In October 2009 I responded to an IT job ad sent me by job.com. It was an online form. The form included a section for contact information to be given to various online education sites. I did not want to supply this information but could not complete the job application without entering information for these fields. Not wanting to be contacted by phone I supplied a false phone number. They went the extra mile to look up my correct phone number. For the next two weeks I was called at least five times per day from online education institutions. I received no contact about the job I had supposedly applied for or verification that I did indeed apply for it.