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craiglist job offer... scam, guys?
Varian
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Applied for a Customer Service Respresentative listing, got this in response five days later.
What do you all think, should I reply back asking for a phone interview with this guy or are there too many red flags here? Spotty English, out of town dude, etc.
- Varian
Good Day,
How are you doing today? Thanks for applying to the post.Actually the position for a Personal Assistant is opened now it would be a great pleasure to have you as my assistant.
My name is (L.... P....) i live with my lovely Wife and have 2 Beautiful daughters. I’m an Interior Designer. The interior design process follows a systematic and coordinated methodology, including research, analysis, and integration of knowledge into the creative process, whereby the needs and resources of the client are satisfied to produce an interior space that fulfils the project goals. I design health care, medical spaces, commercial office space, hotel renovations, multi-family /condos.
I'm looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable to work very well with good understanding.
Basic wage is $700 weekly ($2,800 monthly)
Duties and Requirements:
Available during regular business hours Organized and able to take instructions well Dependable, Reliable,Trustworthy a must Excellent English language skills (both spoken and written)
Must have good attention to detail
Must be a problem solver and not a problem maker
Have great work ethic and attitude, as well as people skills
Pay-attention to details, capable of multi-tasking, and works well under stress at times.
Benefits:
- Yearly performance bonus
- Paid vacation/sick/personal days
- Medical benefits
This position is Home -based and flexible Part time job, you can be in any location because you will be working from your home doing all the activities....Am out of the state for a business trip and I will be back before the end of the Month, Pending my arrival I want you to start working for me and I have a number of things you could help me with this week or next week if you will be available to start. This will serve as a stable foundation to our working relationship.
I have the first task waiting for you, I just need to know if you are ready to work. I have been checking my files andwhat I would want you to do for me by next week is to run some errands out to some Foster Homes, You will be making some donations to them as i always do every month, I just want to use this to test your efficiency.
Funds required to make the Donations will be sent to you from my client in any form of Payment mostly in (Money Order/Cashier's Check)...I guess you will make arrangements to buy some stuff for the kids in the nearest store around you and mail them out to any given information I provide for you.
I will like you to get back to me with your Contact Details such as:
Full Legal Name :
Mailing Address (NOT PO BOX) :
APT # :
City:
State:
Zip-Code:
Home Phone Number :
Mobile Phone Number :
Acceptance of offer:
Once I have received your contact information, I will get back to you with the task for this week.
I will await your response.
What do you all think, should I reply back asking for a phone interview with this guy or are there too many red flags here? Spotty English, out of town dude, etc.
- Varian
Good Day,
How are you doing today? Thanks for applying to the post.Actually the position for a Personal Assistant is opened now it would be a great pleasure to have you as my assistant.
My name is (L.... P....) i live with my lovely Wife and have 2 Beautiful daughters. I’m an Interior Designer. The interior design process follows a systematic and coordinated methodology, including research, analysis, and integration of knowledge into the creative process, whereby the needs and resources of the client are satisfied to produce an interior space that fulfils the project goals. I design health care, medical spaces, commercial office space, hotel renovations, multi-family /condos.
I'm looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable to work very well with good understanding.
Basic wage is $700 weekly ($2,800 monthly)
Duties and Requirements:
Available during regular business hours Organized and able to take instructions well Dependable, Reliable,Trustworthy a must Excellent English language skills (both spoken and written)
Must have good attention to detail
Must be a problem solver and not a problem maker
Have great work ethic and attitude, as well as people skills
Pay-attention to details, capable of multi-tasking, and works well under stress at times.
Benefits:
- Yearly performance bonus
- Paid vacation/sick/personal days
- Medical benefits
This position is Home -based and flexible Part time job, you can be in any location because you will be working from your home doing all the activities....Am out of the state for a business trip and I will be back before the end of the Month, Pending my arrival I want you to start working for me and I have a number of things you could help me with this week or next week if you will be available to start. This will serve as a stable foundation to our working relationship.
I have the first task waiting for you, I just need to know if you are ready to work. I have been checking my files andwhat I would want you to do for me by next week is to run some errands out to some Foster Homes, You will be making some donations to them as i always do every month, I just want to use this to test your efficiency.
Funds required to make the Donations will be sent to you from my client in any form of Payment mostly in (Money Order/Cashier's Check)...I guess you will make arrangements to buy some stuff for the kids in the nearest store around you and mail them out to any given information I provide for you.
I will like you to get back to me with your Contact Details such as:
Full Legal Name :
Mailing Address (NOT PO BOX) :
APT # :
City:
State:
Zip-Code:
Home Phone Number :
Mobile Phone Number :
Acceptance of offer:
Once I have received your contact information, I will get back to you with the task for this week.
I will await your response.
Varian on
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It's a scam.
they don't get money, they get free merchandise back from you.
basically they trick you into buying things for them and then mailing them off to "their customers", meaning the scammers. meanwhile, you're left holding the bag, and tried to cash some bad checks to boot.
it's a little different than the typical money scam, but it IS a scam nonetheless.
protip: NEVER accept employment from a person you've never even met in person. that's just not good practice period.
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You can tell it's a Nigerian scam just from the way the first paragraph is written!
"Actually the position for a Personal Assistant is opened now it would be a great pleasure to have you as my assistant."
Anyone who writes like that is not in a position to offer you a decent job.
A lot of times they'll get you a money order/cashiers cheque. You'll deposit it, spend the money/send it to them, and then the banks central will discover it's fake and you're held responsible for it.
How this ends up really hurting is that the $100 check is no big deal, but when you ask them for the real money they'll send you another one for $250 and you can just keep the difference for your trouble. Then it happens again, rinse and repeat and you're 15 grand in debt.
I just hired someone a few months ago using an ad on Craig's List, so not every CL job listing is a scam.
This one is, though.
Darkewolf, Druhim, L Ron Howard, Penguin_Otaku. I'm looking at you guys.
It's easy to think you're never going to fall for the scam, those other people are just saps, but if you're in a desperate enough situation you'll rationalize away any lingering concerns about the validity of an ad.
This isn't necessarily just advice for the OP, but for anybody who's desperate for a job and sees ads like this. I'd suggest finding at least one person you trust who has a good head on their shoulders and run any ads you're seriously considering answering by them first. If you're in desperate straits, you're probably not the most rational person to be making those kinds of decisions, unfortunately.
And if you do seek advice from a friend, don't do what I did and cut them out of the loop on it because you're afraid of what their answer might be.
Honestly, no. I would never rationalize something like that. With how prevalent the information is about these scams, there's no excuse to fall for them.
Common sense prevails here. If it looks too good to be true, it 99.999999% of the time is.
If you see something like this on Craigslist, flag it immediately and let the admins take care of it. They definitely know.