American Income Life Insurance review: job opportunity scam - beware 203

Well it looks like they have moved into Utah. I was given the name of The Lawrence Group with whom I had applied. After I return their call and left a voice mail at [protected] I wen to the internet as the voice mail stated AIL as the company name. I found this website three minutes prior to a call back in which they again portrayed themselves as The Lawrence Group. I went ahead an listened, set up the interview for tomorrow, got the address, and then asked questions about who they really are. After my conversation I contacted The Lawrence Group who told me that I was the third call today asking the same questions. However, I was the only one with all the contact information and I hope they go after them. I also have my resume on CareerBuilder.com and mine clearly states that I am interested in a Human Resource Management Position. Thank you for this information as it saved my time and money!

Been receiving phone calls from [protected]. I never picked up and the caller never left a voicemail. Today, I received the email below. I never contacted them regarding a management position or any position. I googled AIL and saw the information about possible employment scams.

"Subject: Contacting your regarding your Resume

Good Day,

You contacted us a few weeks back regarding one of our management positions. I held onto your resume until I felt there were positions more suitable for you, and would now like to bring you in for a personal interview to discuss these. I have only a few spots left on:
• Tuesday, April 26th at 9:45 AM or 10:15 AM
• Thursday, April 28th at 10:00 AM
Please email me the following information or any questions you may have. If you have already found your dream job I congratulate you, but would appreciate an email either way if you don't mind, so I can give your interview time to another candidate.
Please confirm via email and include the following information:

1) The time that works best from the choices above.
2) If you feel you are better suited for the management or customer service position.

I have attached a PDF with background information & clickable links on our firm for your review.
Please dress in formal business attire for your interview and remember to bring a copy of your resume. You will be meeting with either myself, or one of the Managers.

I wish you the best of luck in your interview!

Kind Regards,
--
Tammi Zuraski
Human Resources
[protected]
1251 N. Plum Grove Rd. STE 130
Schaumburg, IL 60173

There was a management position posted on CraigsList that claimed an entry level salary of 60, 000-80, 000. I was skeptical considering they didn't post a company name or mention a website. As a soon-to-be college grad, I am searching diligently for a an entry level position where I can begin my career. I have waded through my fair share of job scams thus far, and this one has all the red flags. I received a call back a few days later and the human resources manager left her name and number. I called A.S.A.P from work and she immediately began asking me some very rudimentary interview questions. After I explained that I was about to graduate with degrees in business and economics with a minor in international business, she invited me in for an interview for either Thursday or Tuesday morning. Admittedly, I was thrilled and immediately began to call friends and family. Though, as an after-thought I though it was strange thst she didn't ask me to research their company before coming in. Every substantial interview that I have had previously asked me to come in equipped with information about their company and to be prepared to answer questions about their business. There is no way a job offering 60-80 thousand in this economy wouldn't be more selective. So I googled the address, 1251 N plum Grove Suite 130 Schaumburg, and I found this blog site but no official website for the company. These scammers didn't even put forth the effort to snag a domain name and build a cheap website. Thank you for this blog post, you just saved me a lot of time and trouble. I was about to skip class and come into work late so I could go interview with these ###.

I got a call today at 8:00 o'clock in the morning from a "Stormy Norman" -ridiculous name, by the way.

Here's the voicemail she left me:

"Hi. Lindsey. My name is Strormy Norman. I'm calling from the Human Resourse department of AIL, and the reason for my call is to let you know that my managers had, um, pulled your resume offline and thought that you met qualifications to continue on with our process. So, if you're still looking for full-time employment, Lindsey, give me a call back. My phone number here is [protected]. Again, my name is Stormy Norman, and I look forward to speaking with you. Have a good day."

I, too, sent my resume to many companies, so I Google searched AIL in hopes of remembering exactly what job I had applied for.

I'm DEFINITELY not going to call back to schedule an interview, but I might call back to give them a piece of my mind! It's just plain wrong to get people's hopes up like that. I have a son to support, and I don't have time to waste on scammers like them.

