Notice of Impersonation and Fraudulent Activity
Cowen Partners Executive Search is aware that unauthorized individuals and entities may attempt to impersonate our firm, our executive recruiters, or our brand. Any such activity is fraudulent and unauthorized.
These schemes most often target job seekers. They typically begin with a message offering a role or an interview, and lead to a request for personal information, identity documents, or money.
What Cowen Partners Executive Search will never do
- We will never ask you for payment. We do not charge candidates fees for applications, interviews, background checks, training, equipment, or placement. Our fees are paid by the companies that engage us.
- We will never ask for bank account details, credit card numbers, or cryptocurrency transfers.
- We will never ask for your Social Security number, passport, or driver’s license early in a conversation.
- We will never conduct an entire interview process or extend an offer solely over text message, WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal.
- We will never send a written job offer to someone we have not spoken with.
How to verify that a message is really from us
- Check the email domain. Official communication comes only from an address ending in @cowenpartners.com. We do not use Gmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo, or any other personal email account, and we do not use look-alike domains.
- Check the recruiter against our team. Every Cowen Partners executive recruiter is listed on our team page. If the name is not there, the message did not come from us.
- Check the web address. Our only website is cowenpartners.com. Addresses with extra words, added hyphens, or different endings are not ours.
- When in doubt, reach us directly. Contact us using the details on this site rather than replying to the message or using any contact information it provides.
Common signs of a recruitment scam
- A job offer that arrives without an application or an interview
- Pressure to act quickly, or unusual secrecy about the employer
- Any request for money, gift cards, or cryptocurrency
- A request that you buy your own equipment with a promise of reimbursement
- A check sent to you before you have started work
- Pay or benefits well above the market rate for the role
- Inconsistent names, poor grammar, or an email domain that is close to ours but not exact
If you believe you have been targeted
- Stop communicating with the sender. Do not send money, documents, or further personal information.
- Let us know so we can look into it. Forwarding the original message, with its full email headers if you have them, is the most useful thing you can send us.
- Report it to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov.
- If you have already sent money or shared financial details, contact your bank or card issuer immediately.
Legal notice
It is a violation of this part, and constitutes an unfair or deceptive act or practice to:
(a) materially and falsely pose as, directly or by implication, a business or officer thereof, in or affecting commerce as commerce is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44); or
(b) materially misrepresent, directly or by implication, affiliation with, including endorsement or sponsorship by, a business or officer thereof, in or affecting commerce as commerce is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44).
Cowen Partners Executive Search assumes no responsibility for any loss, harm, or damages resulting from interactions with unauthorized or fraudulent sources. This notice is published to reduce risk, protect stakeholders, and maintain transparency.