Friday, November 6, 2009

Job hunt scam

I found the job posting on craigslist, of course. From my e-mail.

fromjohn duke
toPeter Holslin
dateSun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:03 AM
subjectRE: Administrative Assistant application


The Hiring Desk of the company has reviewed your resume and we believe you have the required qualifications. This is a work from home data entry job and you will get paid weekly doing data entry inputting (alpha and numeric data) into excel database,work is sent via email and you will be working M-F.
Earn $28 per hour
Do you have a yahoo messenger on your computer. To proceed with this Data Entry Clerk job position you must undergo an online interview via yahoo messenger.
I want you to setup a yahoo messenger (IM) Mrs Becky Wiliams and Instant Message this ID (beckywiliams44@yahoo.com) asap for the interview so you can get considered for the position

fromPeter Holslin
tojohn duke
dateSun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:16 AM
subjectRe: Administrative Assistant application

Hello John,

Thank you for your consideration. I have contacted Mrs. Williams for the interview but so far she hasn't replied to my IM, but I will keep at it.

There is some information I would like to know about your company. What is the company called and what does it do? Does it have offices in San Diego? Do you have a website?

Thanks!

Best
Peter

fromjohn duke
toPeter Holslin
dateThu, Nov 5, 2009 at 5:08 AM
subjectRE: Administrative Assistant application

The Hiring Desk of the company has reviewed your resume and we believe you have the required qualifications. This is a work from home data entry job and you will get paid weekly doing data entry inputting (alpha and numeric data) into excel database,work is sent via email and you will be working M-F.
Earn $28 per hour
Do you have a yahoo messenger on your computer. To proceed with this Data Entry Clerk job position you must undergo an online interview via yahoo messenger.
I want you to setup a yahoo messenger (IM) Mrs Jenifer Daches and Instant Message this ID (jeniferdaches@yahoo.com) asap for the interview so you can get considered for the position

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That happen to me twice already!

BB said...

Yes, they tried to do the same exact thing to me. After randomly sending my messages and replies over a couple of days (from "beckywiliams44") I was more than skeptical, but my curiosity kept me interested. So, after being told to be online at certain times and her not even being available or providing me with more information when I requested repeatedly AND asking the same questions over and over to a total stranger (me) I was more inclined to thinking this was a scam, but thought it would only help to see how far they'd go to get better information for the FTC and to possibly stop and catch them, so I played along. They ended up sending me multiple moneygrams of $950 a piece and requested me to cash them IMMEDIATELY (I mean, seriously sent me at least 65 messages within the hour checking on my status). I instead called the 1800 moneygram official hotline to verify the money orders and they had all been cashed months earlier. I have also now filed a complaint with the FTC and am turning the money orders over asap so that moneygram can possibly track their origin. I hope this helps anyone else because I've read plenty of stories from people who didn't even think twice, cashed these money orders because they needed the money, sent them to the addresses given, and then when they were found to be fraudulent week or two later (remember: banks DO NOT verify the validity of money orders hardly EVER, and you will be responsible for the FULL AMOUNT cashed as well as several possible criminal charges) they were in debt for the money cashed and some faced heavy additional penalties...PLEASE THINK TWICE AND BE CAREFUL! I know it's a tough economy, but don't be foolish, and also realize that especially with such an economy, "jobs" such as these which are WAY TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE ALWAYS ARE.