Thanks to everyone who posted! You're all life savers. :)

I too got a call and even stated on the phone that I was surprised they came across my resume. I live in Nashville, TN and while it seems that all the other comments are from PA, it was the same odd call that was quick to change the time of my interview when I was not able to make it. I had looked at BBB and there was nothing, but I wanted to see if there were other job postings for this company and in looking, found this site...thank goodness. The one 'positive' post is from someone (alittlemoreinformed) that in one comment says they looked up the company, they are the 'parent' company, so do your research as they did before deciding...they are going on the interview to help pay OUR unemployment. In another comment, the same person states their husband works for the company and she can be a stay-at-home mom...now I am the one that is 'a little more informed'. SCAM for sure!

My husband received the same call offering him a job as a manager, I sugested to him to find out more about the company because he is in the roofing field and thanks to all of you for your postings because it was going to be a waste of working time for him, also gas because we live pretty far from Camp Hill. Also be aware there is another insurance company in Lancaster, PA that do the same thing I went thru that scam.

i recieved a call 1 week ago with the same stuff, a managr position? ive never been a manager and im looking for a part time evening position, the girl asked me 3 questions and it like "great you sound perfect come in"? i asked 4x if it was a sales job because i need base pay i dont do sales jobs she kept ignoring my question. today she calls me again i askd her again if it was a sales job she sid i dont know? sorry this is bull i will not be going tomorrow.

I got the same call, same script, and is scheduled for an interview tomorrow...I looked up their website and found this:
http://www.ailife.com/MAIN/company.aspx?submenu=About

I was so impressed by their mission / vision statements, plus reading the background story of it's founder, Bernard Rapoport that I thought I finally found a great job that works for good causes.

But I felt I need to dig deeper...I'm glad I listened to that inner voice in me otherwise I wouldn't have found this blog ...this saved me time, effort, and gas money just to be scammed... This world is full of deception indeed...
Thanks for all your posts! I'm glad to have been warned. Good luck to all of us in finding new jobs...

I too received a phone call today from AIL and wanted schedule an interview for tomorrow at 10am, I am glad I was brought to this site when I brought them up on the web. I am so glad I found this site and all of the postings on it to help me not to make the wrong decision and look like a fool. The yound lady I spoke to was Stormy and she said they were looking for someone with a clear head and to enter a managers position within 2 to 3 months on the job.

I received a voicemail today from someone named Antoinette from American Income, [protected] extention 104, who said they received my resume. First of all, they called me by the wrong name and second of all, I havne't submitted my resume to anyone. I'm so glad all these posts were on here so I didn't waste my time calling back...

do you have a case number and state and city the case was in?

I got an email from a Roger Smith - same deal as everyone on here. I have been applying to jobs left and right and to finally get a response was encouraging. I always research a company before scheduling an interview and I am so glad I did.

I have an idea: We should ALL schedule interviews with them and not show up. And waste their ^%%$ing time. How do these people sleep at night?!?!? It is hard enough to find a job and then you have to worry about this crap, too?!?

I just got the same call from "Stormy" [protected], same script... come in for an interview...scheduled tomorrow 9:45am. So I googled "AIL" and found this blog. Thank you all for the advanced warning! I noticed a lot of you had said that you called them back to cancel the interview. However, I agree with the person who posted just before me...don't think I'm going to. Thought I would play their game and waste their time...

I also received calls and emails from reps recruiting for AIL. I was curious to say the least and had made one appointment in which I could not make, since then I have been contacted again at least 3 or 4 times either via email or phone call. I did make an appointment for Thursday but something kept niggling at me so I, like you all, did some research and I am very glad that I did. Needless to say I will not be going to this "interview". It is sad that this is the reality of the world we live in! I pray that no one falls prey to this scam just because they are desperate for work. I thank all of you that took the time to educate me and others like me who may have fallen victim to this "marketing game". God bless all of you who are still looking for a job!

I agree with all the posting re: AIL. It is all true. I used to work there. I hope that the Hoover vs. AIL results in Hoover decision. I regret that I trusted people there. but i do not regret my decision to work there and then leave there. I have finally believed that people can be very bad. At AIL they are the worst they can be. That is my opinion and my experience. Others like Garychambers had a good experience. So, in general, I believe that experience is subjective but the truth is that there are so many bad experiences, it makes you wonder.

