting Assistant position in order to lure unwitting persons to buy their legal shield product to the tune of $40 a month if you work for the company as a senior level recruiter. Senior level recruiters then become "vested" with the company and receive a percentage of sales commission from the sales agents they recruited for years to come. Yeah, right who is to say this company will be around in the next couple of years? Most likely it will not because the business model will eventually collapse.
Also, the compensation structure is set up so that the recruiter receives a "finders fee" for every sales agent that SBC hires, but the recruiting job is not a real job, you are merely trying to harvest people who will sell SBC's products so that hopefully you can earn commission payments on the backs of the sales agents. If you opt to work as a Junior level recruiter, you will not be "hired" for the position as it was clear during the telephone conference that the company is seeking to grow revenue by establishing its pyramid base which is by recruiting senior level recruiters!
Secured Benefits Connections is a scam being run by dubious individuals with an intent to deceive people so that a few individuals at the top can rake in the profits. This is not a bona fide position of employment by any means and the company is highly unethical for promoting a sham position of employment. It is not accredited with the Better Business Bureau either. The company was graded F by the BBB because there were a couple of complaints that were submitted to the BBB about Secured Benefits Connection, but the BBB was unable to contact the company in order to resolve the complaints.
Thank God for this website! I found an ad on Craigslist which is asking if you want to help set appointments for recruiters working out of your home. In reality, they are selling Legal Shield (formerly known as Prepaid Legal Services). This is a complete scam and they're asking for approximately $40 a month to purchase Legal Shield. They say you have to purchase it so when you set the appointments for the sales people, you'll know what you're talking about. Yeah, right. RUN AWAY FAST unless you never want to see your $40 again!!!
Thank you all for sharing your comments and thank you for this site! I came upon the ad on Craigslist and initially liked the thought that I can work from the comfort of my home. But at the same time I wondered 'what exactly does a "Remote Recruiting Assistant" do?' It was early this morning that I got a reply from a Secured Benefits Connection ([email protected]) and with no name of the sender. It said "Please select whichever option works best for you and email your selection to our Interview Coordinator, Megan Gerdahl." So I did email her to set up my chosen time for my interview. Then Ms Gerdahl (this time as "Corporate Recruiter") replied and informed me " YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO CALL INTO THE CONFERENCE LINE FOR YOUR MEETING - YOU WILL NOT BE RECEIVING A PHONE CALL." That somehow made me more suspicious. I was supposed to have an interview with them an hour ago but didn't make the call after I came upon this site. I did check their website yesterday and it seemed legit at first. Except that I sort of felt something was off...just a gut feel. It was all too vague. Thankfully, I did some more research about Secured Benefits Connection hours before my "scheduled interview." After learning about all these, I emailed Megan Gerdahl again to tell her I won't pursue with my application anymore and provided her the links to this site and 2 other review sites. She didn't reply anymore.
Secured Benefits Connection Reviews
Yes, this is a scam.
I didn't do much research before the "interview," but as the phone was ringing for the phone conference, I wondered how many people were actually on the phone other than me. Maybe I was the only one the phone "conference." It also struck me as a bit strange that they wanted you to call them, not the other way around, but I've done webinars for jobs, so it wasn't that outlandish. They do tell you that you shouldn't use anonymous numbers (why should that matter?) or VOIP. (I called the number using Google Voice.)
What really alerted me that this was a scam was the fact that they try to sell you the subscription to the identity theft protection. In order to have the opportunity to make the most money, you need to pay them money. Any kind of job or work at home opportunity that is truly legitimate will NEVER, NEVER, NEVER ask you for any money. Next, they tell you that if you only want to be a part of the Junior Recruiting Assistant, you can never be a senior RA. (Didn't they just promise you the opportunity to advance in the company?)
By the end of the phone conference, you're told to send an email with five important details. That sounds fine until you're told to not wait. "Do it now," he says. That's a bit contradictory because he tells you that if you're just interested in the Junior RA position, you should really take some time to think about it, that you should consider the Senior RA position. Now, he's telling you, "Don't wait. Don't wait until tonight to send that email. When you get off the phone, open up your laptops now and send that email. We're responding on a first come, first serve basis." Yeah, right. A good scam requires people to act immediately without thinking about what they're doing.
If you think you're getting a good work from home job or the chance to make a some extra money on the side, please walk away and find something else. As soon as I finished the phone conference I googled the company, did a little reading, and then I wrote this review. Save yourself some false hope because the old adage goes, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is." This "job" is too good to be true. It's not even a job. Don't give them your credit card number, and don't continue any correspondence with these people. It's simply not worth it. Forward those emails to your spam folder.
I hope my experience saves you time and money. I'm glad that I was given the opportunity to hear what he said so I could write it here for everyone who is interested so people can see for themselves what this really is (Ponzi scheme? Multilevel marketing scam?).
By the way, I don't remember him saying what his name was. That's definitely a red flag.
In January, 2014 I replied to a Craigslist ad for a "virtual recruiter" for Harvard Risk Management Corp. It sounded like the perfect work-from-home job, as I was comfortable with Craigslist and computers in general. I replied, listened to the recruiting call, and signed up for LegalShield and to be a "Virtual Recruiter".
So, I recruited 3 sales agents, but never got paid for any of them (the promised $200/each). I contacted my Harvard Risk Management (HRMC) managers, and they let me know this was very unusual, and that they would fix it. Long story short, it took me a couple of months before I realized...I was not going to be paid as promised. It's all a scam to get you to sign up for the LegalShield product (and to get others to do so)! When I emailed, "Hey, have I been scammed?...", I was met with silence and never heard from them again.
Wow, so I spent 5 months "recruiting" sales people, before I realized I really was not going to get paid the promised $200 per recruit, plus residuals from their subsequent sales.
