Early controversy has arisen due to people having registered with Universal JobMatch and then finding that they are targeted by dubious organisations and individuals in financial scams [REF].
On 12 February 2014, it was revealed in a Freedom of Information Act request [REF] that Monster didn't win the Universal JobMatch Tender falling into last place on value and second to last place on evaluation scoring;[REF] until the service was put back out to tender [REF].