Office Admin Assistant

AIL is a rapidly expanding company in the U.S.A area. With a brand new office opening up in Falls Church we are looking for an Office Administrative Assistant to help with all day to day office needs.

•Location: athens, GA
•Compensation: $14hr
•This is a part-time job.
•Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
•Please, no phone calls about this job!
•Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

PostingID: [protected]

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I don't live in PA but I came across this post on Craigslist found your site and thought I would add the info.

Just recieved a call from "Matt" and it went the same as the above complaints. He sped thru the name of the company and I had to ask him to repeat it 3 times. I am supposed to go to an "interview" on Thursday in Ebco Park in Erie, Pa at 10:45am (2333 Ebco Dr. Suite 320) I think I'm going to go just to tell them off.

I got a call from an "Ashley" with the one in CampHill(Liburn Road). It was weird because she blew past all my questions and asked the most basic of interview questions. She seemed hurried so i just blew it off and book an interview. I googled the company name and saw that there was a scam behind it. I am looking for a job and I think it's screwed up that people will do anything to screw other people over. Needless to say I am def canceling:D

I just got a call from the same place but the number was [protected]. I knew this was a scam right away because I had already been to a company similar called Elle Communications here in Oklahoma City. It's just like a pyramid scheme. They said they only had 1 position open but there was 10 of us in line to interview. She called us all back for round 2 interviews which was pointless. Then tried to feed us a bunch of BS trying to make commission sound like a good investment. They take advantage of people looking for a job! So annoying!

I just recieved a call from "Matt" and it went the same as the above complaints. He sped thru the name of the company and I had to ask him to repeat it twice. I am supposed to go to an "interview" on Thursday in Ebco Park in Erie, Pa at 10:00am (2333 Ebco Dr. Suite 320). I also got an email from a Roger Smith . Thats is what tipped me off to do an internet search which lead me to this site, I have been applying to jobs left and right and to finally get a response was encouraging. Deffinatly not going to show up for that interview. Thanks for the heads up everyone!

I got a similar call this morning. It was for an Atco office. A guy named Kevin called me asked me a few questions about if I had leadership experience and I said no but want to set me up for an interview anyway. He also gave me his personal cell phone number which tiped me off as being very odd. Im glad that I googled this because I didnt want to be sucked into a scam.

Question after you didnt show up for the interview did the company stop calling you? Im just worried that they are going to keep calling and emailing me. Anyone can answer this question. Thank you

Thanks to all of you for the posts about this scam, it saved me time. I received a call yesterday from [protected], but I didn't realize it until last night because I had left my cell phone in my bedroom with the ringer off so I never heard the call come in and only realized it did come in later that evening when I saw that I had a voicemail message. When I listened to the message it was this bizarre electronic voice telling me they liked my resume' and would like to schedule an appointment to meet this week for an interview. I was suspicious right away because, even though I do have my resume' out there with some companies, who the heck leaves a computerized message that doesn't even mention their company name for people they are allegedly interested in for a job? No one does. Like another poster mentioned, my call came a day after also being solicited by a commission based door-to-door sales company named Elle Communications here in Oklahoma City who never told me during their initial call that they were commission or door-to-door. They too had quickly offered me an interview after seeing my resume' on CareerBuilder.com, but a quick online look into them had me cancelling my interview hours before I was supposed to show up. I guess the moral of the story is that even if you are desperate for a job in these hard times do your homework on who is calling you back, before they waste your time, so you have more time available for real employers who may call you. Good luck everyone!

I keep getting calls from [protected]. They call me at least once a week. They got my info after I posted my resume on careerbuilder. I knew it was a scam right off because this happened to me several years ago. Another reason I knew it was a scam is that I am a healthcare provider, so why would someone want to hire me for office work? My name has some very significant credentials behind it which if someone were to actually read the resume would see right off that I'm not at all the person for this job. It's frustrating to no end and I would love to know how to make the phone calls stop.