I canceled my own LegalShield membership, and advised them that they should not let HRMC sell their product, as it gives them (LegalShield) a bad name, even though they are probably a legitimate business.
Now Harvard Risk Management Corporation has changed its name to "Secured Benefits Solutions" (at least for these ads), and is still using the same Craigslist ads for recruiting the recruiters, but with different compensation plans promised when you listen to the call.
I was given a second interview. During that interview I was told I was hired and right away they asked for my credit card info, as they wanted me to buy a subscription to Legal Sheild. I was dumb enough to give them my credit card info at the time. I was then told I would receive an email with an access code where I would get have access to my training material. I never received that email. They just wanted me to buy a supscription for 40.00 a month. There was never a job. I tried calling the lady that set up my second interview, but she never answers the phone. Everyone else that conntected me was via email and they didnt include a phone number. I emailed them back and of couse, didn't get a response.
Beware! This company is promoting a pyramid scheme using a sham position of employment in order to recruit people to pay for one of the products that they are brokering called "legal shield". Please report this company if you have applied for the position of Remote Recruiting Assistant and have been asked to participate in a telephone conference. It is a group conference that is muted so that one of the owners (presumably) can try to get you to agree to become a senior level recruiter and pay for their product using manipulative selling tactics that are too good to be true.
This is not a true position of employment, so do not fall for the deception!
Another Scam Attempt !!
I answered an ad on Craigs List July 31, 2014. They immediately responded to my resume wanting to interview me. Courtney
Brandt at Secured Benefits Connection e/mailed me with a choice of interview times. I scheduled the call. Would not let you
Skype, so called from the cell. I was put on hold to soft music waiting for the interviewer and then I was muted to no one coming
forward. I looked on the net and found the bad reviews. They never gave me the name of the manager I would be speaking with
which is not a professional approach. I still called bu t you see what happened. Don't be taken in by these opportunists !
This company name is new. Secured Benefits Connection. It is the same company as and same scam as Harvard Benefits, Harvrd Risk Management, all the same. They place daily ads all over craigslist, offering jobs and all they do is try to sell their product. legal shield. It is all a scam. There is no job. It is their way to sell their product. BEWARE!! Their hr specialst used to be Melissa Sarna...now it is Courtney Brandt. Of course the ads are the same....so maybe Melissa just changed her name.....anyway, these people will waste your time.
Not the Same
I worked for Harvard Benefits.....Made no money at all. Found Secured Benefits Ad & thought this is the same thing.
I found out 2 things...
1. they are not Harvard Benefits. They use a similar recruiting system but being that I worked for Harvard Benefits I know they are not the same
2. I am actually making money......a flexible part time position that I make money at when I want too.
So you naysayers, haters and whatever else can say.....I am still happy with them
Remote Recruiting Assistant Scam
This company purports to be a national broker of employee benefit services, however they are simply operating a pyramid scheme. Secured Benefits Connection advertises the Remote Recruiting Assistant position in order to lure unwitting persons to buy their legal shield product to the tune of $40 a month if you work for the company as a senior level recruiter. Senior level recruiters then become "vested" with the company and receive a percentage of sales commission from the sales agents they recruited for years to come. Yeah, right who is to say this company will be around in the next couple of years? Most likely it will not because the business model will eventually collapse.
Also, the compensation structure is set up so that the recruiter receives a "finders fee" for every sales agent that SBC hires, but the recruiting job is not a real job, you are merely trying to harvest people who will sell SBC's products so that hopefully you can earn commission payments on the backs of the sales agents. If you opt to work as a Junior level recruiter, you will not be "hired" for the position as it was clear during the telephone conference that the company is seeking to grow revenue by establishing its pyramid base which is by recruiting senior level recruiters!
Secured Benefits Connections is a scam being run by dubious individuals with an intent to deceive people so that a few individuals at the top can rake in the profits. This is not a bona fide position of employment by any means and the company is highly unethical for promoting a sham position of employment. It is not accredited with the Better Business Bureau either. The company was graded F by the BBB because there were a couple of complaints that were submitted to the BBB about Secured Benefits Connection, but the BBB was unable to contact the company in order to resolve the complaints.
Thank God for this website! I found an ad on Craigslist which is asking if you want to help set appointments for recruiters working out of your home. In reality, they are selling Legal Shield (formerly known as Prepaid Legal Services). This is a complete scam and they're asking for approximately $40 a month to purchase Legal Shield. They say you have to purchase it so when you set the appointments for the sales people, you'll know what you're talking about. Yeah, right. RUN AWAY FAST unless you never want to see your $40 again!!!
What a scam!
Thank you all for sharing your comments and thank you for this site! I came upon the ad on Craigslist and initially liked the thought that I can work from the comfort of my home. But at the same time I wondered 'what exactly does a "Remote Recruiting Assistant" do?' It was early this morning that I got a reply from a Secured Benefits Connection ([email protected]) and with no name of the sender. It said "Please select whichever option works best for you and email your selection to our Interview Coordinator, Megan Gerdahl." So I did email her to set up my chosen time for my interview. Then Ms Gerdahl (this time as "Corporate Recruiter") replied and informed me " YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO CALL INTO THE CONFERENCE LINE FOR YOUR MEETING - YOU WILL NOT BE RECEIVING A PHONE CALL." That somehow made me more suspicious. I was supposed to have an interview with them an hour ago but didn't make the call after I came upon this site. I did check their website yesterday and it seemed legit at first. Except that I sort of felt something was off...just a gut feel. It was all too vague. Thankfully, I did some more research about Secured Benefits Connection hours before my "scheduled interview." After learning about all these, I emailed Megan Gerdahl again to tell her I won't pursue with my application anymore and provided her the links to this site and 2 other review sites. She didn't reply anymore.