Wow! A few minutes ago I received a call from Ryan at AIL in Camphill, PA on Lisburn Road. He pulled my resume off of the Career Builder's site where I have it posted. I've received numerous responses from insurance companies via email, which I do find a little annoying since I am CLEARLY looking for a position as a classroom teacher. Nonetheless, Ryan was very professional and asked a few seemingly pertinent questions. He did explain that AIL handles the benefits packages for labor unions across the country, and they are rapidly expanding. I too am very much in need of employment, so I hesitantly made the appointment for tomorrow morning. Thanks to these six pages of mostly negative blogs, I plan to cancel.

Every time I go on here and see all these negative comments it makes me laugh. What this really boils down to is that all of you people are scared and pussies! If this were a scam don't you think that the company would be shut down? Here's an idea deadbeats. Get your lazy ### off the computer and go to the interview. Most of the people that blog here are ex agents who could'nt hack it. Which is ok not everybody is a salesman. However you should really reevaluate yourself because you just sold a bunch of other people out of an opportunity that really is unlimited. I'm gonna end by saying if everyone jumped off a bridge would you? It seems as though you have

Wow I just got the phone call today looks like they are still at it

Thanks to all of you for this complaint site, After reading this me and my boyfriend have come discovers that he WILL NOT be attending his interview he has on Thursday at 10:30. He received a call today from a Leah a HR Manager from AIL saying they found his Resume on career builder and they were interested in him working for them. He has no experience in management at all so how the Hell does he qualify for this job.. We were curious as to what this company was so we googled it to our surprise we found nothing but complaint sites about them.. How are they getting away with this? Looks like its been going on for years its absolutely disgusting that they are still doing this.. It blows my mind that no one has STOPPED them yet.. Thank you so much all this site was very helpful...

Wow, I am shocked at how many complaints there are out here on not one but two sites as soon as you google 702 Lisburn Road! I was actually preparing for the interview and came to google directions and WWOOOOOHHHHH! I will NOT BE ATTENDING THIS INTERVIEW. I can see it will a complete waste of my time. I should have known because Scott Smith called me and you could tell that he was reading from a script because he asked a question and I had no idea what said and responded, "I'm sorry I didn't hear you." he said "great with that said... we would like to bring you in for an interview." I was thinking to myself that he must be having a bad day because he was totally disengaged. I thought to attend the interview and be surprised if was something other than the Marketing Job I thought it was - But Wow! This is way too many complaints over many years! Oh and to update the number I was given [protected].

I got a caqll today...same address, different phone number and same thing as all these other complaints...I came online to research the company and thank God I did, as I'd scheduled a 9:30 am interview for Thursday...yah what a waste of time that would have been! And I'd even said to the lady on the phone that if it was commision based or sales based, or direct sales, etc...that I would NOT be interested and that it would be a waste of both our time. She assured me I was what they were looking for and that they had a management job for me, which I would expect since I do have an huge ammount of management experience on lot's of different levels and all based in sales and customer service...so that didn't strike me as odd at all...what was throwing me was how when I spoke to her about my requirements she tip toed around and talked in circles...I'd even told her how months ago someone tried to recruit me for insurance sales/commision based and it was in fact when I researched it a sub-division of them...lol...OMG! People are so sick when it comes to this economy and the job/insurance/lending areas...I'm tempted at this point to run for office myself to make things like this illegal!

I JUST RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM AIL AND I HAVE AN INTERVIEW ON THURSDAY...WHEN I ASKED IF THIS WAS A COMMISSION BASED JOB SHE STATED OH THEY WILL ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS IN THE INTERVIEW...

too funny...just got the same call..same number...thanks for sharing, guys

Amazing! I have read page after page after page and each story is nearly exactly the same for over 3 years now. And to think I was good enough for a 3rd interview. LOL. I may go to the interview just to preach to the man at AIL that played the Jesus card on me. I'm a christian and he may be too, but i've been suckered by Christians before. If you want to consider a real company and one I spent WEEKS researching, try North American Power. go to www.napower.biz/153594. Forbes Magazine recognized them as #57 most promising company in 2011 and they are exploding!

Same thing here... was called by a "Lisa" at AIL in 720 Lisburn Road, Camp Hill, PA about a job working with Labor Unions benefits. I have a resume on Career Builders, which they stated I had applied to their position there. I'm so glad I read this scam-board before I followed through with an appointment. Thanks everyone! I also will NOT be going to this company for any reason.

This is also going on in Ohio. I received 2 phone calls on 2 different days. The first day the guy called me and we did a phone interview. He said his name and the companies name-and I didn't quite catch it because he spoke so fast so I asked him to repeat it. Still couldn't make out his name but the company he said was "Surace Corporate Office". He said that I could be making 50 to 65 grand a yr.My eyes widened. I didn't think I answered the questions right. But he said he would give the info to his boss. There was a # on the caller ID so I saved it. The next day a lady called me from AIL Ohio, to set up an interview in the same city as the other place was. She said it was a customer service job. They had got my resume off a career website. I was really excited since I have been out of a Job since January, but I had questions and googled AIL and seen all the scams, and also the phone number from the day before was the same number to the place where I was going for the interview. Needless to say, I didn't show up for the interview and never called the. My question is, since this has been going on for yrs to people has anyone contacted the better business bureau on the?

I am scheduled for an interview tomorrow morning around 10:00am at 2809 South 160th Road in Omaha, Nebraska. They've called me twice from the number [protected]. The woman sounded very professional & well informed. I also have previous job experience with dealing with health insurance. It all sounded legit to me. I started doing some research on the job because it sounded like College experience should be required. But, I came across this website instead. Thank God I did. It's pretty cliche at this point, but reading this blog saved me time and apparently money . The only tip off was she asked me if I had previous supervisor experience & I told her no, then she twisted the question, asking if I had experience supervising but not as a supervisor. The call back number was different than the number she originally called from. I'd say her name, but she said it so fast in the voicemail, I can't make out what it was.

well clearly you all have no drive or ambition and are all cluless about this company, it sure shows how dumb people actually are to beleive what they hear, so if i said "OMG THE WORLD IS ENDING IN 2 HOURS" ALL YOU IDIOTS WOULD BELEIVE ME .. RIGHT? beleive nothing of what you hear and half of what you see. I work for this cmpany am i am making more then you, your dad, your mom, your brother, sister, uncle, aunt, and extended family make together. i am so glad you all lost such an amazing opprtunity, and the smarter people in will be the ones who are living their dreams rather then wishing. ..like all of you .see ya!

October 2012-
I am currently searching for employment as i am looking for something new. I am a Marketing and Management major, so unfortunately I get a lot of calls to come do the door to door sales were I have to build my own clientele and only get paid on commotion. I had a missed call but they didn't leave a voice mail, so I called back and got a general voice mail box which I left my contact info. I had another missed call this morning as i was in the shower that did leave a voice message this time saying that Alex Graham from AIL received my message and she could be reached at [protected]. I called back right a way to get a general mail box. Weird!

Just left one of their office in suburbs of Philadelphia and witnessed a lady accuse them of misleading applicants and the interview was actually a "cattle call". Someone working for the company told her to leave and rejoin the unemployment line. He said this in front of a crowded room of applicants. The dismay on the applicants faces was sad. That employee was ignorant speaking to someone in that matter and loud enough for all to hear. There was about twenty (20) people in the waiting area. I met with the interviewer and he was a good guy. Good man because after doing the scripted dialogue with me, he changed and softened his attitude from scripted robot employee to genuine human being. He told me that for all the people called in, and told they had a personal interest in their skills, there was only three positions opened. The hours are night time and its selling insurance to, "blue collar workers"-"union guys", his words. I cannot work nights and had no interest in this company after seeing the way that woman was mistreated earlier. I was interested in hearing the recruiter's scripted speak though.

I received a call from AIL this morning about "a position" and that's exactly how she labeled it! That was my first red flag. What employers doesn't tell you why position they are offering you! When I questioned her about the position, the company, and where she even got my résumé, she retracted her offer and hung up on me. What employer does that? I felt totally disrespected int I read al the comments on here, it HAS to be a scam!